Indexes

Everything maintains an index of file and folder names, paths, and optional properties for instant searching and sorting.

Add a volume to your Everything index
Index FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes
Index NTFS volumes
Index ReFS volumes
Index network drives
Index specific folders
Index file lists
Index remote Everything indexes
Index properties
Exclude files and folders
Database location
Database autosave

Add a volume to your Everything index

Everything uses different indexing methods depending on the file system.

To add a volume to your index:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the appropriate tab on the left: FAT, NTFS, ReFS, or Network drives.

Select the volume and check Include in database.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

If your volume is not listed under any of these tabs, use Folder indexing to add it manually.

Index FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes

FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes can be added to your Everything index.
These file systems are commonly used on external drives and flash drives.

Requires Everything 1.5

Add a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume to your index
Automatically index FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes
Remove an offline FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume from your index
Automatically remove offline FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes
Include only specific folders on FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume
Monitor changes on FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volumes
Rescan a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume

Add a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume to your index

To add a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume to your index:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check Include in database.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Automatically index FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes

To automatically index new FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Check Automatically index new fixed volumes.
Check Automatically index new removable volumes.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

To prevent a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume from automatically being indexed:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Uncheck Include in database.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Remove an offline FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume from your index

To remove an offline FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Click Remove.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Automatically remove offline FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes

To automatically remove offline FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Check Automatically remove offline volumes.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Include only specific folders on FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume

By default, Everything indexes all files and folders on an indexed FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume.

To include only specific folders on a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Click the ... button to the right of Include only.
Click Add Folder.
Select the folder to include and click Select Folder.
Repeat to add any additional folders.
Click OK to save the include only list.
Click OK.

Leave Include only empty to index the entire volume.

Requires Everything 1.5

Monitor changes on FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volumes

By default, Everything attempts to monitor changes to indexed FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes.

To disable monitoring of changes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Uncheck Attempt to monitor changes.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Everything uses a 64 KB change buffer by default.
The buffer is used only when Attempt to monitor changes is enabled.

To change the buffer size:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Set Buffer size in KB.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

If the change buffer fills before Everything can process it, some changes may be missed.

By default, Rescan on full buffer is disabled.

To automatically rescan a volume when the change buffer is full:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check Rescan on full buffer.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Rescan a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume

By default, Everything rescans indexed FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes daily at 3:00 AM.

To rescan a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume now:

In Everything, from the Index menu, under the Rescan submenu, click the FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume to rescan.

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Click Rescan Now.

Requires Everything 1.5

To rescan all FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volumes now:

In Everything, from the Index menu, under the Rescan submenu, click Rescan All.

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Click Rescan All Now.

Requires Everything 1.5

To change the daily rescan time:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check Rescan every day and set the rescan time.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

To set a rescan interval:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check Rescan every x hours/minutes and set the rescan interval.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

To disable scheduled rescanning:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the FAT tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check Never rescan.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Index NTFS volumes

By default, Everything automatically indexes all local fixed NTFS volumes.

Add an NTFS volume to your index
Automatically index NTFS volumes
Exclude an NTFS volume from your index
Remove an offline NTFS volume from your index
Automatically remove offline NTFS volumes
Include only specific folders on NTFS volume
Manage the USN Journal
Load USN Journal into Recent Changes database
Monitor changes on NTFS volumes

Add an NTFS volume to your index

To add an NTFS volume to your index:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check Include in database.
Click OK.

Automatically index NTFS volumes

To automatically index new NTFS volumes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Check Automatically index new fixed volumes.
Check Automatically index new removable volumes.
Click OK.

Exclude an NTFS volume from your index

To prevent an NTFS volume from automatically being indexed:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Uncheck Include in database.
Click OK.

Remove an offline NTFS volume from your index

To remove an offline NTFS volume:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Click Remove.
Click OK.

Automatically remove offline NTFS volumes

To automatically remove offline NTFS volumes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Check Automatically remove offline volumes.
Click OK.

Include only specific folders on NTFS volume

By default, Everything indexes all files and folders on an indexed NTFS volume.

