How do find files that Everything does not find?

[Debugger]

How do find files that Everything does not find?
Eg.
chkdsk

a file path e.g.
C:\System Volume Information\Chkdsk\Chkdsk20181219082347.log

[therube]

Not sure?

But I take it that you've already granted yourself sufficient privileges to access the directory?

And you've tried using both the Everything Service & also running Everything "As Administrator"?

[horst.epp]

How do find files that Everything does not find?
Eg.
chkdsk

a file path e.g.
C:\System Volume Information\Chkdsk\Chkdsk20181219082347.log

No problem to find chkdsk, 15 objects on my Windows 10.
You can't search anything in C:\System Volume Information
its blocked by Windows even for Administrators.

[Debugger]

Many system files do not find Everything, but if something is a comparison, MasterSeeker (tool) finds it.

[vanisk]

"System Volume Information" folder is excluded by default (???, i guess, i don't remember adding exclude list as" ?:\System Volume Information\").
Tools->Options->Indexes->Exclude.

I deleted that entry, and everything is showing the files.

IMO, its safe to leave that folder alone...

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Also make sure, Exclude hidden & system files is NOT checked.

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[therube]

(On XP at the moment, so less relevant [what I'm seeing here],
but I wonder what I used for my search when I had looked & whether I had Match Path enabled or not?
Almost certain I would have had no Excludes.)

[therube]

Borrowed a 10er & on my end, it simply must have been that I did not set Match Path.