C Drive No Longer Included in Results

[beau]

Suddenly Everything isn't displaying C drive files, so now a search for "Dorothy Parker.odt" returns only the external hard drives:

though there is definitely a Dorothy Parker.odt file in C.

A search for C:\ Dorothy Parker.odt returns nothing:


If I specify C:\ almost all of the files returned are C:\Users\myname . .

and vast numbers of files on C:\ are not listed.

I've searched Tools > Options with no luck

[therube]

Check the Search menu.
Do you have Enable Regex, enabled, for instance?

Do you have a Filter enabled?

Tools | Options -> Indexes => Exclude?

[beau]

Hi therube ~

<<Check the Search menu. Do you have Enable Regex, enabled, for instance? >>
I didn't have Regex enabled. When I enabled it, entering C:\ in the search box returns no files.

<<Do you have a Filter enabled?>>
No, I have no filters.

I have nothing in Tools | Options -> Indexes => Exclude

[Stamimail]

try to look at indexes & NTFS tabs in Options.
NTFS - Select C drive, and ensure "include in database" is enabled.
Indexes - Force Reuild

[NotNull]

Yhis page might help you further:

http://www.voidtools.com/support/everyt ... eshooting/

Especially the "Missing Files" and "rebuilding the database" (*) part

(*) Like @Stamimail already suggested

[beau]

Thanks therube,and Stamimail and NotNull
The problem has resolved itself by uninstalling and re-installing. That had been the first thing I did when the problem first arose, and I'm guessing it didn't work then because I didn't fully ininstall (with Revo Uninstaller) before re-installing.
In any case things are working fine now, many thanks for your help which enlightened me about several features

[beau]

Well, I'm still having problems. Yesterday everything worked fine . . today opening Search Everything shows this

and farther down this:


Entering just C:\ in the search box returns only one folder:


And I've tried unsuccessfully to activate "search as you type":

but when I start typing nothing is returned:


Help will be much appreciated!!

[beau]

I again uninstalled and reinstalled and Everything's working fine now.
Oddly, I think the problem (this is just a wild guess, I'm an amateur at this stuff) may be associated with Windows 10's recent shutdown problem, in which WinKey-X-U-U causes restart instead of shutdown. That problem led me for several days to shut down with the power switch, which may have fouled up Everything's record-keeping. Just a guess

[therube]

for several days to shut down with the power switch

Certainly not a good thing to do.

which may have fouled up Everything's record-keeping

Certainly possible.
What you might look to do if you end up in the same situation again, is instead of reinstalling, try a Forced Rebuild of the Index & see if that alone is enough to straighten things out.
(Tools | Options | Indexes -> Force Rebuild)

[beau]

Definitely resolved: it was caused by the powered USB hub. If I power down the hub before shutting down, both the Everything problem and the WinKey-U-U shutdown problem disappear. All working fine now.

[NotNull]

Well done! Never would have guessed that an USB hub could cause Everything problems ...

BTW: I like your Everything color scheme. I think I'm going to steal that from you

[beau]

Thanks, NotNull ~
I find the alternate color lines to be infinitely easier to read