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1.5a shows same file name twice?
1.5a shows same file name twice?
See picture below. It gives me the result twice. ChatGPT is telling me to uncheck 8.3 short name format in my options but i cant find it.
Re: 1.5a shows same file name twice?
It surely seems that you do have a directory named, /Waterous/, twice.
Are (in fact) both directories existent?
The two are similarly sized.
What is in the two is entirely unknown.
Might be (mostly) duplicates of each other, might be totally unrelated to one another.
One part of one tree has a directory named, /CUSTOM~1/, which appears to be a SFN.
One part of the other tree has a directory named, /Customers/.
Now one might assume that CUSTOM~1 is a SFN "version" of Customers, but it might or might not be.
(/Customers/ itself will certainly have a different SFN then CUSTOM~1.
DIR /X CUST* will show you the SFN of /Customers/.
It will not be /CUSTOM~1/.)
Now, how did /CUSTOM~1/ come about?
Not likely that it had anything to do with Everything?
Might you have created it? Some (other) software package, backup program perhaps?
How does the contents within the two /Waterous/ directories get populated?
You need to see what is within both of those Waterous directories, & then try to figure out why one ended up with what appears to be a SFN.
Odd, I'd think that they have the same (modified) date/time.
Are (in fact) both directories existent?
Might it have something to do with hardlink?
Everything 1.4 has limitations dealing with hard links, in which case it is possible that an old link could remain (necessitating an index rebuild).
If both directories physically exist, that is not likely to be the case.
Are (in fact) both directories existent?
The two are similarly sized.
What is in the two is entirely unknown.
Might be (mostly) duplicates of each other, might be totally unrelated to one another.
One part of one tree has a directory named, /CUSTOM~1/, which appears to be a SFN.
One part of the other tree has a directory named, /Customers/.
Now one might assume that CUSTOM~1 is a SFN "version" of Customers, but it might or might not be.
(/Customers/ itself will certainly have a different SFN then CUSTOM~1.
DIR /X CUST* will show you the SFN of /Customers/.
It will not be /CUSTOM~1/.)
Now, how did /CUSTOM~1/ come about?
Not likely that it had anything to do with Everything?
Might you have created it? Some (other) software package, backup program perhaps?
How does the contents within the two /Waterous/ directories get populated?
You need to see what is within both of those Waterous directories, & then try to figure out why one ended up with what appears to be a SFN.
Odd, I'd think that they have the same (modified) date/time.
Are (in fact) both directories existent?
Might it have something to do with hardlink?
Everything 1.4 has limitations dealing with hard links, in which case it is possible that an old link could remain (necessitating an index rebuild).
If both directories physically exist, that is not likely to be the case.
Re: 1.5a shows same file name twice?
Its the same folders. I can search for anything it will show me doubles. I cant explain it the size difference in that example, but heres another one. Both are exact same size. If I choose "open path" it takes me to same location.
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Re: 1.5a shows same file name twice?
There's no 8.3 short name format option.ChatGPT is telling me to uncheck 8.3 short name format in my options
This issue can occur when programs make changes to folders using the short name.
It's a limitation with the USN Journal and 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.
To disable short filenames:
- From a admin command prompt, run the following command:
fsutil.exe behavior set disable8dot3 1
Re: 1.5a shows same file name twice?
So i forced rebuild and it worked, until I completely closed out of the program and opened it again. Then I was running WinDirStat just because I am running out of HD space and noticed I had 2 .db's for Everything. I am guessing the working one and the backup. The working one was 11.1GB.
I was indexing content, I turned this off and rebuilt again (only took 30 seconds). But when I checked the active .db size, it was the same. Which I thought was odd.
So I then deleted both .db's. Then I did the admin prompt you told me to do. Then I rebuilt again but this time turned indexing content back on. Took about 8 hours to rebuild. Size is 4.1GB. After closing and opening the program again, I do not have duplicates anymore!
So I am not sure which of those things actually "fixed" it.
I was indexing content, I turned this off and rebuilt again (only took 30 seconds). But when I checked the active .db size, it was the same. Which I thought was odd.
So I then deleted both .db's. Then I did the admin prompt you told me to do. Then I rebuilt again but this time turned indexing content back on. Took about 8 hours to rebuild. Size is 4.1GB. After closing and opening the program again, I do not have duplicates anymore!
So I am not sure which of those things actually "fixed" it.