Just cant get the right format

[sikm]

I would be lost without Everything use it frequently and have spread the word.
However there is one thing that I can't manage to do.
I want to search a folder, and subs, for any .mp3 file.
The folder is on disk H:Movies Comedy AudioBooks and the sub folder I wish to search is Audiobooks.
What's the correct format to achieve that.
TIA Simon

[void]

Thank you for your feedback and support.

Please try searching for:

h:\movies\comedy\audiobooks\ *.mp3



Please try the Advanced Search under the Search menu to help limit your results to a specific folder.
*.mp3 will limit your results to files with the mp3 extension only.

[sikm]

Thanks for the response. The drive is actually labelled "Movies Comedy AudioBooks" I was unclear on that.

This is what I entered:
h:\Movies Comedy AudioBooks\audiobooks\ *.mp3

I think I tried this before but it didn't give me any response.

Maybe I should copy an .MP3 file in perhaps there aren't any!!

Stay tuned, I'll be back......

[sikm]

Did that but got no hits using that search line

[void]

Please try the following search:

"h:\Movies Comedy AudioBooks\audiobooks\" *.mp3

Use double quotes (") to escape any spaces.

[sikm]

Cut and pasted but still nothing

[void]

Sorry, I probably have the wrong path.

Please try browsing for your audiobooks:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Advanced Search.
• To the right of Located in, click Browse....
• Browse for your audiobooks folder and click OK.
• Click OK.

Does this find any results?



Please try adding *.mp3 to the end of your search.

[sikm]

I also tried renaming the disc to just Movies but with the same result

[sikm]

Did that. I had a book title in file name - Scotland Street - and it found the directory though not the books within that directory which also contained those words.
However when I used .mp3 - just like that - in a word or phrase I got nothing.
I then enclosed ".mp3" still nothing.

[void]

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.

Does Everything find any mp3 files in this folder now?

[sikm]

YES!!
Did all that. The only thing I changed was Folder to Everything. I did try a search before the force rebuild but without joy.
After rebuild I used Advance search which generated this "*.mp3 H:\Audiobooks\ " and that worked.


"h:\Movies Comedy AudioBooks\audiobooks\" *.mp3 directly into the search box still didn't work though. Looks like advanced dearch is the go.

[sikm]

Many thanks for the assistance.