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terrypin

I've forgoten the syntax for what must be the simplest of all searches! file.txt c: gives me BHO-List.txt Buddy Holly - Undated Iist.txt Cabs-Iist.txt CD Iist.txt CD List.txt Checlk List.txt codespeII-iqnore-words-Iist.txt etc, total 66 hits So does "list.txt" c: So does <list.txt> c:

terrypin

I'm still working through all 47 entries in ShellExView but meanwhile here are a few points so far: With all MS entries hidden, disabling none of the other 15 removed the problem. So I'm now started on the MS entries. One point emerged that puzzles me but may be of relevance for you. After typing th...

terrypin

Thanks, but I'm technically out of my depth here. Even after studying a couple of hits from googling what is an 'icon shell extension'? . Following your instructions, icon_shell_extensions=0 was shown in the status bar for a few seconds. IOW what you have called 'successful'. What does that mean in ...

terrypin

Excellent, thanks NotNull, I’ll get into that tomorrow.

void: Is there any reason why the various icons apparently available cannot be simply placed in the appropriate installation folder, so that the familiar Change Icon procedure will display them, instead of the single one at present?

terrypin

It seems to be something to do with my tray icon. Using that causes the issue. But I just ran it instead directly from C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything64.exe. I'll investigate further in the morning. BTW, are there any alternative icons? That might prove handy if there's any ambiguity abo...

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"Please make sure the crash dialog is shown and leave it open." I do not get any 'crash dialog'. I described the behaviour in my earlier posts. As soon as I type the additional 'c:' the program vanishes, and so does its tray icon. What do you mean by 'picture handlers'? I have several pro...

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In the absence of a follow-up I went ahead and rebuilt the db anyway. It is still crashing, and now does so consitently. I search for *house*.jpg and (after the db has once more tediously rebuilt itself after the previous crash) I get 694 hits. I then add a qualifier to search for only a single driv...

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Many thanks for the fast reply. From its window title, I've installed Everything (1.5a) 1.5.0.1343a (x64), which I assume Is the one you recommend, and it's just finished scanning my 5.5 MB files. Task Mgr shows two entries: one owned by SYSTEM, which is elevated, the other by me, which is not. Shou...

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I'm getting frequent sudden crashes in 1.5.0.1341. No obvious pattern. For example I think the last one was after a successful search for *house.jpg I merely added d:\ making it *house.jpg d:\ and it crashed. By 'crashed' I mean its icon disappeared from my Win 10 tray (so no longer able to run it),...

terrypin

Thanks all. I'd missed that about the DB location box defaulting to show a blank.

And the 'missing hit' will just remain a minor mystery. I'll use Force Rebuild in future as my first step whenever I can't fathom a search result.

terrypin

I got no hit with a search, which I knew existed as I'd just created it. (But couldn't recall its exact location.) A blank search quickly delivered all five million with its usual awesome speed.. Looked at options and surprised to see that no database location was displayed, which I'd have thought e...

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Discovered from a post elsewhere that this 'USB drive' is my SD card reader slot . Did not recall ever using it. I use micro-SD cards frequently, in a USB stick with adapter. Inserted an arbitrary SD card and mystery 'USB' drive opened. Followed the message instructions to scan & repair it. Remo...

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Did you ever plug in a CD-R or DVD-R drive? Windows allows you to "copy" files to an optical media device, which holds them in temporary bondage until you actually insert a blank disc to burn those files. Search google for "Files waiting to be burned to disc" I still use Win7 pr...

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As mentioned
"So I have just removed it from the list of indexes"

So naturally it now doesn't appear in the list with C: and the other six drives.

Not sure if it was NTSC or FAT.

terrypin

I finally got round to investigating this puzzle. I'd occasionally noticed that my Win 10 PC lists a USB drive 'F:' which always asks me to "Please insert a disc into USB Drive (F:)." It doesn't appear in diskmgmt.msc. But Everything searches were delivering many hits - of non-existent fil...

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Sorry, I was focused on the sd\04 part. Please try the following search: march .mp3 "j:\for sd\04" Thanks, that works OK. *march*.mp3 is the same as: march .mp3 But I don't see why march*.mp3 "j:\For Sd\04" doesn't work? I thought asterisk could represent anything? Is Space an e...

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Consider disabling match whole filename when using wildcards: In Everything , from the Tools menu, click Options . Click the Search tab on the left. Uncheck Match whole filename when using wildcards . Now sd\04* will match anywhere in the full path. *sd\04* J: doesn't work, delivering: Name Path [f...

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A search with *march*.mp3 j:\for sd\04* delivered no hits. But removing the asterisk *march*.mp3 j:\for sd\04 delivered the nine hits I was looking for, such as J:\For SD\04 OTHER\0265-Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 (Land of Hope and Glory) - Copy.mp3 Why this difference please. Is an aste...

terrypin

Sorry, You are correct, there is no Copy item. However, you can select the item and press Ctrl + C to copy it to the clipboard. Then on the Desktop press Ctrl + V Thanks, that's now a handy feature. Although a downside, as @therube said, is that it doesn't restore automatically to its original loca...

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There is no 'Copy', so I assume you mean 'Copy Full Path to Clipboard'. That places this text on the clipboard: J:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1643601740-1098315019-3821599572-1004\$R0VZO9H\7unnamedFolders-647files\ (Screenshot '(1.88)' is puzzling!) But as it's text , it cannot be pasted into a folder, w...