To include only specific folders on an NTFS volume:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Click the ... button to the right of Include only.
Click Add Folder.
Select the folder to include and click Select Folder.
Repeat to add any additional folders.
Click OK to save the include only list.
Click OK.

Leave Include only empty to index the entire volume.

Manage the USN Journal

The NTFS USN Journal records changes to files and folders on an NTFS volume.
Windows maintains the NTFS USN journal, not Everything.
Everything uses the USN Journal to monitor changes to NTFS volumes.

By default, Windows enables the USN Journal.

The Maximum size setting controls how large the USN Journal can grow.
The Allocation delta setting controls how much data is trimmed from the beginning of the journal when it reaches its maximum size.

To set the USN Journal maximum size:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Set Maximum size in KB. Typically 32768 KB.
Click OK.

Changes to the maximum size do not take effect immediately.

To set the USN Journal allocation delta:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Set Allocation delta in KB. Typically 8192 KB.
Click OK.

Load USN Journal into Recent Changes database

Load all changes recorded in the NTFS USN Journal into the Recent Changes database.

The Recent Changes database can be used to quickly search for files and folders that have changed recently.

This option is disabled by default.
It requires the USN Journal and Recent Changes indexing to be enabled.

To load the NTFS USN Journal into the Recent Changes database:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check load USN Journal into the Recent Changes database.
Click OK.

Enabling may decrease Everything startup performance.

Monitor changes on NTFS volumes

By default, Everything monitors changes to indexed NTFS volumes using the USN Journal.

To disable monitoring of changes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the NTFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Uncheck Monitor changes.
Click OK.

Index ReFS volumes

By default, Everything automatically indexes all local fixed ReFS volumes.

Add an ReFS volume to your index
Automatically index ReFS volumes
Exclude an ReFS volume from your index
Remove an offline ReFS volume from your index
Automatically remove offline ReFS volumes
Include only specific folders on ReFS volume
Manage the USN Journal
Load USN Journal into Recent Changes database
Monitor changes on ReFS volumes

Add an ReFS volume to your index

To add an ReFS volume to your index:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check Include in database.
Click OK.

Automatically index ReFS volumes

To automatically index new ReFS volumes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Check Automatically index new fixed volumes.
Check Automatically index new removable volumes.
Click OK.

Exclude an ReFS volume from your index

To prevent an ReFS volume from automatically being indexed:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Uncheck Include in database.
Click OK.

Remove an offline ReFS volume from your index

To remove an offline ReFS volume:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Click Remove.
Click OK.

Automatically remove offline ReFS volumes

To automatically remove offline ReFS volumes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Check Automatically remove offline volumes.
Click OK.

Include only specific folders on ReFS volume

By default, Everything indexes all files and folders on an indexed ReFS volume.

To include only specific folders on an ReFS volume:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Click the ... button to the right of Include only.
Click Add Folder.
Select the folder to include and click Select Folder.
Repeat to add any additional folders.
Click OK to save the include only list.
Click OK.

Leave Include only empty to index the entire volume.

Manage the USN Journal

The ReFS USN Journal records changes to files and folders on an ReFS volume.
Windows maintains the ReFS USN journal, not Everything.
Everything uses the USN Journal to monitor changes to ReFS volumes.

By default, Windows enables the USN Journal.

The Maximum size setting controls how large the USN Journal can grow.
The Allocation delta is ignored for ReFS volumes and is always 0.

To set the USN Journal maximum size:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Set Maximum size in KB. Typically 32768 KB.
Click OK.

Changes to the maximum size do not take effect immediately.

Load USN Journal into Recent Changes database

Load all changes recorded in the ReFS USN Journal into the Recent Changes database.

The Recent Changes database can be used to quickly search for files and folders that have changed recently.

This option is disabled by default.
It requires the USN Journal and Recent Changes indexing to be enabled.

To load the ReFS USN Journal into the Recent Changes database:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Check load USN Journal into the Recent Changes database.
Click OK.

Enabling may decrease Everything startup performance.

Monitor changes on ReFS volumes

By default, Everything monitors changes to indexed ReFS volumes using the USN Journal.

