Indexing
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Indexing
About
By default, "Everything" indexes all local and removable NTFS volumes.
You can check the Choose volumes options in the installer if you do not wish for "Everything" to indexes all volumes.
Indexing is a 2 stage process.
- In stage 1 "Everything" finds all the files and folders on the volumes you have included.
- In stage 2 "Everything" removes any files or folders you have excluded.
Set the Database location
To set the database location:
- In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Select the Volumes tab.
- Set the Database location. (leave empty to set to the same folder as the executable)
- Click OK.
Stage 1
Choose which volumes are included
Each volume has the following options:
- Check Media allows "Everything" to access the status of the volume.
- It might be useful to disable this option for removable volumes with no media (For example a floppy drive with no floppy disk).
- If this option is disabled, the volume will not be included in the database and "Everything" will not access this volume.
- Enable USN Journal Logging enables the USN Journal on this volume.
- The USN Journal is a log of all file systems changes maintained by the NTFS driver.
- This option must be enabled to include the volume in the database.
- Requires Check media is enabled.
- Include in database includes this volume in the database.
- Requires Check media and USN Journal Logging are enabled.
- Monitor changes will keep this volume up to date real-time.
- Requires Check media, USN Journal Logging and Include in database are enabled.
To choose which volumes are included:
- In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Select the Volumes tab.
- For each volume in the local NTFS volume list:
- Check Check media.
- Check Enable USN Journal logging.
- Check Include in database to include this volume in the database.
- Check Monitor changes to monitor changes to this volume.
- Click OK.
Stage 2
Choose which files and folders to exclude:
Include only the folder I specify
To include only the folder I specify:
- In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Under the Exclude tab, click Add Folder.
- Make sure the type is an Include.
- Select the folder you wish to include.
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
Note: Make sure you only include this folder's volume for stage 1.
Simple exclude
To include all files and folders except the folder I specify:
- In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Under the Exclude tab, click Add Folder.
- Make sure the type is an Exclude.
- Select the folder you wish to exclude.
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
Include only the file types I specify
To include only the file types I specify:
- In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Under the Exclude tab, click Add Filter.
- Make sure the type is an Include.
- Type in the filter: *.ext where ext is the file extension you would like to include.
- Click OK.
- repeat the above steps for each file extension.
- Click OK.
Exclude a type of file
To include only the folder I choose:
- In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Under the Exclude tab, click Add Filter.
- Make sure the type is an Exclude.
- Type in the filter. (For example: *.lnk to exclude all files with the lnk extension)
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
Excluding hidden and system files and folders
- In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
- Check "Exclude hidden files and folders".
- Check "Exclude system files and folders".
"Everything" will monitor changes to file attributes and include or exclude files appropriately.
If you change an excluded folders attribute that would make the folder included, only the folder is added to the database. "Everything" will add subfolders and files if you choose to apply attributes to Subfolders and files (the default option in Windows XP when changing folder attributes).
Changing an included folders attribute that would make the folder excluded, will remove the folder, subfolders and files from the database.
Including files and folders
Parent folders are automatically indexed back to the root of the volume for include only folders.
For Example including only C:\WINDOWS\Media will implicitly include the folders C: and C:\WINDOWS in the database, however, the C: folder will only contain the WINDOWS folder and C:\WINDOWS will only contain the Media folder.
Advanced excluding and including example
Rules are applied in order from top to bottom:
- exclude *.m*
- include *.mp3
The include *.mp3 filter will override the exclude *.m* filter.
Notes on HTTP and ETP servers
The HTTP and ETP server can only search and list files and folders that are in the database.
