How do find files that Everything does not find?

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Debugger
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How do find files that Everything does not find?

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How do find files that Everything does not find?
Eg.
chkdsk

a file path e.g.
C:\System Volume Information\Chkdsk\Chkdsk20181219082347.log
therube
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Re: How do find files that Everything does not find?

Post by therube »

Not sure?

But I take it that you've already granted yourself sufficient privileges to access the directory?

And you've tried using both the Everything Service & also running Everything "As Administrator"?
horst.epp
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Re: How do find files that Everything does not find?

Post by horst.epp »

Debugger wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:51 pm How do find files that Everything does not find?
Eg.
chkdsk

a file path e.g.
C:\System Volume Information\Chkdsk\Chkdsk20181219082347.log
No problem to find chkdsk, 15 objects on my Windows 10.
You can't search anything in C:\System Volume Information
its blocked by Windows even for Administrators.
Debugger
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Re: How do find files that Everything does not find?

Post by Debugger »

Many system files do not find Everything, but if something is a comparison, MasterSeeker (tool) finds it.
vanisk
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Re: How do find files that Everything does not find?

Post by vanisk »

"System Volume Information" folder is excluded by default (???, i guess, i don't remember adding exclude list as" ?:\System Volume Information\").
Tools->Options->Indexes->Exclude.

I deleted that entry, and everything is showing the files.

IMO, its safe to leave that folder alone...
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Also make sure, Exclude hidden & system files is NOT checked.

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therube
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Re: How do find files that Everything does not find?

Post by therube »

(On XP at the moment, so less relevant [what I'm seeing here],
but I wonder what I used for my search when I had looked & whether I had Match Path enabled or not?
Almost certain I would have had no Excludes.)
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Re: How do find files that Everything does not find?

Post by therube »

Borrowed a 10er & on my end, it simply must have been that I did not set Match Path.
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