To disable monitoring of changes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the ReFS tab on the left.
Select the volume from the list.
Uncheck Monitor changes.
Click OK.

Network Drives

Mapped network drives can be added to your Everything index.

Requires Everything 1.5

Add a network drives to your index
Automatically index network drives
Remove an offline network drive from your index
Automatically remove offline network drives
Include only specific folders on network drive
Monitor changes on network drives
Fast rescan
Rescan a network drive

Add a network drive to your index

To add a network drive to your index:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Check Include in database.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Automatically index network drives

To automatically index new network drives:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Check Automatically index new mapped network drives.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

To prevent a network drive from automatically being indexed:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Uncheck Include in database.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Remove an offline network drive from your index

To remove an offline network drive:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Click Remove.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Automatically remove offline network drives

To automatically remove offline network drives:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Check Automatically remove offline mapped network drives.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Include only specific folders on network drive

By default, Everything indexes all files and folders on an indexed network drive.

To include only specific folders on a network drive:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Click the ... button to the right of Include only.
Click Add Folder.
Select the folder to include and click Select Folder.
Repeat to add any additional folders.
Click OK to save the include only list.
Click OK.

Leave Include only empty to index the entire mapped network drive.

Requires Everything 1.5

Monitor changes on network drives

By default, Everything attempts to monitor changes to indexed network drives.

To disable monitoring of changes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Uncheck Attempt to monitor changes.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Everything uses a 64 KB change buffer by default.
The buffer is used only when Attempt to monitor changes is enabled.

To change the buffer size:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Set Buffer size in KB.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

If the change buffer fills before Everything can process it, some changes may be missed.

By default, Rescan on full buffer is disabled.

To automatically rescan a mapped network drive when the change buffer is full:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Check Rescan on full buffer.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Fast rescan

Fast rescan only rescans folders whose date modified has changed since the last rescan.

The remote volume containing the network share must use NTFS or a compatible file system.
Date Modified indexing is required.

Fast rescan is disabled by default.

To enable fast rescan:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Check Fast rescan.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

Enabling fast rescan on an unsupported file system may cause Everything to miss changes during a rescan.

Rescan a network drive

By default, Everything rescans indexed network drives daily at 3:00 AM.

To rescan a network drive now:

In Everything, from the Index menu, under the Rescan submenu, click the network drive to rescan.

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Click Rescan Now.

Requires Everything 1.5

To rescan all network drives now:

In Everything, from the Index menu, under the Rescan submenu, click Rescan All.

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Click Rescan All Now.

Requires Everything 1.5

To change the daily rescan time:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Check Rescan every day and set the rescan time.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

To set a rescan interval:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Check Rescan every x hours/minutes and set the rescan interval.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

To disable scheduled rescanning:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Drives tab on the left.
Select the mapped network drive from the list.
Check Never rescan.
Click OK.

Requires Everything 1.5

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Index specific folders

Add a volume with an Include only if you want to index most of a volume.

To index a specific folder or a drive not listed above:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Folders tab on the left.
Click Add....
Select the folder or drive letter and click Select Folder.
Click OK.

Folder indexing allows Everything to include any folder in the Everything index, such as folders on local drives, external drives, network drives, network shares, cloud folders, and virtual folders.

For more information, see Folder indexing.

Index file lists

Use file lists to index offline storage such as optical discs (CDs, DVDs) or disconnected external drives.

To add a file list to your index:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the File Lists tab on the left.
Click Add....
Select your file list file (.efu) and click Open.
Click OK.

Use file lists to index offline media, backups, or storage locations that can sometimes be unavailable, such as CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, external hard drives, or network directories.

For more information, see File Lists.

Index remote Everything indexes

To add a remote Everything index to your index:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Network Indexes tab on the left.
Click Add....
Select your file list file (.efu) and click Open.
Click OK.

Choose what properties to index

By default, Everything indexes size and date modified information.

Index basic file information

To index basic file information such as size, date created, date modified, and attributes:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Indexes tab on the left.
Check the desired options.
Click OK.

Index properties

To index extended properties such as media length, width, and height:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Properties tab on the left.
...

