trying to exclude all System-Related Folders (subset of my query below:)
c: !path:"Windows**"|"Program**"|"Users**"|"System Volume Information**"
- It returns folders, almost as if I did not use the ! (NOT does the same thing).
- using quotes or not does not change anything.
- if I remove ! , it shows about 580,000 files, with ! it shows 780,000 files, with !! it shows 580,000 files.
- when I use "folders:" instead of "path:" it shows similar, but not identical numbers of files.
- removing one or two of the asterisks results in different numbers, but never what I want.
- OK, I tried to enclose the OR-expression entirely in "()" -- does not work either.
What I essentially wanted is to exclude All Folders/paths and their subdirectories with "Windows" etc. in it, but I do get:
Windows.old\...
Program Files\...
Program Files (x86)\...
users\...
I do not get "System Volume Information" which is even more bizarre, because it works as expected when I only select this item without NOT, so Everything does see that.
I assume it has something to do with the | (OR) not working as expected.
I then thought the OR operator might be || , which it is not, but strangely it does not change anything compared to a single |
OK, tried to avoid the OR and did AND with !path: for each folder, which does work:
c: !path:\Windows** !path:"System Volume Information**" !path:"Program**" !path:"Users**"
except that the drive c: is there, which I don't want, but I have not found a way to suppress.
Any ideas for not getting the folder "C:\$Recycle.Bin" and its sub-folders? "c: !path:^$**" does not do it, nor $$**, and $** gets those with Dollars in the middle as well.
I am at loss about the syntax here. Specifically, the need for excaped characters is not uniform across Everything.
Or, is there something I need to change in Everything.ini? -- The number of potential entries is very high, and each one requires a lot of analysis.
None the less: thanks for the millions of things working so wonderfully in this Version
c: !path:"Windows**"|"Program**"|"Users**"|"System Volume Information**"
- It returns folders, almost as if I did not use the ! (NOT does the same thing).
- using quotes or not does not change anything.
- if I remove ! , it shows about 580,000 files, with ! it shows 780,000 files, with !! it shows 580,000 files.
- when I use "folders:" instead of "path:" it shows similar, but not identical numbers of files.
- removing one or two of the asterisks results in different numbers, but never what I want.
- OK, I tried to enclose the OR-expression entirely in "()" -- does not work either.
What I essentially wanted is to exclude All Folders/paths and their subdirectories with "Windows" etc. in it, but I do get:
Windows.old\...
Program Files\...
Program Files (x86)\...
users\...
I do not get "System Volume Information" which is even more bizarre, because it works as expected when I only select this item without NOT, so Everything does see that.
I assume it has something to do with the | (OR) not working as expected.
I then thought the OR operator might be || , which it is not, but strangely it does not change anything compared to a single |
OK, tried to avoid the OR and did AND with !path: for each folder, which does work:
c: !path:\Windows** !path:"System Volume Information**" !path:"Program**" !path:"Users**"
except that the drive c: is there, which I don't want, but I have not found a way to suppress.
Any ideas for not getting the folder "C:\$Recycle.Bin" and its sub-folders? "c: !path:^$**" does not do it, nor $$**, and $** gets those with Dollars in the middle as well.
I am at loss about the syntax here. Specifically, the need for excaped characters is not uniform across Everything.
Or, is there something I need to change in Everything.ini? -- The number of potential entries is very high, and each one requires a lot of analysis.
None the less: thanks for the millions of things working so wonderfully in this Version
Statistics: Posted by rgbigel — Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:40 pm