Support • Re: How does folder search work?

If you have Everything 1.5, there is a pure_regex advanced setting under Tools -> Options -> Advanced.
When disabled and Search -> Regex is enabled, the regex search modifier is applied to all search terms by default.
This allows you to use the Everything search syntax with regex without having to specific regex:.
Just be aware that you have to escape spaces with quotes.

Again, pure_regex=1, is default (it sure looks like).
And finds nothing where - with Search | Regular Expression NOT enabled, finds:
4565-huh-what-4603B9F6177D45D0CD6B1ZZZ60153xxxC11FFxxxD863ZZZ-271223

Oh, wait...

OK, so you need to set, pure_regex=0 (disabled), AND set Search | Regular Expression, & with that you can use alone, to find:
4565-huh-what-4603B9F6177D45D0CD6B1ZZZ60153xxxC11FFxxxD863ZZZ-271223

Oh, wait...

No.
Color me confused. I think something is wrong here?

If I'm not misunderstanding too much, I don't think the setting is making any difference?

Statistics: Posted by therube — Tue Jun 30, 2026 3:47 pm

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