Add folder of .lnk (windows shortcuts) and index their destination

[texas03]

Hello,

I am looking for a solution. My company has a very large network drive, 99.9% of which is unrelated to my work. I have certain project directories that I would like to have indexed. The way I currently keep track of these is to have a folder with windows shortcuts (.lnk) files pointing to the directories that pertain to my work.

I would like to add this folder of shortcuts to Everything, but instead of having it index the shortcut files themselves, I want it to index their destination folders.

Is this possible?

Problem constraints:

1. The existing network drive is massive and I can't seem to be able to index the entire thing
2. I have to place my folders in the main drive x:\2024\project-234, x:\2024\project-634, etc.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

[void]

For Everything 1.4, you will need to manually add each individual folder.
Optionally, these folders are stored in your %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini under folders=
Exit Everything before modifying this file (File -> Exit)



For Everything 1.5, you can just drag drop all your lnk files to Tools -> Options -> Folders.