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Exclude Wildcard Folder Names from Indexing
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 6:31 pm
by ClaveMan
Newbie. Apologies..
Running 1.4.1.895 Everything on Windows 10 64bit
I want to exclude all folder matching a pattern such as ".metadata", or ".plugins" from my index.
I can see in the Tools->Options Everything Options dialog there is a tab labeled "Indexes->Exclude"
I can select individual folders and add them to the "Exclude folders" such as:
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C:\foo\.metadata\... thousands of temp files
C:\foobar\.metadata\... thousands of temp files
C:\bar\.metadata\... thousands of temp files
etc..
I can exclude files with a pattern like:
Is there a way to exclude all folder paths holding a ".metadata" in the same way I can chain together exclude file names?
For example, say
Re: Exclude Wildcard Folder Names from Indexing
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:13 pm
by Stamimail
Not tested,
but I think this is possible by
Options > NTFS > Include only: (<--for each drive)
Try to put a "!" before to exclude. example:
!"C:\foo\.metadata\... thousands of temp files" !"C:\foobar\.metadata\... thousands of temp files" !"C:\bar\.metadata\... thousands of temp files"
or try with semi-colons instead of spaces:
!"C:\foo\.metadata\... thousands of temp files";!"C:\foobar\.metadata\... thousands of temp files";"C:\bar\.metadata\... thousands of temp files"
Work for you?
Re: Exclude Wildcard Folder Names from Indexing
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 7:46 pm
by Stamimail
btw,
I don't know why, but I think the delimiter "\" doesn't work with the wildcard "*".
Please try:
!".metadata\";!".plugins\";..
or better:
folder: !"*.metadata";!"*.plugins";..
Re: Exclude Wildcard Folder Names from Indexing
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 6:55 am
by void
To exclude folders named .metadata or .plugins:
- In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the Exclude tab on the left.
- Click Add filter....
- Set the filter to:
*.metadata
- Click OK.
- Click Add filter....
- Set the filter to:
*.plugins
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
Only one filter can be specified at a time, ie: you can not be use ; to separate folder filters, you must add another folder filter.
! does not work for exclude filters.
Re: Exclude Wildcard Folder Names from Indexing
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:12 pm
by ClaveMan
void wrote:To exclude folders named .metadata or .plugins:
- In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the Exclude tab on the left.
- Click Add filter....
- Set the filter to:
*.metadata
- Click OK.
- Click Add filter....
- Set the filter to:
*.plugins
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
Only one filter can be specified at a time, ie: you can not be use ; to separate folder filters, you must add another folder filter.
! does not work for exclude filters.
I tried this one first. It works perfectly. Thank You!
It is so satisfying to hit Apply (after adding a new exclude expression) and watch files you don't want "disappear" (as object count in lower left goes down).
Re: Exclude Wildcard Folder Names from Indexing
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:49 pm
by void
Is it possible to exclude only the contents of for example browser's cache folder?
Like this
What browser are you using?
For example, to exclude your Firefox cache:
- In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click the Exclude tab on the left.
- Click Add filter....
- Set the filter to:
C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\cache2\entries
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
Re: Exclude Wildcard Folder Names from Indexing
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:20 pm
by Function
Thank you so much for the explanation! This is where I found how to use the "Edit wildcard filter" button (it isn't really explained in the FAQ
https://www.voidtools.com/support/every ... s/#exclude)