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NotNull wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:01 pm $parent-size: is the more human-friendly way,

On second (third?) thought: the amount of 'humans' that has a need for $parent-size is probably *very* limited.
If get-property() will support $path again in the future, that should suffice (IMO)

This might work (did not try to move the folders)
Will very likely not work on UNC paths (\\server\share\fodler\)

Menu => Edit => Advanced => Advanced Move To Folder

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Old = ^([^\\]+)\\([^\\]+)\\([^\\]+).*\\([^\\]+)\\([^\\]+)$
New = \1\\\2\\\3\\\4\\\5

Right, no need to post my "several ways" as these concentrate on lists of filenames and you take a visual approach. Two other ideas then: Create new favourite list in a new tab Make sure the tab bar is shown (for example by opening a new, empty tab) Activate the tab with your favourites Se...

Workaround(s) for now (in case you didn't know already):
How to Get the Old Context Menus Back in Windows 11

Good idea!

Just a sidenote: Diskpart isn't the best example here as this will ask for elevation by itself, due to the requestedExecutionLevel = requireAdministrator in its manifest (that might differ between Windows versions though).

Everything 1.5 has an extension: function that supports wildcards. With that, your search could look like regex:extension:^r(ar|\d+)$ ^ = start of text (extension in this case) \d = number 0..9 + = one or more $ = end of text The ^and $ are probably not needed, but prevents matching extensions like...

There is a bug in the distinct: function that causes the first file to be left out if multiple criteria are specified (i.e. distinct:name;md5)
That is planned to be fixed in the next update.
link

Your workaround -- using a single criterion -- is not affected by that bug.

What I got from @mragtronx8's suggestion is a way to integrate Everything in file dialogs. the desktop, file managers and possibly other applications ina way that typing part of a filename will show a list of matching items (coming from Everything, without opening the regular Everything GUI). The li...

But still if you want to add "$parent-size:" then shouldn't it make Everything property-system clutter? Moreover, people may then ask, please add "$parent-descendant-count:", "$parent-descendant-folder-count:", "$parent-date-modified:", "$parent-date-cre...

Nice find reitwal! Maybe it was intended to work that way after all ...

It sounds interesting but perhaps someone could outline the logic of the case usage of this for me so I understand it. I know I sometimes am typing in a box in another application and want to see it in everything, and a few keystrokes do that (ctrl-a (selects all) ctrl-c (copies) shift-alt-x (bring...

Thanks NotNull. I know how to search this, I was wondering if it can be made like a (semi)permanent filter, preferably in the Result Omissions zone. I don't even know it this expression is working (for me), because it returns zero matches when I remove the NOT "!" operator. What timeframe...

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:thumbsup: You're welcome! And I think @void will really appreciate your donation! (I "just" get a feel-good moment when someone appreciates the help given, just like you just did. Thank you for that! Enjoy your weekend too :D) If you ever get lost in the many options Everything has: the ...

My reasoning (which might be flawed): get-property() retrieves properties of items. Those are the properties as known by the system (= Windows), like Author or Size. This does not include Everything-specific properties, like Run Count or Folder Size. Some of these Everything-specific properties are ...

Confirmed. In standard as well as dark mode.

Something else is misaligned here too. Might be related. Will post details later.

(Win 11 22H2 x64; Everything 1371a)

The Explore Path context menu entry should do that for you. This entry is not shown by default. It can be activated as follows: - Go to Mneu => Tools => Options => General => Context Menu - From the Context Menu Items list, select Explore Path - Set Settings for Explore Path context menu item to Sho...

Add the following to your search:

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!dm:>now

! = NOT

Yes.
This one came up during research of something else I was working on.
(Just an example)

FWIW: Listary is limiting hooks in some places as it caused issues. Somnething to keep in mind.

Ran into this too.
get-property (formula as well as preprocessor function) works only on files, not folders.

I was trying to create an Everything version of TreeSize and the like, butr ran into a missing $parent-size: Now $parent-size: is technically speaking not a property of a file or folder (and probably be slightly expensive to keep up with), but would be cool if this was possible. Would look similar t...

No, there are no features that support this.

Type the following in the Everything search bar and press ENTER

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/rescan "x:\path to\your\folder"

Instead of /rescan, you can also use its alias /update

/rescan

Several.

What does your list look like? Just the names (file.txt) or including the path (c:\folder\file.txt)
Do you store the list on disk in a file?
How often does this list change? Every day? Every month?

I assume you are using Everything 1.5?

Another way might be using IndexThis . With that: right-click folder or drive in Explorer / other filemanager Select the IndexThis entry A temporary Everything instance will be started, indexing the selected drive/folder Wait untill Everything is done scanning (see statusbar) Menu => File => Export ...

these doesn't seem to work to me Please specify what this exactly means. Do you get an error maeesage? System beeps? Reply is "0"? ES.exe gets its results from the Everything database. Are the following paths indexed in Everything? I.e. Do you get results if you type them in the Everythin...

