[help] a simple search prompt that doesn't work ..

[asamirid]

greetings ..

i know this is a very basic search, but i can't figure out the wrong i do to fix it

i want to find pdf files that is not in the folder "SAMBoXxz"

i use this search string_

*.pdf !sambox

_to achieve this task

but pdf files in the SAMBoXxz folder still appears in the results as in the image

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what exactly i do wrong here ?? please explain ..

[void]

Everything is looking for sambox in the name only (not the full path)

Please try the following search:

*.pdf !\sambox
-or-
*.pdf !path:sambox



\sambox will look for \sambox anywhere in the full path.
The \ will force Everything to match the full path instead of just the name.

path: will also force Everything to match the full path.
sambox can appear anywhere in the full path.



To always match the full path, enable Match Path from the Search menu.
With Match Path enabled, your *.pdf !sambox search will work as expected.

[asamirid]

thank you void for this explanation..

now i understand why it wasn't work and what should i do in the future ..

thumb up ..