Hello, could you add a properties scanning plugin?

[dldc114]

Can you add a plugin feature to the properties scanning? We can write our own scanning function to replace it. The default scanning in the software is too slow.

[void]

Thank you for your feedback dldc114,

Plugin support for indexing properties is on my TODO list.

Thank you for the suggestion.



Everything will try to gather properties with multiple threads if your device has no seek delay.
To force Everything to gather properties with multiple threads:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS/FAT/Network Drive/Folder tab on the left.
• Right click your drive or folder and under Advanced -> Threads check Multiple threads.
• Click OK.

Everything uses the Windows Property system to gather properties by default.
Everything does have built-in support for some basic properties.

You might find the built-in property handler faster.
To disable Windows Property:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  property
• Select: property_system
• Set the value to: false
• Click OK.

[dldc114]

Thank you for your response. What I meant is whether it's possible to implement a custom Windows Property scanning feature ourselves. Sometimes the software loses property data, and if we could write our own scanning function, we could add caching capabilities—saving the scanned data. That way, if data is lost later, we could quickly restore it by querying our cached property data for faster scanning and recovery.

Would this be feasible to support?

[void]

What I meant is whether it's possible to implement a custom Windows Property scanning feature ourselves.

Not in Everything yet.
It's already possible with the Windows Property System.
You can add your own properties or replace the existing ones.

Sometimes the software loses property data, and if we could write our own scanning function, we could add caching capabilities—saving the scanned data. That way, if data is lost later, we could quickly restore it by querying our cached property data for faster scanning and recovery.

That would be an Everything bug.
Everything shouldn't be losing property data.

I have on my TODO list to add support for property sidecar files.
I have plans for a property server.