What does set run count do?

[mintmag]

This is driving me nuts. I've googled this and I still don't know happens when you right click on an object and select "set run count #" I know it has something to do with search history, but what does thing thing do exactly?

[void]

In short, run history lets you get to your frequently run files faster.


Every time you open a result in Everything, its run count is incremented by one.

The run count can be set by right-clicking a result and clicking Set Run Count.

When you press Enter from the Search box, the result with the highest run count is selected.



To sort results by run count:

• In Everything, from the View menu, under the Sort by submenu, click Run Count.

To enable/disable run history:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the History tab on the left.
• Uncheck Enable Run History.
• Click OK.

When run history is disabled, the Set run count context menu item is not shown.

[mintmag]

Thanks for that. Setting it to sort buy run showed me exactly how it works. But how do I set everything back to zero? Just clear history?

[void]

To clear your run history:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the History tab on the left.
• Under Run History, click Clear Now.
• Click OK.

-or-

Right click your files and click Set Run Count...
Set the run count to: 0.
Click OK.

[mintmag]

Yes that did the trick. You can also turn it off if you don't want it remembering anything.