File kinds from Advanced Query Syntax of Microsoft do not work properly

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Thy Grand Voidinesss
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File kinds from Advanced Query Syntax of Microsoft do not work properly

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

I have under 2 000 000 items. If I set a Filter like

Search > Organize Filters... > Edit > Search > kind:email

it works. Very slowly but the task do gets finished; maybe because there is no much to be shown

But if I will use e.g. kind:video or kind:pics then usually it does maybe 18% of progress or something like as little of 5% and stopping until it is re-opened. Also: switching to another a Filter that also uses some other kind does not reset the glitches [and thus re-opening is needed] although normal searches do seem to work A-OK when switched to

All in all: file kinds in Everything are very glitchy - which [when combined with the fact of just extremely how slowly they work] renders them practically unusable

And no: this is not a fault of me not having enough free space, CPU working at 99% or RAM being filled with whatever cluttering temporary data


I am using Everything version 1.5.0.1315a on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 19042.746 x64; running on AMD Ryzen 7 5800X with G.Skill Flare X DDR4 DIMM 3200 MHz CL14 32 GB (4X8) utilizing SATA SSDs and M.2 NVMEs
void
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Re: File kinds from Advanced Query Syntax of Microsoft do not work properly

Post by void »

Everything will need to gather the kind property from the Windows Shell.
Gathering this information will take a very long time.

Combine kind with other filters for the best performance.

For example:
c:\windows\media\ kind:music



Use the Audio, Video or Picture filter for instant results.



Prefix your search with si: to search the system index.

For example:

si:kind:pics

si:
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