How to hide NAS backup folders from results

[Native2904]

Hi,
I read the forum quite often and have already learned a lot about using Everything. Still, I feel like I probably know only about ~3% or less of what it can actually do.

I have a small question and was hoping someone might have a trick or suggestion.

I run Everything as a portable version in the background and use it mainly for searches on my **C:** drive, but I also let it index files on my NAS (e.g.\\Amsterdam\home). The problem is that when I search, the results often include files from my backup folders on the NAS. Sometimes the same file appears three or four times because I create backups with robocopy and include the date at the end of the folder name.

Is there a way to prevent files from these NAS backup folders from appearing in the search results during normal use?

example

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[NotNull]

Result Omissions is the name of the feature you are looking for.
It "hides" results that are not needed on a day-to-day basis. For example: I hide the recycle bin and large parts of the C:\Windows folder as they just clutter the results).
When (temporary) needed, Result Omissions can be "switched off" and *all* results will be shown.

Depending what the names and locations of your backup folders are -- I guess there are more than shown in your screenshot -- something like the highlighted entries should do (pay close attention to the Type column values:

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More complex patterns to describe the file/foldernames are most of the time not a problem, but we need more names to establish such a pattern (in case you want assistance).

[Native2904]

@NotNull
Thank you | Perfecto! | Grazie

[Native2904]

2NotNull

is it possible to make omissions in a combination of bookmark and filters ?

e.g. i have a bookmark:

Code: Select all

Name: Pictures
Search: Custom = C:\Users\Home*
Filter: img:
Columns: Camera Model;Longitude;Latitude;Altitude;Height;Width;Aspect Ratio;Date Taken;Pfad
Sort: Date Taken

Code: Select all

Filter img: ext:3fr;ani;apng;ari;arw;avci;avcs;avif;avifs;bay;bmp;bpg;cap;cr2;cr3;crw;cur;dcr;dcs;dds;dib;dng;drf;eip;emf;erf;fff;gif;heic;heics;heif;heifs;hif;iiq;ico;jfi;jfif;jif;jpe;jpeg;jpg;jxl;jxr;k25;kdc;mef;mos;mrw;nef;nrw;orf;ori;pcx;pef;png;psb;psd;ptx;pxn;raf;ra

that in this view are different folders are hide (like AppData, .cache)?

[therube]

Your NAS is (mapped to drive letter) O: ?
And there are times you don't want to see any files on O:?

You could set up a Search Filter, maybe call it NOT-O,
& in the Search: simply include

!O:

.
Switch to that Filter when you do want to see everything - except anything from O:.

! is the NOT operator.
And !O: simply says to exclude all files on O:.


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And yes, you could so similar with a Bookmark by including !O: in the Search:.
(Again, that assume you don't want to see anything from O:.)

[Native2904]

I will try to create a bookmark that shows all images in the user directory but hides certain (multiple) folders at the same time.
What would be the more elegant approach: adding a separate line for each folder in the custom setting, or separating the folder paths with a semicolon?
Well—trial and error beats theory. I’ll see how far I get. Thanks!

[therube]

Something like:

C:\Users\Home pic: !C:\Users\Home\homealone\ !C:\Users\Home\2026\badpictures-tryagain\ !ext:svg

pic: would handle all your picture types
you can have multiple NOTs (!)
even though .svg is likely a pic:, NOTing it (!ext:svg) would (also) hide .svg files in your results

[Native2904]

Can you see what i do wrong?

I'm scratching my head here.

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[therube]

It's been a while since I've done Bookmark...
The newlines are new, & I've never done that, & the newline version is not looking to work - at least as I've done it.

!c:\windows
!e:\windows
!C:\$Recycle.Bin
!E:\$Recycle.Bin
audio:

Appears it is running through each setting, setting each & moving on to the next ? so in the end, with the above, I'm simply ended up with:
audio: (& all the ! entries are for not).

If I simply enter the entire search on a single line, no newlines, it works:

!c:\windows !e:\windows !C:\$Recycle.Bin !E:\$Recycle.Bin audio:

[void]

Appears it is running through each setting, setting each & moving on to the next ?

Each line is a separate search.

This makes it possible to run multiple searches and search commands in a single bookmark.