Emailing a database to share data

[treth1234]

Is it possible to email a database from my main computer to friends so they can search what I have on my computer?
I want ET to only include what is emailed to them and not search their local computer or make any changes to the emailed database.
I would prefer to avoid command line instructions!

[void]

Please try file lists:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click File List Editor....
• In the File List Editor, from the Edit menu, click Add folder....
• Add any desired folder to share with your friend.
• From the File menu, click Save As....
• Change Save as type to EFU Everything File list.
• Choose a filename and click Save.
• Email this EFU file to your friend.
• If the EFU file size is larger than 10MB, please compress/zip this file before emailing.
• Have your friend open the EFU file list in Everything from File -> Open File List....

[treth1234]

Thanks for advice.
So I cannot do what is the simplest for me which would be to just email my db file to someone (it lists only folders, not any files) and have them open the database with ET set up to only include the emailed data and not any of their drive data?

[NotNull]

Your requirements - not scanning local disks, no changes to the database and most "severe": no command-line - limit your options greatly.

What you could do is to email your everything.db, everything.exe and VIEWDB.cmd to your friends and tell them to put all in one folder and run VIEWDB.cmd (all needed command-line 'stuff' is in the cmd file, so your friends don't need to be bothered by that.

VIEWDB.cmd

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@echo off
pushd "%~dp0"

Everything.exe -instance ViewDB -readonly -db Everything.db

Another option could be to export your database as an EFU file (as @void suggested) and open it with EFU Tree Viewer, as describes here.

[void]

So I cannot do what is the simplest for me which would be to just email my db file to someone

Please try saving all your Everything results as a file list:

• In Everything, from the File menu, click Export....
• Change Save as type to EFU Everything File list.
• Choose a filename and click Save.
• Email this EFU file to your friend.
• If the EFU file size is larger than 10MB, please compress/zip this file before emailing.
• Have your friend open the EFU file list in Everything from File -> Open File List....

[treth1234]

I don't know what a CMD is but putting the everything exe and db file and your CMD file in a one folder seemed to work!

Thanks for your advice.

Solved.