Folder Index out of sync

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Shooter3k
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Folder Index out of sync

Post by Shooter3k »

I have some very large folder indexes that often get out of sync, despite having the 'attempt to monitor changes' turned on. To compensate for this, I have it scan the drive on a nightly basis.

My question is: Can you make an option to scan just a specific folder to update the index for that specific folder instead of having to scan the entire drive?
void
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Re: Folder Index out of sync

Post by void »

There's no automatic way to do this within Everything.

Instead of indexing c:\folder, consider indexing the following:
c:\folder\subfolder1
c:\folder\subfolder2
c:\folder\subfolder3
...



You can manually rescan a specific folder with the /rescan search command:

/rescan c:\folder\subfolder1


-or-

From the command line with -rescan:

Everything.exe -rescan "c:\folder\subfolder1"


Consider disabling rescanning in Everything under Tools -> Options -> Folders and create a scheduled task to rescan the desired folder with this command line option.
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