exclude filetype with filter

[alidan]

I want to be able to search everything, but I don't want everything in every search, notably .torrent files.
I had to move to a protable version of everything because the install version is broken, I had the problem solved there but its been so long I forget how I did it.

there should be a way with filters to exclude .torrents, anyone know what I need to do?

[void]

To exclude torrent files from your index:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Exclude tab on the left.
• Set Exclude files to:
  *.torrent
  -use ; to separate items, for example:
  *.torrent;*.lnk
• Click OK.

Excluding items from your Everything index.
How to fix your Everything installation.

[alidan]

Ok, that got everything to if itself, it was the ntfs partitions not enrolling themselves in the search.

however I could have sworn I had a filter that searches everything excluding torrents rather than excluding torrents program wide, is there a way to do it that way? or do I have to exclude it program wide?

[alidan]

Figured it out, it was

!*.torrent

in the filter, thanks for the help with getting the installed version to work.

[void]

To create a filter to exclude torrent files:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: No torrents
• Change the Search to: !*.torrent
• 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.



To create a filter to exclude more general files:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: No junk
• Change the Search to: !ext:torrent;lnk;tmp;db !"c:\windows\"
• Click OK.

Creating filters.