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I have set Thunderbird to the MailDir format. This way, all mails are stored as .eml files That would be great but I guess there are some downsides to this. So I rather better should't do it. Also, preview is available. Preview in Everything means there is only a part of the content of the entire f...

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OK.

File -> Read Extended Information before you Copy as TSV.
This will gather any missing values from disk.

So although they are (already) indexed they are gathered from disk? Why would that be?

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Many thanks! All shown columns property values for each file/folder selection are copied to clipboard. It seems that not all of the values of all shown columns are copied here. E.g. not these ones: https://i.imgur.com/fjcOIS5.png Is there a way to copy all of them? And the sizes are shown in bytes...

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Under certain conditions there are options.

What would these conditions be?

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OK, many thanks!

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How could one copy a line or more or a part of a line or of more lines from the result list to the clipboard?

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Sorry, I understand nothing.

IS there anything I should try / do?

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Is it actually possible in Thunderbird or in its files / folders (so the e-mails probably don't have an eml extension there), in which its e-mails are stored to search for e-mails by e-mail addresses, subjects, etc. or to search for content?

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Thank you very much for the very well explaining screenshot, tuska! Does it show an offline or online drive? Ah, OK, an offline drive. If you need the names of offline drives, you can extract them using the "Textify" tool, for example. Many thanks for the link. Yes, a very good idea. Actua...

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Just a compare to check if the files / folders on the drive are in the list, respectively vice versa.

Or a compare of the sizes / creating / modified date of files / folders.

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Is there a way to automatically compare 2 file lists with each other?

Or a file list with a folder on a hard drive or the entire drive?

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Right click the drive and click Properties.

Yes, that's what I tried at first, but looks like it doesn't exist here (only with online hard drives, I guess):

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Very sorry, do not understand at all.

When I want to copy a single label with that bookmark, how do I do it?

Actually I do not want to use a shortcut, because the ones to copy names / paths, etc. (I would remember / use intuitively) are all already used.

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Like this?

And how do I copy the label then?

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Done. Thank you very much!

To just directly copy a label / name of a single drive in the folder pane by pressing a shortcut or with an item in the context menu is not possible?

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How could one copy the labels (in the folder panel or somewhere else) of the drives to the clipboard?

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Is there a way to store the content of the indexed content in a database (instead of holding it in the RAM)? Maybe as an option (causing longer searches for contents). Why is it that Everything sometimes uses 700 MB of RAM and often uses 3-5 GB up to 7 GB of RAM? So how is it possible that the same ...

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Preview handlers are unaware of your content search. Not quite sure to understand, what that means. I mean the Preview of Everything, why is there text missing, not the entire text shown? It's currently not possible to highlight your search terms in the preview window. OK, but the text is even not ...

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Everything uses the system to render previews. So the operating system, Win, renders them. This is currently not possible with the stock preview handlers. So these handlers, do not know what that is, only show a part of the text that Everything content indexes? And although Everything displays the ...

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With the context search I found an rtf file, in the Preview the found text is not shown / available. Why is that?

Is there a way to show in the Preview the entire text?

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After finding the text with the content search and showing it in the "Preview", how could one find the text in the Preview?

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Ah, yes, now I see, thank you very much for the screenshots, I like them very much!

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eml files are usually stored as text/html They can sometimes be stored as text/plain OK, so they are saved with the extension eml with the character sets of text/plain/html (or so). addcolumn:regmatch1 ext:eml regex:content:"(5 - M22071.*)" This ("5 - M22071") is found with cont...

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Many thanks!

Cannot get it working here with the best will in the world.

OK, I then just will search for other characters.

Unfortunately, I can't contribute any more to this topic,
as I only have a few test files (.eml) and use Outlook.

Yes, I understand, many thanks for your great help!

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Simply enter the search queries in the search box as I have shown above. In this case, the commands from the bookmark will be used. OK, sorry for my confusion. These queries only work with that bookmark (or they do not). Obviously I am using them wrong, nothing shown (besides of the green progress ...

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I don't think I understand your answer. :roll: And even the questions? That's a pity, very sorry about that! Why is that? What exactly don't you understand? Instead of content:"searchword" just enter mc:"searchword" in the Everything search box and you will find your text conten...

