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  • Re: Make "everything" exclude something?

    From Boris@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 1 13:22:48 2025
    "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote in news:103v6u3$27r2q$5@dont-email.me:

    On 2025/6/30 23:56:54, Paul wrote:
    On Mon, 6/30/2025 6:50 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    Anyone know how to make the "everything" search utility _ex_clude
    something (and remember that)?

    I would prefer to exclude .lnk files. When I "run" a file (e. g. am
    mp3) from everything's search results (or almost anywhere else, such
    as File Manager), a .lnk appears in my Recent - fair enough, but of
    course it also matches the search criteria that found it, so the
    everything window shows it too.

    I've looked through its menus, but the most hopeful looking one -
    Tools | Options | Indexes | Exclude - didn't work.


    Contains "excluded folders and file types" in the PDF. (311 Pages)
    Unzip and use your PDF Reader.

    https://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.4.User.Guide.en-US.pdf.zip

    Paul

    Thanks for that link.

    I was _nearly_ there: I had put

    .lnk

    in the exlcude box. Turns out that putting

    *.lnk

    worked!

    I can't find the exclude box. Where is it?

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  • From DAN@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 1 19:29:39 2025
    Reply-To: here@this.group

    Paul wrote:

    On Mon, 6/30/2025 6:50 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    Anyone know how to make the "everything" search utility _ex_clude something (and remember that)?

    I would prefer to exclude .lnk files. When I "run" a file (e. g. am mp3) from everything's search results (or almost anywhere else, such as File Manager), a .lnk appears in my Recent - fair enough, but of course it also matches the search criteria that found it, so the everything window shows it too.

    Paul's answer will work _every_ time.
    If you want a less drastic, one-time exclusion, just add to your query "!.lnk"


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  • From Boris@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 2 01:20:59 2025
    "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote in news:10404dm$27r2q$8@dont-email.me:

    On 2025/7/1 4:22:48, Boris wrote:
    "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote in
    news:103v6u3$27r2q$5@dont-email.me:

    On 2025/6/30 23:56:54, Paul wrote:
    On Mon, 6/30/2025 6:50 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    Anyone know how to make the "everything" search utility _ex_clude
    something (and remember that)?

    I would prefer to exclude .lnk files. When I "run" a file (e. g.
    am mp3) from everything's search results (or almost anywhere else,
    such as File Manager), a .lnk appears in my Recent - fair enough,
    but of course it also matches the search criteria that found it,
    so the everything window shows it too.

    I've looked through its menus, but the most hopeful looking one -
    Tools | Options | Indexes | Exclude - didn't work.


    Contains "excluded folders and file types" in the PDF. (311 Pages)
    Unzip and use your PDF Reader.

    https://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.4.User.Guide.en-US.pdf.zip

    Paul

    Thanks for that link.

    I was _nearly_ there: I had put

    .lnk

    in the exlcude box. Turns out that putting

    *.lnk

    worked!

    I can't find the exclude box. Where is it?

    Tools | Options | "Exclude" is third from bottom on left | "Exclude
    files" is then bottom on right.

    On second look, there it is. Thanks.


    (That's in "Version 1.4.1.1026 (x86)", but probably the same in most.
    [I just tried "check for updates" and it said it was the latest.])


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