Exclude files and folders

To exclude a folder from your index:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Exclude tab on the left.
Click Add Folder....
Select the folder to exclude and click OK.
Click OK.

To exclude specific file types:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Exclude tab on the left.*In the Exclude files box, enter a semicolon-separated list of wildcard patterns (for example: *.tmp;thumbs.db;desktop.ini).
Click OK.

Database location

Everything keeps its database in memory while running and saves it to disk daily and when you exit.

By default, the database is stored in:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything\Everything.db
If Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything is disabled, the Everything.db file is stored in the same location as your Everything.exe.

To set a custom database location:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Select the Indexes tab on the left.
To the right of Database location, click Browse....
Select a database location and click OK.
Click OK.

Database autosave

By default, Everything saves the database to disk everyday at 4am.
If this scheduled autosave is missed, Everything will save the database to disk the next time an Everything window is closed.

TODO: Technical/implementation specific: the autosave cannot occur if there was any mouse or keyboard input within the last 5 minutes.

Size, Dates and Attributes Indexing

Everything always indexes name and path information.
Indexing size, date and attribute information is optional.
Everything indexes file size and date modified information by default.
Everything will maintain name, path and any optional information in real-time.

File information that is indexed can be searched instantly.

Extra information that is not indexed is gathered when required.
For example, when displaying, searching or sorting.

Gathering unindexed information can be quite slow for many results.

To include extra file information in the Everything index:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options
Click the Indexes tab.
Check the desired options:

Index file size
Index folder size
Index date created
Index date modified
Index date accessed
Index attributes

Click OK.

Note: Including extra file information in the index will require more memory.
Hover over an extra file information option to see a tooltip showing the extra memory requirements.

Folder sizes

To show folder sizes in "Everything":

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options
Click the Indexes tab.
Check Index folder size.
Click OK.

Fast Sorting

"Everything" maintains a "Fast sort" index for size and date modified information.

Fast sorting is persistent, that is, "Everything" will remember the sort between searches.

When sorting by file information that does not have fast sorting enabled "Everything" must gather this information from disk which can be slow.

To enable fast sorting:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Indexes tab.
Check the desired fast sort options:

Fast size sort
Fast date created sort
Fast date modified sort
Fast date accessed sort
Fast attribute sort
Fast path sort
Fast extension sort

Click OK.

Note: Enabling fast sort requires more memory. The corresponding extra file information must be included in the index.
Hover over a fast sort option to see a tooltip showing the extra memory requirements.

Name, Date Run, Run Count and Date Recently Changed are always fast sort enabled.

NTFS

"Everything" will automatically index all fixed NTFS volumes.

To manually index fixed NTFS volumes:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the NTFS tab
uncheck Auto include new fixed volumes.
Click OK.

To include removable NTFS volumes in the index:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the NTFS tab
Select the removable volume.
Check Include in database.
Click OK.

ReFS

"Everything" will automatically index all fixed ReFS volumes.

To manually index fixed ReFS volumes:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the ReFS tab
uncheck Auto include new fixed volumes.
Click OK.

To include removable ReFS volumes in the index:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the ReFS tab
Select the removable volume.
Check Include in database.
Click OK.

Folders

Use folder indexing to include mapped network drives, CDRoms, DVDRoms, FAT and FAT32 volumes.

For more information, see Folder indexing.

File Lists

Use file lists to index CDs, DVDs, BluRays and other offline files and folders.

For more information, see File Lists.

Exclude

"Everything" will index every file and folder, you can then exclude files from the index.

To exclude files or folders with the hidden or system attributes from the "Everything" index:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Exclude tab
Check Exclude hidden files and folders to exclude files and folders with the hidden attribute.
Check Exclude system files and folders to exclude files and folders with the system attribute.
Click OK.

To exclude a folder from the "Everything" index:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Exclude tab
Click Add Folder...
Select the folder to exclude.
Click OK.
Click OK.

To include only certain types of files in the "Everything" index:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Exclude tab
Type in the semicolon delimited list of wildcard filters for include only files, for example, include only mp3 and jpg files:

*.mp3;*.jpg

Click OK.

