Rescan single network folder in Everything 1.5

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VarunAgw
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Rescan single network folder in Everything 1.5

Post by VarunAgw »

I have mounted WSL2 networking \\wsl.localhost\WSL2\ in Everything v1.5.

It doesn't detect changes instantly and only support full scan which I can guess it networking limitation and is understandable.

But a full scan of WSL2 takes 5-10 minutes (because of millions of files).

Is it possible to rescan the index for a single folder which I am currently working on?
void
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Re: Rescan single network folder in Everything 1.5

Post by void »

ReadDirectoryChanges is not supported with WSL2 which Everything relies on to detect changes.
Enabling Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> monitor_allow_multiple_methods can help detect changes made locally.

monitor_allow_multiple_methods


Is it possible to rescan the index for a single folder which I am currently working on?
Yes, type in the following search and press ENTER:
/rescan \\wsl.localhost\WSL2\path\to\folder


Where \\wsl.localhost\WSL2\path\to\folder is the folder to rescan.
Subfolders are also rescanned.

/rescan
VarunAgw
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Re: Rescan single network folder in Everything 1.5

Post by VarunAgw »

Thanks. Both solution helped :)