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I've found a couple of times where ESE will not show the contents of a particular folder. I've tried uninstalling then reinstalling but that does not fix it. The only way it will find the files I'm looking for is to make a copy of the folder. ESE then will find the contents of the copied folder. Then I must delete the original folder and then rename the folder to be the same as the original. Then I'm fine until it happens with another folder.

Why does ESE forget\ignore the contents of some folders?

Does it show the foldername itself in the resultlist? Are none of the files in this folder shown or just some of them?

First guess: these files are hardlinks. Everything 1.4 sometimes has a hard time keeping track of them.
A Force Rebuild should fix that (temporarily).
Everything 1.5 does a much better job in this regard. What Everything version are you using?

Please make sure no search options are checked under the Search menu (eg: uncheck match case, uncheck match whole words, uncheck regex)

Please make sure the Everything filter is active under the Search menu.

Please make sure these files are not excluded from Tools -> Options -> Exclude.



Please make sure Everything is installed correctly and running as a standard user:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

Please try forcing a rebuild:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Indexes tab on the left.
• Click Force Rebuild.
• Click OK.

The MFT can be out of sync with your folders.
Please check your drive for errors:

• Please backup anything important on your drive before checking it for errors.
• In Windows Explorer, right click your drive and click Properties.
• Click the Tools tab.
• Click Check now...
• Click Start
• If prompted to schedule a scan on the next restart, click Yes.

Please let me know if the issue persists.

NotNull wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:59 pm Does it show the foldername itself in the resultlist? Are none of the files in this folder shown or just some of them?

First guess: these files are hardlinks. Everything 1.4 sometimes has a hard time keeping track of them.
A Force Rebuild should fix that (temporarily).
Everything 1.5 does a much better job in this regard. What Everything version are you using?

Thank you!
It does show the folder but not the contents of the folder.
They are not hardlinks.
OH! I missed Everything 1.5! I will install that!

void wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:03 pm Please let me know if the issue persists.

Thank you! I will check these things next time it happens. Also, I missed version 1.5, so I will upgrade to that now.