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void wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:30 am
In the next alpha update you'll be able to copy the following file:
J:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1643601740-1098315019-3821599572-1004\$R0VZO9H\7unnamedFolders-647files
to your desktop

Don't see any 'copy to desktop' entry in the right-click context menu?

terrypin

Thanks NotNull.

terrypin

Excellent, thanks! Duly downloaded and it's scanning now, so will try that shortly. Meanwhile I tried your suggestion but got the following: C:\WINDOWS\system32>copy "J:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1643601740-1098315019-3821599572-1004\$R0VZO9H\7unnamedFolders-647files" %USERPROFILE%\desktop J:\...

terrypin

Thanks for isolating it so quickly.

But can you confirm that I've correctly understood please. Does that mean tasks like the example are not possible? IOW, after finding that it is in the recycle bin, I cannot restore it from Everything?

terrypin

Thanks. I'd assumed it was there but no. I could not find it, in what I would call 'my Recycle Bin' and you have called 'Windows' Recycle Bin. So I don't understand what this different bin is, to which Everything refers? I'm the only user of this Win 10 PC, so would not expect multiple bins. Just di...

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In several tests, after a search and then using Restore from the context menu, folders did not appear to be restored.

terrypin

I've always thought an asterisk would identify any characters - including NONE - but it seems I'm wrong? This
The Hunter.mp3
delivers several hits, but this delivers none
The Hunter*.mp3

terrypin

Thanks!

F: was indeed set under Folders.

terrypin

Error message, '...cannot find the file..'
Not surprising, as the only time I ever see drive F: is when I insert a USB stick!
How does this hit occur?

terrypin

I never know what the drive name is until I insert it You can (semi-permanently) assign drive letters to removable media (so long as the picked letters don't result in collisions, are high enough in the alphabet). Like I use (assigned, through Disk Management) W: to my WD external & S: to my Se...

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To add your USB sticks to your Everything index: In Everything , from the Tools menu, click Options . Click the Folders tab. Click Add... . Select your USB stick drive (eg: E:) and click OK . Click OK . To search your USB stick, simply include the drive letter followed by a colon (:) For example, t...

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I would like my searches to include files on USB sticks when there are one or more inserted. Should I be able to add these in advance (D:, E:, L:, etc) or only when they are present?

terrypin

Thanks, a trailing'\' fixed it.

terrypin

Thanks but same results either way. It was enabled (presumably by default) so suppose I don't really understand its function. With it disabled it still gives the folder hits.

terrypin

Puzzled what my mistake is here please?

terrypin

Sorted! I finally found the cause of the setup EXEs failing. That message from Chrome was the clue to go hunting in the Win 10 Internet security settings. Enabled an obscure option (that perhaps had somehow become disabled) and both Chrome and Waterfox were able to download 1.4.1.1009. That is now i...

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The bad news remains as per my last post, i.e. recent EXE application set up files will not run, including Everything-1.4.1.1009.x64-Setup.exe The good news is that Everything_(64bit)_v1.4.1.1003.exe does run, and I have re-installed it until I sort out the more general issue. And the additional goo...

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Cannot get various setup.exe files to run. Nor Everything-1.4.1.1009.x64.msi. Researching that now, so far in vain. Currently running sfc /scannow.

terrypin

Thanks for your patience. Things have moved on - and not for the better! I uninstalled and then downloaded your latest version, 1.4.1.1009. But I cannot execute Everything-1.4.1.1009.x64-Setup.exe. Nothing happens using any method. Before uninstalling I did install the Everything service. It still c...

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Just about to start the debug log but saw a message top left of my screen telling me to either run as admin or install the Everything service. (Maybe it also appeared earlier and I didn't notice in my impatience to restart.) So before proceeding, I assume I should go ahead and install the service? O...

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Searching for 'numbers.jpg' immediately crashed Everything. After it finished its indexing I tried again with the same result. I'm waiting for that to refresh and before posting I will try with some other strings. OK, several other random searches worked normally. Including 'number*.jpg' (the hits f...

terrypin

Thanks, understood, and appreciate the fast response.

I'm happy to stay with current version now that I understand the reason.

terrypin

After sorting results by clicking the Path column, the result is not as I expected. A couple of C: entries are isolated that the top.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qtpjtyfcfq7va ... .jpg?raw=1

terrypin

Sorted. Same problem you answered a few weeks ago! Corrected with: 20060724* <c: | d:> BTW, I tried to use the Delete option, but it failed with this message; "You cannot delete posts in this forum." ==================== I have these drives indexed: C:, D:, G:, H:, I:, J: and K: This deliv...

terrypin

EDIT: Sorted. But only after I decided to show you a third screenshot, and spotted the mistake. As you see it turns out to be downloaded files with wrong spelling: CiffRichard??

Nothing wrong with Everything!

terrypin

Thanks for your patience. I think it's now OK, but I've thought that before only to have the issue recur later, so I'll give it a while! I did as you said, but got this when restarting: https://www.dropbox.com/s/24jrxs7457ljiev/RestartingMessage.jpg?raw=1 After the indexing I tried a search followed...

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I'll get back on this in the morning. So far you've lost me! FWIW, when I tried \debug log as the search (note the space), it opened a command window and very slowly started producing output like the following, which I stopped after a few minutes ==================== Everything Version 1.4.1.935 (x6...

terrypin

/debuglog gives no hits. Have I misunderstood?

terrypin

I still get a delay of about 30 seconds after right clicking an entry after a search. Then, with Everything still open, if I do another right-click on any hit, that works OK. So this makes it difficult when testing the 14 (non-Microsoft) entries in shexview (I don't think Macro Express Pro is involv...

terrypin

I searched with Richard*.jpg
but got many irrelevant hits containing strings like CliffRichard etc, so I changed to
Richard*.jpg !Cliff

But why has that not removed those unwanted hits please?

Same using *Richard*.jpg !Cliff

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