To exclude certain types of files from the "Everything" index:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Exclude tab
Type in the semicolon delimited list of wildcard filters for exclude files, for example, exclude thumbs.db, desktop.ini and tmp files:

thumbs.db;desktop.ini;*.tmp

Click OK.

To use regex in your exclude filters, prefix the exclude filter with regex:, for example, to exclude folders starting with A-N, set the exclude filter to:
regex:^[A-N]

Optimizing for smallest memory foot print

To reduce the memory requirements for "Everything":

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Indexes tab
Uncheck Index recent changes.
Uncheck Index file size.
Uncheck Index folder size.
Uncheck Index date created.
Uncheck Index date modified.
Uncheck Index date accessed.
Uncheck Index attributes.
Uncheck Fast path sort.
Uncheck Fast extension sort.
Click OK.

Recover filenames from an Everything.db

To recover a list of filenames from a Everything.db:

Please make sure you have a backup of your Everything.db.
Download db2efu.zip.
Open db2efu.zip and run db2efu.exe
Select your Everything.db file.
Choose a filename to store the list of filenames.
This file list file can be opened with "Everything", notepad or Excel.

Force rebuild

To force "Everything" to rebuild its indexes:

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

Keep offline NTFS volumes in the index

To keep offline NTFS volumes in your Everything index:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the NTFS tab
Uncheck Automatically remove offline volumes.
Click OK.

To manually remove an offline volume:

In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the NTFS tab
Select the offline NTFS volume and click Remove.
Click OK.

Fast reindexing

"Everything" must perform a reindex when a new volume is added to the index or an existing volume is removed from the index.
When a reindex occurs with "Everything" 1.3 and earlier, all volumes must be completely rescanned, even if they have not changed.
"Everything" 1.4 can quickly reindex by reusing the existing up-to-date indexes.

Limitations

While all NTFS/ReFS hard links are indexed, changes made to a hard link will only update the first hard link entry in "Everything".
"Everything" does not follow junctions with NTFS/ReFS indexing.

Pausing file system monitors

To pause NTFS monitors, ReFS monitors, folder monitors and file list monitors:

In "Everything", type in the following search and press ENTER:

To resume NTFS monitors, ReFS monitors, folder monitors and file list monitors:

In "Everything", type in the following search and press ENTER:

Monitors will remain paused until they are resumed.

Indexes

Add a volume to your Everything index

Index FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes

Add a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume to your index

Automatically index FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes

Remove an offline FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume from your index

Automatically remove offline FAT, FAT32, and exFAT volumes

Include only specific folders on FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume

Monitor changes on FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volumes

Rescan a FAT, FAT32, or exFAT volume

Index NTFS volumes

Add an NTFS volume to your index

Automatically index NTFS volumes

Exclude an NTFS volume from your index

Remove an offline NTFS volume from your index

Automatically remove offline NTFS volumes

Include only specific folders on NTFS volume

Manage the USN Journal

Load USN Journal into Recent Changes database

Monitor changes on NTFS volumes

Index ReFS volumes

Add an ReFS volume to your index

Automatically index ReFS volumes

Exclude an ReFS volume from your index

Remove an offline ReFS volume from your index

Automatically remove offline ReFS volumes

Include only specific folders on ReFS volume

Manage the USN Journal

Load USN Journal into Recent Changes database

Monitor changes on ReFS volumes

Network Drives

Add a network drive to your index

Automatically index network drives

Remove an offline network drive from your index

Automatically remove offline network drives

Include only specific folders on network drive

Monitor changes on network drives

Fast rescan

Rescan a network drive

Index specific folders

Index file lists

Index remote Everything indexes

Choose what properties to index

Index basic file information

Index properties

Exclude files and folders

Database location

Database autosave

Size, Dates and Attributes Indexing

Folder sizes

Fast Sorting

NTFS

ReFS

Folders

File Lists

Exclude

Optimizing for smallest memory foot print

Recover filenames from an Everything.db

Force rebuild

Keep offline NTFS volumes in the index

Fast reindexing

Limitations

Pausing file system monitors

See also