How to hide hidden folders/files from search results?

[klepp0906]

So i'm not looking to exclude these, I want them indexed as most of the time its helpful or at least not problematic. I'm just looking to temporarily hide them during a specific search. i'm using the alpha if relevant.

[harryray2]

Use temp exclude from the context menu.

[klepp0906]

which context menu are we talking? cause right clicking on the directory i want to search only brings up "search everything" and right clicking on folders within everything brings up the same.

[void]

An Omit Results feature is in development.

If you would like to try this now, please check out the Everything 1.5 alpha.

[Phlashman]

So i'm not looking to exclude these, I want them indexed as most of the time its helpful or at least not problematic. I'm just looking to temporarily hide them during a specific search. i'm using the alpha if relevant.

add the search term !attrib:H to your specific search to exclude items with hidden file attribute

[void]

Sorry klepp0906, I have misread your post..

Please consider creating the following filter:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters...
• Change the Name to: Exclude Hidden
• Change the Search to: !attrib:h
• Click OK.

Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.

Please note that attribute information is not indexed by default.
For the best performance, please enable attribute indexing:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Indexes tab on the left.
• Check Index Attributes.
• Click OK.

Your Exclude Hidden filter will now apply instantly.

[klepp0906]

Sorry klepp0906, I have misread your post..

Please consider creating the following filter:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters...
• Change the Name to: Exclude Hidden
• Change the Search to: !attrib:h
• Click OK.

Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.

Please note that attribute information is not indexed by default.
For the best performance, please enable attribute indexing:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Indexes tab on the left.
• Check Index Attributes.
• Click OK.

Your Exclude Hidden filter will now apply instantly.

thank you, ive not yet put filters to use but this seems like a perfect use-case

[ChrisGreaves]

Everything 1.5.0.1333a (x64t)

[*]Change the Search to: !attrib:h

[*]In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
[*]Click the Indexes tab on the left.

I am piggybacking on this question:
I thought to locate my MSWord DOCument files that need to be archived. Now straight off I do a RoboCopy backup every evening without fail.

I used the search string

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*.doc attrib:A

which returned 15,288 objects, some of them dated yesterday (should not be listed as ready for archive, since they were backed up last night?)
I then used the search string

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*.doc attrib:a

which returned 15,288 objects.

Then I learned about Tools Options, so

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, asked to APPLY, exited Everything, reloaded and re-ran my earlier two searches

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*.doc attrib:A

and

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*.doc attrib:a

I still see 15,288 objects.
Nothing ventured etc etc
I even tried

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*.doc !attrib:A

But this turned up one file written in 2005, and there is no way that I can have only one of nearly 16,000 DOCuments not archived, surely?

I suspect I have neglected a vital switch, but where?

For my purposes I would expect that by 16:00 today I might have at most twenty archived DOCs waiting to be backed up.

I am assuming that Windows RoboCopy turns OFF the archive bit once the file has been copied to the backup device, but either way I would not expect a split of 1 to 15,288.

Thanks for any help.
Chris

[froggie]

Everything is showing that there are 15,288 files with the archive bit set. Upper or lower case A doesn't change this, neither does indexing attributes (it will just make Everything faster).

It has been a while since I used Robocopy, but I believe you need the /M switch to turn off the archive attribute after copy - the /A switch will not do it.

[ChrisGreaves]

It has been a while since I used Robocopy, but I believe you need the /M switch to turn off the archive attribute after copy - the /A switch will not do it.

Thanks for this Froggie.
I'll modify my batch file to use /M and will report back here tomorrow morning!
Cheers, Chris

(later) Silly me. I have run the backup and still get all my document files (15,288 objects).
I right-clicked on Calendar.doc, Properties, and saw that the archive bit was still set. I checked it OFF and the file magically disappeared from my result list.
So my filter is correct, and Everything is working well, but I am not using Windows Robocopy correctly.
Back to the drawing board ...
Thanks again, Chris

[void]

Showing the attributes in Everything may also help here:

• Right click the result list column header and click Attributes.
• "A" will be shown if the ARCHIVE attribute bit is set.

[ChrisGreaves]

Showing the attributes in Everything may also help here:

Thanks for this response David.

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I checked my objects a minute ago for this post.
using

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*.doc attrib:A

turned up 20 objects, which is the correct order of magnitude for 0800 hours after a backup at 1800 hours yesterday.
Some of the files are suspicious e.g. "FindingANeedleInAHaystack" but I don't feel like exploring this at this time.
I am happy that results have dropped to 20.

Two days ago in a DOS shell I "Attrib -S -H -R /S" in an attempt to release all archive bits.
I will monitor the filter from day to day to see what happens. It is unlikely to be a bug in Everything, more likely to be a bug in software on my machine.

Thanks All.