The function used here is fillistfilename:

The cat: dog: search will try to find filelists that are named cat.efu AND dog.efu at the same time.
There is no such filelist as the name of the filelist is either dog.efu or cat.efu.

OK, got it.

Thanks for the SHIFT-ESC tip; didn't knowthat

This is what it looks like here: 2024-04-08 22_36_41-Everything (1.5a) 1.5.0.1371a (x64).png The alternating row colors of the sorted column are configurable: - go to Menu => Tools => Options => General => Fonts and colors - Theme = Dark - Item = Result list - Select Current Sort Alternate Row from ...

Note numerous millisecond related changes that will happen. A theory: I'm guessing your touch comes from gnuwin or cygwin? That will likely use the POSIX subsystem for files and I suspect will that will use a different time resolutioncompared to the Windows FILETIME granularity. (lots of guessing ....

Options => Keyboard contains: View | Folders View | Show Folders View | Folders toggles the Folders sidebar View | Show Folders activates the Folders Sidebar, but doesn't "de-activate" it. There is no separate command to deactivate it (that I could find). What is the added value of View | ...

Are you indexing many properties? Indexed properties are also shown in the context menu. Currently 7 (see below), but non-indexed properties that are shown in the result list are also added to this context menu. (when working with audio files for example). And "formula-columns" like Colum...

Thanks for saving the planet!

@klarah:

It is possible in Everything itself too (tested), but that requires a fix in Everything and that fix likely comes with the next update.
Will post the all the details when that fix is ready.

There are multiple ways to add columns to the result list. One of them is through the Add Columns entry of the column context menu (accessible through right-clicking the result list header or by using the NumPlus keyboard shortcut for example) Another one is by accessing the most common properties i...

I think the idea is to compare files, just based on the hash, so 'file1.txt' and 'copy of file1.txt' are considered the same, even when their names differ.
I vaguely remember that Beyond Compare will always include the name when comparing. Or is it possible to ignore the names?

The d search is cancelled due to the dm search and the dm search is canceled due to the dm: search and so on.. Only the dm:today search completes. -I'll make this easier to see from the logs in the next alpha update. Thanks for explaining. While you're at it .. saw a typo: prIOrity vs. prOIrity or ...

You're welcome! (wiil describe the flexibility later, but let's keep it as simple as possible at this stage) Coming back to this: Using the diff: macro instead of selecting the filter from a list gives extra options. For example: I have two folders containing music files, but also their related lyri...

tuska wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:59 pm 2NotNull
In the first post, the 64-bit version is still linked to version 0.5dw9 instead of 0.5dw9a.
Can you please make an update there? Thank you!

The first post does not contain links to the dw variations.
It is linked in that same thread however: link

Took a quick look at you debug log. What stood out to me that while you were typing ' dm:today ', when the 'd' was keyed in, not a single result was found. I would at least expect c:\win d ows or D :\ to show up. So it looks like there is more going on here... Do you get results if you (temporary) s...

This filter compares 2 folder structures. If one or more of the following is not exactly the same "on both sides", the file will reported in this list: - relative path of the file inside the folder (i.e I:\1\folder\file.txt has relative path \folder\file.txt) - filename (including extensio...

With the Everything filter enabled:

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audio: | video:  "My holiday memories"

There are 2 common ways to activate a Filter: - By selecting it from a list (Menu => Search or the Filter bar) - using the its macro (if available) Take for example the Picture filter: in the filter definition, in the MAcro field, it says: pic . That means that typing pic: in the search field will g...

Date changes of folders are on a filesystem level (IIRC), so not much you can do about that, other than "backup" the current state, delete your files and "restore" afterwards. If I had to do this (I won't as folder dates are too volatile): - In Everything, select the foldernames ...

NotNull wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:41 pm - Set the filter to Everything

@hamid56,
The .docx files are there, just not in Everything:

capteelingurdian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:46 am But, there are now a bunch - like five? - word files from yesterday that SHOW as .docx in Explorer, but only can be found in Everything as .asd.

sk2107 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:48 pm Can I add another column to have the length of the result (len of A column)

Nobody is stopping you

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regex:^(.+?)#   add-column:A;B   A-label:=Category   A:=regmatch1:   B-label:=Length   B:=len($regmatch1:)

If you want the Category to include the #:

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regex:^(.+?#)   add-column:A   A-label:=Category   A:=regmatch1:

Without the #:

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regex:^(.+?)#   add-column:A   A-label:=Category   A:=regmatch1:

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