

"Everything" must perform a reindex when a new volume is added to the index or an existing volume is removed from the index.
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Select the offline NTFS volume and click Remove. Uncheck Automatically remove offline volumes. To keep offline NTFS volumes in your Everything index: To force "Everything" to rebuild its indexes: This file list file can be opened with "Everything", notepad or Excel. Please make sure you have a backup of your Everything.db.Ĭhoose a filename to store the list of filenames. To recover a list of filenames from a Everything.db: To reduce the memory requirements for "Everything": Regex:^ Optimizing for smallest memory foot print To use regex in your exclude filters, prefix the exclude filter with regex:, for example, to exclude folders starting with A-N, set the exclude filter to: Type in the semicolon delimited list of wildcard filters for exclude files, for example, exclude thumbs.db, desktop.ini and tmp files: thumbs.db desktop.ini *.tmp To exclude certain types of files from the "Everything" index: Type in the semicolon delimited list of wildcard filters for include only files, for example, include only mp3 and jpg files: *.mp3 *.jpg To include only certain types of files in the "Everything" index: To exclude a folder from the "Everything" index: To exclude files or folders with the hidden or system attributes from the "Everything" index:Ĭheck Exclude hidden files and folders to exclude files and folders with the hidden attribute.Ĭheck Exclude system files and folders to exclude files and folders with the system attribute. "Everything" will index every file and folder, you can then exclude files from the index. Use file lists to index CDs, DVDs, BluRays and other offline files and folders. See Folder Indexing for more information. Use folder indexing to include mapped network drives, CDRoms, DVDRoms, FAT and FAT32 volumes. To include removable ReFS volumes in the index: "Everything" will automatically index all fixed ReFS volumes. To include removable NTFS volumes in the index: "Everything" will automatically index all fixed NTFS volumes. Name, Date Run, Run Count and Date Recently Changed are always fast sort enabled. Hover over a fast sort option to see a tooltip showing the extra memory requirements. The corresponding extra file information must be included in the index. Note: Enabling fast sort requires more memory. In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options. When sorting by file information that does not have fast sorting enabled "Everything" must gather this information from disk which can be slow. "Everything" maintains a "Fast sort" index for size and date modified information.įast sorting is persistent, that is, "Everything" will remember the sort between searches.

Hover over an extra file information option to see a tooltip showing the extra memory requirements. Note: Including extra file information in the index will require more memory. In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options To include extra file information in the Everything index: Searching or sorting by this file information can be quite slow for many results.

This file information is gathered when displayed in Everything. Size, Dates and Attributes IndexingĮverything indexes file size and date modified by default.Įverything will maintain this extra file information in real-time.įile information that is indexed can be searched instantly.Įxtra file information, such as date created and file attributes is not indexed. The database is only saved to disk when you exit Everything. The database is stored in memory when Everything is running. In " Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options. If Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything is disabled, Everything.db is stored in the same location as Everything.exe. Database locationĮverything stores the database in: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything\Everything.db Indexes can be customized in the Everything options. By default, " Everything" indexes all local fixed NTFS volumes.
