How to enable Folder search AND shortcuts to folders?

[pstein]

I want to search for folders AND shortcuts to folders.

How can I achieve this?

If I enable just folders then shortcuts to them are excluded.

[NotNull]

Not possible in Everything 1.4.

In Everything 1.5:

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folder: | <ext:lnk FOLDER_EXISTS($shortcut-target:)>

Optionally add a column for the folder/ target:

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add-column:A   < folder: A:=$full-path:> | <ext:lnk FOLDER_EXISTS($shortcut-target:)  A:=$shortcut-target:> 

[pstein]

Thank you for answer.

However your solution in v1.5 is user-unfriendly.
Having to remember and enter manually

folder: | <ext:lnk FOLDER_EXISTS($shortcut-target:)>

is by far too cumbersome.

Why not add a new submenu entry in menu "Search"

- Shortcuts & symlinks

This visually intuitive solution would be the best

[horst.epp]

Thank you for answer.

However your solution in v1.5 is user-unfriendly.
Having to remember and enter manually

folder: | <ext:lnk FOLDER_EXISTS($shortcut-target:)>

is by far too cumbersome.

Why not add a new submenu entry in menu "Search"

- Shortcuts & symlinks

This visually intuitive solution would be the best

No one forces you to enter this more than once.
Just make a bookmark for it.

[void]

To create a filter to search Folders and Shortcuts to Folders:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to:
  Folders and Shortcuts to Folders
• Change the Search to:
  folder: | <ext:lnk FOLDER_EXISTS($shortcut-target:)>
• Click OK.

Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filter Bar), Filter sidebar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.
Filters can be organized from Search menu -> Organize filters.



To find symlinks, include the following in your search:

attrib:l

I recommend indexing file attributes under Tools -> Options -> Indexes for instant searching.



To find shortcuts and symlinks:

*.lnk | attrib:l

I would like to keep the Search menu minimal, you can add your own filters.
Thank you for the feedback.

[pstein]

@void:

Thank you for your instructions. Some questions:

1.)

<ext:lnk FOLDER_EXISTS($shortcut-target:)>

means, that shortcuts are only listed if the target folder exists.
How do I list ALL Shortcuts (even if the target folders does not exist any more (=is moved))?

2.) How to I list symlinks only if they point to folders (not to files)?

[void]

means, that shortcuts are only listed if the target folder exists.
How do I list ALL Shortcuts (even if the target folders does not exist any more (=is moved))?

Currently, not possible with Everything.
*.lnk will give you all shortcuts, but there's currently no function to determine if the target is a folder if the target doesn't exist.

2.) How to I list symlinks only if they point to folders (not to files)?

attrib:l FOLDEREXISTS($reparse-target:)

The reparse target will need to exist for this to work.

[void]

I will consider a shortcut-target-is-folder property.

After looking at this a little more, you can find .lnk files that target a folder with the following search:

*.lnk READUINT32($filename:,0x18)&0x10

[NotNull]

Someone dug up the shortcut binary file format ... Respect!