Incomplete File List Export

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dsfcom
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Incomplete File List Export

Post by dsfcom »

Hello. When exporting a file list that includes 'Size on Disk' to an *.efu via 'FILE | EXPORT...', the 'Size on Disk' column is only populated to record 50 and goes no further even though I can see that there are 'Size on Disk' values in an entire file list containing 23,843 files. This happens whether the option to 'Export selection only' is checked or not.

I believe that I am completing the process correctly and that there might be a bug that is limiting the results for 'Size on Disk' to 50.

Any ideas as to why this is happening?
void
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Re: Incomplete File List Export

Post by void »

Everything will only export 'gathered' properties by default.



Please gather properties before exporting:
  • In Everything, Select all your files (Ctrl + A)
  • From the File menu, click Read Extended Information. (Ctrl + Shift + E)
  • From the File menu, click Export. (Ctrl + S)


To automatically gather properties when exporting:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    export
  • Select: gather_properties_on_export
  • Set the value to: true
  • Click OK.
Please note: enabling gather_properties_on_export can make exporting take a very long time.
dsfcom
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Re: Incomplete File List Export

Post by dsfcom »

Outstanding! That did the trick; thank you! Now I am noticing a different issue. In the Everything window (file list), I can see the following file properties:
  • Name
  • Path
  • Size
  • Size on Disk
  • Extension
  • Type
  • Date Accessed
  • Date Created
  • Date Modified
  • Attributes
  • Run Count
However: when exported, the results contain the following file properties:
  • Filename
  • Size
  • Date Modified
  • Date Created
  • Attributes
  • Size on Disk
So, why are these file properties not included in the export?
  • Path
  • Extension
  • Type
  • Date Accessed
  • Run Count
Is there a way to edit the export to include these properties?
void
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Re: Incomplete File List Export

Post by void »

So, why are these file properties not included in the export?
  • Path
  • Extension
  • Type
  • Date Accessed
  • Run Count
Everything exports "filename" instead of Name and Path.
The filename field contains the full path and name.

Extension is not exported because that is calculated from name.
Type is not exported as this is always gathered from the system.
Date accessed is not exported for privacy reasons.
Run Count is not exported for privacy reasons.



Exporting as CSV will save these properties.
dsfcom
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Re: Incomplete File List Export

Post by dsfcom »

Perfect! I used the tab-delimited text export, and it worked great. Thank you.
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