same letter but different hard drive

[Laura]

Hi everyone
I have about ten hard disks that I connect, usually 2 at a time, and that always take the same letters, usually E: and F:
When I want to search for some file present on one of the connected Hard Disks, I get the results of all the Hard Disks that, over time, I have connected to that letter
Is there a way to make Everything catalog each Hard Disk in a unique way, maybe that it archives the content of each connected Hard Disk with a unique serial number (I don't know if the Hard Disks have it) or in any case a trick so that, when I connect it, it understands that it is that specific HD and not another?

[void]

Everything 1.5 will have an Index Volume Label property.

[Laura]

but I use Version 1.5.0.1383a (x64).

I accidentally disabled this feature? Can you tell me which voice I should enable? Thanks

[void]

To add the Volume Index Label column:

• Right click the result list column header and click Add columns....
• Search for:
  label
• Select Volume Index Label and click OK.

[Laura]

Thanks but I would like the list not to show the results from the other hard disk that I had previously connected, I would like it to show only the files present in the currently connected hard disk. I see, in grey, the files that are present in the other Hard Disk and I don't want them to be shown

[Phlashman]

Include "online:" in your search without the quotes. If you want to search your offline drives only then use offline:

[Laura]

thanks but it doesn't seem like a viable solution to me

I thought there was an option to make Everything, when you connect a Hard Disk, read its label and automatically load the database of only that Hard Disk.
So, if I right-click on the drive, for example E: Everything loads only the results it has for that specific Hard Disk label, but if I search without entering a letter, the response is total and all the data from all the Hard Disks that have been loaded, currently and in the past, are loaded. This way you have complete control over your files

As someone who is ignorant in the matter it doesn't seem that difficult to me, but maybe I'm wrong

[void]

I thought there was an option to make Everything, when you connect a Hard Disk, read its label and automatically load the database of only that Hard Disk.

There's no such option in Everything.

The closest thing would be Tools -> Options -> NTFS/FAT -> Automatically add/remove volumes.



Please consider an Online filter:

• From the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: Online
• Change the Search to:
  !offline:
• 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.
Filters can be organized from Search menu -> Organize filters.

Use

!offline:

instead of

online:

online: = match files where Everything knows the file is online.
!offline: = match files where Everything knows the file is not offline or the status is unknown.

online:
offline:

[Laura]

Thanks for the answer and the help... I hope that in the future it will be possible to add this function that I find very interesting, especially now that PCs can contain few Hard Disks and are increasingly used removable ones.
Thanks

[NotNull]

A DIY solution for now:

• In the Windows startmenu, find Registry Editor
• Right-click this entry
• Select Run as Administrator
• Browse to
  HKCR\Directory\Background\shell\Search Everything 1.5a...\command
• In the right pane, double click (Default)
• Add the foillowing text at the end of the value:
  !offline:
  
  The result should now look similar to the following:

  Code: Select all

  "C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything64.exe" -path "%V" !offline:

• Click the OK button
• Browse to
  HKCR\Folder\shell\Search Everything 1.5a...\command
• In the right pane, double click (Default)
• Add the foillowing text at the end of the value:
  !offline:
• Click the OK button
• Done

Now right-clicking a folder in Explorer will open that path in Everything.



@void: Maybe add !offline out of the box to the contextmenu items?

[void]

Use

-s !offline:

from the command line.
(otherwise Everything will try to find a file named !offline: )

I will consider showing online files only with -path
Ideally without the !offline: search.
Thank you for the suggestion.