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Many thanks! So Everything obviously really doesn't find such by default. 1-7 done: https://i.imgur.com/lLGFdtO.png With these search queries you should find what you are looking for: Combined with using that bookmark? I have insert one of the lines to the search? So when I search for one of these c...

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Ah, yes, thank you! Yes, yes, true, a column for MB / autmatic size and bytes. The "Size" column shown in the image with the setting: Size format "Auto" seems to correspond exactly to your requirements. Yes, indeed, this column is perfect. It should stay as it is always (but that...

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It seems as if the content search (content:") (sometimes) would find in *.eml files / e-mails (stored outside of Thunderbird and inside) only a part of the text or maybe would not find special charakters. It perhaps would not find charakters like ä, ü, ß, /, spaces in the text in the "Subj...

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Thank you very much for that great screenshot!

I am very sorry, I am not quite 99 % clear what this means. Perhaps a few words might help.

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Holy...the bytes values appear when adding that code to the search field. If only I had known that earlier. I didn't even know (anymore) something like this would be possible. That's great. But maybe a little impractical to each time add that code. What I meant, sorry for not having mentioned it, wa...

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Because there's already a saying from a fortune cookie in there.

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Just paste it there? Why?

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I cannot remember anymore where it comes from.

Many thanks, sorry, what do I habe to do with the caode?

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How could I show the values under the column "Bytes":

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Thank you for the link! I'm guessing that when you reinstalled Windows, the GUID changed, where your (preexisting, backed up) .ini still referenced the old GUID, & that is the reason for the rebuild? I didn't even used a backup, it was the same partition, unchanged. I once (miß)understood or tho...

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Everything will store all the text from the indexed content in memory for fast searching. Ah yes, so a large amount can add up quite quickly and use up the RAM, I guess. It's a pity that there is probably no option (if such a thing even makes sense) with which you could choose to save the content o...

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The same problem again. So I guess there is no way to always let the USB Stick scan automatically? Even not by pressing the rescan button?

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OK, thank you.

Very sorry for my bad understanding. I still can't figure out the answer. It looks like it describes what you can do ABOUT IT. So what you can do to "solve the problem".

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I have described this in detail above.

Thank you for the link. I am very sorry, but I can't find the answer there.

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Well, as I understand you, you mean "junk Windows Search" and you have never tried Windows Search before and now. Yes, yes, exactly. Q: What exactly does that actually mean? The answer has already been given above: OK, yes, I see, thank you. But maybe not quite in the sense that I meant w...

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Mmh, 'Windows Search' works well here in Windows 11 Pro without any problems. Yes yes, it might even work "well" (relative to Windows) on my junk Win 11 Version 23H2. But I would rather just use a single search / indexing / catalog program. Respectively I use two more (portable ones). But...

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Yes, the same (portable) Everything always (before / after Win 11 installation).

Otherwise, I'll guess that the GUID/SSN of your drives changed

How / why did they do that?

maybe there is something you can finagle... ?

I'm sorry, what?

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I havve 16 GB RAM, 14 available. I suspect that you have too little RAM available for your data volumes. Yes, that anyway, but the junk Lenovo just doesn't work either. A problem with the RAM management or so. What makes the high RAM use of Everything even worse. As a workaround, I suggest you to do...

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Ah, very sorry, many thanks for the link!

So there is probably no simpler (besides of double clicken the grenn bar), direct way or a way to display the drive letter with the green progress bar, I assume.

Okey, many thanks!

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How could one see what drive is just being indexed:

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Please send your Help -> Troubleshooting information to support@voidtools.com This shows your basic setup and what properties you are indexing. OK, done. Otherwise, please try resetting Everything: Somehow sounds as if I could lose settings / anything else? So I should export the settings before? O...

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I completely reinstalled Win 11 on the same computer. Somit muss ich auch allen Laufwerken, internen, externen ihren alten Laufwerksbuchstaben erneut zuweisen. It seems as if Everything is re-reading all properties from each drive (instead of adopting/keeping the old/already indexed ones), perhaps e...

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9.6 Mio. items.

5.9 GB the db.

The bookmark:

Is not the process (of saving, or whatever) still ongoing at the time of your screenshot?

According to what is shown in the status bar, Everything was no longer saving.

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Everything uses up to or more than 8 GB RAM (after clicking the bookmark to save the database):

And Everything after kepts the 8 GB of the RAM.

Is there a way to avoid that?

Is there a way to release the RAM without exiting Everything?

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