Change "automatically remove offline volume" setting outside of everything?

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JTCGiants56
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Change "automatically remove offline volume" setting outside of everything?

Post by JTCGiants56 »

This may be a long shot, but one of my drives died and everything 1.5 is the only thing currently with a list of the files on there. I have not opened the app since, since I have the "automatically remove offline volumes" option checked and I know it will be removed if I open the app.

Is there any chance I can change this setting outside of Everything so that I may open the app and see the files that were on this forever-offline drive?
void
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Re: Change "automatically remove offline volume" setting outside of everything?

Post by void »

Sorry to hear about the drive dying.

Please make a backup of your %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything\Everything.db

Run Everything64.exe with the -read-only command line option:

Everything64.exe -read-only
From there you can search for your dead drive (eg: d: ) and export the results to a file list from File -> Export.
JTCGiants56
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Re: Change "automatically remove offline volume" setting outside of everything?

Post by JTCGiants56 »

void wrote: Fri Oct 01, 2021 3:01 am Sorry to hear about the drive dying.

Please make a backup of your %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything\Everything.db

Run Everything64.exe with the -read-only command line option:

Everything64.exe -read-only
From there you can search for your dead drive (eg: d: ) and export the results to a file list from File -> Export.
Thank you! You just saved me a ton of hassle.
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