Monitoring File Changes with Multiple Methods

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Everything 1.5.0.1405a adds the option to specify multiple monitoring methods for folder indexes.

To enable multiple monitoring methods:

• 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:
  monitor
• Select: monitor_allow_multiple_methods
• Set the value to: true
• Click OK.

When enabled, Everything will use both ReadDirectoryChangesW and SHChangeNotify to monitor folders for changes.
Enabling can help Everything detect changes made locally on some remote shares where the ReadDirectoryChangesW implementation is poor.

When disabled, Everything will attempt to use only ReadDirectoryChangesW.
If ReadDirectoryChangesW fails, Everything will fallback to SHChangeNotify.

The default option is: disabled.



monitor_allow_multiple_methods was briefly hard coded and enabled by default in 1397..1404.