See the contents of the AppData folder

[David.P]

Hello all,

is there a best practice to see the contents of the AppData folder -- but exclude all other hidden files and folders elsewhere?

Cheers David.P

[therube]

You can leave 'Exclude hidden files and folders', set,
& then add %appdata% as a Folder Index.

[David.P]

Thanks! However, is that not a somewhat "dirty" hack? Won't that circumvent Master File Table indexing -- by me adding a folder that is to be indexed separately?

[therube]

While it does warn, I don't think so, because it is actually excluded because you've set,
'Exclude hidden files and folders'
so by adding it back in using a Folder Index, you end up only adding that single folder (tree),
which wasn't in there to begin with.

[David.P]

Sorry, I don't understand what you just said.

[void]

Moved from Everything shows no results for %appdata%

Thanks! However, is that not a somewhat "dirty" hack? Won't that circumvent Master File Table indexing -- by me adding a folder that is to be indexed separately?

Yes, it will be slower to index and will require daily rescans to keep up-to-date.

The HIDDEN attribute is ignored for folders added under Tools -> Options -> Folders.
However, subfolders with HIDDEN attributes will still be excluded.

Your best option is to NOT exclude HIDDEN files/folders and just exclude the specific unwanted folders.

[David.P]

Your best option is to NOT exclude HIDDEN files/folders and just exclude the specific unwanted folders.

Okay thanks, I will do that then and hope that not too much hidden files junk will get in my way. If it does, I can still use therube's approach and

add %appdata% as a Folder Index