property value exported to CSV file list not displayed when CSV opened in Everything

[jimspoon]

With csv_type set to "Filename", I exported a results list to a CSV file list. As shown below, the CSV file contains a "Volume Label" column, and the next line shows value "Acer" for that column:

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"Filename","Extension","Date Modified","Size","Regular Expression Match 1","Comment","Attributes","Volume Label"
"C:\Users\Jim\OneDrive\Documents\mcle\testfile.pdf",pdf,133816434260000000,59370,,,32,Acer

However, when I used File > Open File List to open this CSV file in Everything, the Volume Label column is empty. No values are shown in the Volume Label column even though they are present in the CSV file. Is there a way to get Everything to show these values that are present in the CSV file?

Am I misunderstanding Everything's ability to display property values in a CSV file? I'm assuming the csv_type has to be "Filename" for that to work, but this CSV is the "Filename" type. I also tried renaming the CSV to EFU before opening it in Everything, and the Volume Label values were still not shown.

Using 1391a.

Thanks for any help.

[jimspoon]

Still trying to figure this out.

I exported a small list of files to a CSV file (FILENAME type), including "Camera Model" and "Volume Label" columns. The correct values are present in the CSV file for both columns. I made this list on my desktop for files on my local hard drive.

When I open the file list in Everything on my laptop, the "Camera Model" column is filled in, but the "Volume Label" is empty.

Does anybody have an explanation for this mystery? If the Volume Label for files in the list can't be displayed in Everything, I can't use Everything to identify the volumes that contain the files I'm looking for. That was the purpose for exporting the Volume Label in the first place.

I tried it with "filelist_properties" on, then off, the Volume Label column remains empty either way.

As an experiment, I just exported the Volume Name column in addition to the Volume Label column. When I open the CSV file in Everything, the Volume Name column is also empty.

Using 1391a.

[NotNull]

If it is any consolation, I couldn't make this work either.
Will look at it in more detail when time permits.

[jimspoon]

It's a real puzzler, isn't it? Why would Everything display some properties in the CSV (like "Camera Model"), but not others (like "Volume Label" and "Volume Name")?

I just tried a CSV file containing a column for the Windows Property System.VolumeID - some of the VolumeID values are displayed, but many are not.

It does seem that Volume Labels for offline volumes will be displayed if they are stored in the Everything index, rather than CSV file lists:

Visible Volume labels into Everything offline indexes - viewtopic.php?p=73523&hilit=volume+label#p73523

But I think I'd prefer to keep them in File Lists to avoid index file bloat.

I suppose I could put these removable volumes in a separate Everything database which I could search using a "named instance".