Automatic File Downloads?

[PeterS]

Hello,

I just installed Everything on a friends computer to help her find files, but after a few moments, a Windows type notification popped up in the lower right side of the screen that indicated that Everything was in the process of downloading files.

I had never seen this before so I clicked cancel.

There are some network drives on her computer I think. I am not familiar with those.

Any ideas about this?

I don't want any files downloaded, just indexed as usual.

Thanks.

[void]

Everything doesn't access files directly.
Everything is probably hitting a cloud folder and downloading file icons or thumbnails.

Please try adding your OneDrive folder and other cloud folders under Tools -> Options -> Exclude.

-or-

Disable icon shell extensions:
Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
/icon_shell_extensions=0
Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
If successful, icon_shell_extensions=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

and show results in detail mode (View -> Details)

[PeterS]

Ok, thank you for that.