Exclusion of Recycle Bin system folder does not work [SOLVED]

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

This when put in the box of Search Edit works

!C:\

i.e. it hides everything located on the C volume - but this does not

!C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\

i.e. I still see in the main window all of the deleted content from said volume


I am using Everything 1.5.0.1367a x64 Portable on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 x64 [10.0.19042]

[horst.epp]

This when put in the box of Search Edit works

!C:\

i.e. it hides everything located on the C volume - but this does not

!C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\

i.e. I still see in the main window all of the deleted content from said volume


I am using Everything 1.5.0.1367a x64 Portable on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2 x64 [10.0.19042]

Remove the trailing \
This works
!C:\$RECYCLE.BIN

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

[...]
!C:\$RECYCLE.BIN

It does nothing when combined with a Filter with such settings

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Search:
:\$recycle.bin\ !$I <<search:> | displayname:<search:> | original-location:<search:>> columns:dm;date-deleted;extension;size;path;length;displayname;original-location;name;type

Macro:
bin<search>

i.e. the expression from Search Box shows me content of all RECYCLE.BIN folders including the one from volume C which I am trying to get rid off from tle list with results


[And if I were to not use such kind of Filter [that I added for a quick access to list of deleted items] - then how this would suppose to work? It would be pointless to remove any RECYCLE.BIN folder as none of them get listed]

[void]

!C:\$RECYCLE.BIN will not work with that filter.

Please try activating the Everything filter and using the following search:

!C:\$RECYCLE.BIN bin:

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

This seems to be working; thank you

[mvdeckard]

It's as simple as Options -> Indexes -> Exclude -> Add Filter -> $RECYCLE.BIN

Done. No need for drive letters.

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[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

The above does not change how my Everything behaves i.e. I still need to use

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!C:\$RECYCLE.BIN bin:

which I added as a Bookmark for convenience

[horst.epp]

It's as simple as Options -> Indexes -> Exclude -> Add Filter -> $RECYCLE.BIN

Done. No need for drive letters.


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$RECYCLE.BIN doesn't work, it's rejected as illegal name.
You can search for it and select Recycle.bin
But this will have no impact at all on the search results, even after a Rebuild.
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Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3155)
Everything 1.5.0.1367a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.2

[NotNull]

It's as simple as Options -> Indexes -> Exclude -> Add Filter -> $RECYCLE.BIN

As @mvdeckard said: Add it as a filter, not as a folder.
Tested: works.

[horst.epp]

It's as simple as Options -> Indexes -> Exclude -> Add Filter -> $RECYCLE.BIN

As @mvdeckard said: Add it as a filter, not as a folder.
Tested: works.

No, it doesn't, at least not for me.
It's added as a Filter, which is not shown as such in the configuration !?

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[NotNull]

It looks like there's a <space> before $RECYCLE.BIN ?

[horst.epp]

It looks like there's a <space> before $RECYCLE.BIN ?

You are right (for most of the time)
After removing the space, it works as desired.
Btw. one can't see if an Excluded entry is defined as Folder or Filter.

[NotNull]

Btw. one can't see if an Excluded entry is defined as Folder or Filter.

True. For me: If it doesn't look like a folderpath, it's a Filter.
(workaround: Press the Edit button; either a Select Folder dialog appears or a Filter Edit dialog)

[void]

Btw. one can't see if an Excluded entry is defined as Folder or Filter.

They are all wildcard "filters".

If you specify an absolute path (for example: C:\Windows ), clicking Edit will show the Browse for folder dialog.
If you hold down Shift you can edit as a filter (also works in other Everything filter UIs)