Using 1.5a After a Reinstall - Imported Settings And Maybe Old Data?

[capteelingurdian]

Greetings, All!

I recently had to reinstall windows.

I ran Everything right away, and "everything" seemed to be fine.

But, I had extensively configured my previous install.

I have finally gotten the .ini from that install moved over to carry those USEFUL configurations over.

Seems like now none of my indexes have been updating?

So, my NEW C drive is not getting its content listed, but the system seems to find everything in

Windows.old

Well, not sure if that's RELATED to the settings I imported, just wanted to lay out wher I am.

My REAL question is - how can I force the system to purge its FULL index history and start anew?

So that, no memory is left of what WAS indexed before, and it just ransacks all the drives it can reach creating a NEW list of...EVERYTHING, and DELETING / REMOVING / REPLACING whatever it knew before.

Sincerely,

Captee

[void]

To reset your indexed volumes to the defaults:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:

  Code: Select all

  /auto_include_fixed_volumes=1;auto_include_removable_volumes=0;auto_remove_offline_ntfs_volumes=0;auto_include_fixed_refs_volumes=0;auto_include_removable_refs_volumes=0;auto_remove_offline_refs_volumes=0;auto_include_fixed_fat_volumes=0;auto_include_removable_fat_volumes=0;auto_remove_offline_fat_volumes=0;auto_include_remote_volumes=0;auto_remove_offline_remote_volumes=0;volumes=
  

• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.

After a couple seconds Everything will perform a reindex of all your online NTFS volumes.



-or-



To manually setup your indexed volumes:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• For each NTFS volume:
  • Click Remove if the volume is offline.
    -or-
  • Check Include in database.
• Click OK.

[capteelingurdian]

Dr. V!

Ah! B L E S S you, Kind King of Code!

Should I leave Everything open once I've done that? If so, roughly for how long?

System has: I Tb SSD in laptop. 4Tb SSD backup USB attached.

Thanks AGAIN!

Sincerely,

Captee

[void]

Wait for the initail index to complete.

Progress is shown in the status bar.
It should only take a few seconds.

[capteelingurdian]

BOOM! Massive! Perfect!

I'll say it before, and I'll say it AGAIN!: y'all have just thought of...EVERYTHING. PLEASE petition to run pertinent federal agencies. We need THIS kind of expertise! : ))))))))))))))))

[capteelingurdian]

Ah! Off topic I know but...any advice for reaching those files in

C:\Windows.old\

I can see one file, and its not greyed out, that I'd REALLY like to get a hold of.

Sincerely,

Captee

[void]

Please try copying this file to the desktop.

Are there any error messages shown?

[capteelingurdian]

Hi Dr. V!

At FIRST there was an error message using Everything - like a popup from Windows that said something about access - I didn't look to carefully.

So, I went via Explorer. I finally got there - and a kind of permission thing popped up. I said, "I'm a manager", and I got in. Recovered it via Windows.

Going BACK to Everything, now I COULD open the path.

So, may have been a security by default from Windows?

Either way - it was Everything what that FOUND it!

A N D ...now I've got it BACK! : )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Everything to the rescue AGAIN!

I'm all set. Thanks VERY much!

I

[capteelingurdian]

Hi,

Ah! Sorry to post a troubleshooting again. Apologies!

I feel confused. For some reason, E is not indexing My...documents folder?

It's catching all the SAME documents that are in

Windows.old

But, the SAME files which exist in the new installation's Documents folder are somehow being ignored.

Thinking it may be my bizzarro .ini I UNINSTALLED...

Reinstalling again, it seemed to keep the .ini anyway (I think I'll have to find the path and be sure it's REALLY gone).

And, still the same issue with the reinstall. For some reason not finding the satandard Dcoumernts folder?

I ran this a few times before uninstalling, no change:

/auto_include_fixed_volumes=1;auto_include_removable_volumes=0;auto_remove_offline_ntfs_volumes=0;auto_include_fixed_refs_volumes=0;auto_include_removable_refs_volumes=0;auto_remove_offline_refs_volumes=0;auto_include_fixed_fat_volumes=0;auto_include_removable_fat_volumes=0;auto_remove_offline_fat_volumes=0;auto_include_remote_volumes=0;auto_remove_offline_remote_volumes=0;volumes=

Please help cuz...I'm sorta lost without E and...the tasks from the good old job are building up! )

What do you think is happening?

[void]

Maybe some sort of odd junction on your documents folder?

Does Everything find any files if you search for:

%userprofile%\* \

Is the Documents folder listed with the above search?

If so, please try the following:

• From an admin command prompt, run the following command:
  cd %userprofile%
  dir /al
• Is Documents listed?
• What is shown in the command prompt?

[capteelingurdian]

Ah! Let me give that a try. Reinstalling right now. Will post results straightaway. ))))))))))!

[capteelingurdian]

Hi V!

%userprofile%\* \ - all blank

And, this is another anomaly - uninstalling DID remove the directory fully but...reinstalling, somehow the program keeps finding my old .ini? HEre's my customized display, all green and black. That's what I'm getting out of the box, upon a fresh install:

https://ibb.co/QkcXwq3

But, how could that be? I mean the ini should be blank, yes?

Sincerely,

Captee

[capteelingurdian]

Command prompt actions results:

Documents is listed.

https://ibb.co/vZKj4Hy

[void]

Please make sure Everything is installed correctly and running as a standard user:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

Your settings are stored in %APPDATA%\Everything

If you want to start fresh:

• Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
• Rename:
  %APPDATA%\Everything
  to:
  %APPDATA%\Everything-backup-2023-11-17
• Restart Everything

Does Everything index your C: drive correctly now?

[capteelingurdian]

Hi,

FRESH START

What's the complete path for:

%APPDATA%\Everything

[void]

C:\users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Roaming\Everything

Please make sure Everything is not running when you rename this folder.

[capteelingurdian]

Boom! THAT DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! What do you think happened?

It's a wee pity as...my display was so LUSH! And...I'll NEVER remember how to get that look again! Was trial and error for weeks. But...seems like that .ini was cursed?

Sincerely,

Captee

[void]

To restore just the fonts and color settings from the old ini:

• Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
• Open your old Everything-1.5a.ini from the backup folder.
• Find the following line starting with:
  font=
• Select this line and all the lines below to the end of the file.
• Copy the selection to the clipboard.
• Close this file.
• Open your new Everything-1.5a in %APPDATA%\Everything
• Go to the bottom of the file.
• Paste the clipboard contents.
• Save changes and restart Everything.

[capteelingurdian]

Hi!

Ah! Y E S ! !

Only thing it didn't pick up was the alternating colors between rows - where one row is SOLID black, and the other is sort of grey black. https://ibb.co/QkcXwq3

And - line height, that is space above and below the text.

Which are those settings?

Thanks AGAIN! : ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))!

[void]

Alternate row color can be enabled under Tools -> Options -> View -> Alternate row color.



To restore the result list item height:

• Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
• Open your old Everything-1.5a.ini from the backup folder.
• Open your new Everything-1.5a.ini from% APPDATA%\Everything.
• Copy the following lines from the old Everything-1.5a.ini to the end of the new Everything-1.5a.ini
  • listview_item_high=
  • listview_item_spacing=
  • listview_item_margin_top=
  • listview_item_margin_bottom=
• Save your new Everything-1.5a.ini changes and restart Everything.

[capteelingurdian]

CAN'T thank you enough!

Just. The. BEST.

Sincerely,

Captee