Include just one folders

[brokenkernel]

Hi guys!
Everything is one of the main reasons why I'm still using windows. Thank you for the best search engine I've seen so far.

Before, I had all my files on D:\nextcloud but I had to merge my files to C:\Users\admin\Nextcloud. I only want to search files and folders in "C:\Users\admin\Nextcloud".

Pasting the path in the search bar works.

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It shows 120.504 objects - all I have in the nextcloud.

But the "Include only files" doesn't work as expected.

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I also played arount with RegEx for the Filter so that everything but C:\Users\admin\Nextcloud should be excluded, but I couldn't do it.

I really appreciate any ideads on how to fix this

[therube]

You could set up a Filter.
(Search, Add to filters...)

Name: Nextcloud
Search:

file: c:\users\admin\nextcloud

The just switch to that Filter when you want to search "Nextcloud".

!folder:

will also search for files (or, NOT folders).

[void]

Please try the following:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• Select your C: drive.
• Change Include only to:
  
  Users\admin\Nextcloud
  
  (note the missing c:\ prefix)
• Click OK.

[brokenkernel]

Hi guys and thank you for your answers

Unfortunately, neither of the both options work. I tried both options separately.

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[void]

Please try the following:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  
• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• Uncheck automatically index new fixed volumes.
• Uncheck automatically index new removable volumes.
• Uncheck automatically remove offline volumes.
  
• Select your C: drive.
• Change Include only to:
  
  c:\Users\admin\Nextcloud
  
  (note the missing c:\ prefix) -edit: the c:\ prefix is required.
  
• Select your PortableBaseLayer drive.
• Uncheck Include in database.
  
• Select your V: drive.
• Optionally, uncheck Include in database.
  
• Click the Exclude tab on the left.
• Select file: c:\users\admin\nextcloud and click Remove.
• Click OK.

[ChrisGreaves]

You could set up a Filter.

Thank you :clapping:
I needed this nudge!
Cheers, Chris

[brokenkernel]

Thanks for your answer, but it still doesn't work.

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It shows 0 objects.

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Did I do something wrong?

[void]

Please add your Nextcloud folder as a folder index:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  
• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• Select your C: drive.
• Uncheck Include in database.
  
• Click the Folders tab on the left.
• Click Add folder...
• Select c:\users\admin\nextcloud and click OK.
• Click OK.

[brokenkernel]

Hi
By doing that I would lose the feature that I see instantly changes, because I rely on the folder scan every x minutes, right?

[therube]

(note the missing c:\ prefix)

Can you do that?
Best I can tell is that the c:\ is needed, a full path to the folder is needed (in the Include only: dialog).

To me, seems that c:\users\admin\nextcloud should be working?

Other then in Indexes -> NTFS, do you have other items in the other entries under Indexes that may be adding back in what is not included in your NTFS:C: setting?

Is there anything "special" with the "nextcloud" directory?


As a test, set up a new "Profile", using a separate instance that you start (initially) with the -no-auto-include switch, & then set C: to be included, but have it Include only: some temporary directory, say, C:\ionlywantfiles.dirs.includedhere\.

With that, does it not only see files/directories within C:\ionlywantfiles.dirs.includedhere\ ?


Oh, & you're on Everything 1.4.

I wonder if that matters?

Nope. It should be the same.


In your 2nd shot above, here viewtopic.php?p=70604#p70604, it looks like you Excluded: nextcloud (maybe).
(It says, Exclude folders: & you have "file:" include there, & while you may be able to put something that ends up making the request invalid, I believe, in that case, it shouldn't really be affecting thing.)
Be sure to remove that entry, & add C:\ to the nextcloud entry in Include only:.

[void]

Can you do that?

Your are correct.
I have mistaken include-only with the root-path which is relative...

the C:\ is required.



What's thrown me off is include-only was set to c:\users\admin\nextcloud and was not working.
Maybe an exclude was also set at the same time?

To me, seems that c:\users\admin\nextcloud should be working?

Yes, it should be from the first screenshot.



Please try the following:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  
• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• Select your C: drive.
• Check Include in database.
• Set Include only to:
  c:\users\admin\nextcloud
  
  
• Click the Folders tab on the left.
• Select c:\users\admin\nextcloud
• Click Remove.
• Click OK.

[brokenkernel]

Yep, that works! Thank you!!!

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