How can I index only a specific set of sub-folders? (example

[bgdan]

Hello,
I have a very large mapped network drive that I want to index. Because of it's size and number of files and folders, indexing the whole drive takes more than 24 hours, so not a solution at the moment.
Therefore I would like to index only a specific set of sub-folders with a specific name.

For example, my folder structure is like this:
Mapped drive contains:
aaaaa (parent folder)->12345 (subfolder) -> 0303 (subfolder)
bbbbb (parent folder) ->23456 (subfolder) -> 0303 (subfolder)
ccccc (parent folder) ->43432 (subfolder) ->0303 (subfolder)
etc, etc (up to 1600 parent folders, each containing subfolders)

The parent folder (aaaaa, bbbbb, ccccc) and the 1st set of subfolders (12345,23456,43432), always have a different naming.
I would like to index only the 2nd set of subfolders called 0303 (naming and path depth does not change), so that I can search for files in these folders alone.

If I go to Everything Options-> Indexes -> Folders , I could add the folders manually, but since I have about 1600 folders this would take too long.
I tried creating manually a .efu file list (with all 0303 folders included) and I added it to Indexes->File lists, but for some reason it doesn't work, I get results from folders aaaaa, 12345, etc, instead of seeing the files inside folder 0303.
Any suggestions?
Changing the folder structure is not an option.
Thank you!

[therube]

"subfolders:", not there yet, but presumably in some later version.
http://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopi ... 554#p10554

Otherwise maybe other comments there may help?

[void]

You could edit your %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini directly:

http://www.voidtools.com/support/everyt ... i/#folders
http://www.voidtools.com/support/everyt ... or_changes
http://www.voidtools.com/support/everyt ... date_types
http://www.voidtools.com/support/everyt ... pdate_days
http://www.voidtools.com/support/everyt ... update_ats
http://www.voidtools.com/support/everyt ... _intervals
http://www.voidtools.com/support/everyt ... rval_types

These are all semicolon delimited lists, for example:
folders=C:\folder1;C:\folder2;D:\somefolder;etc

For each folder in folders, you should have a corresponding entry for folder_monitor_changes, folder_update_types, folder_update_days, folder_update_ats, folder_update_intervals and folder_update_interval_types. If omitted the default settings are used.

Sorry I don't have an easier method at this stage.

Please try creating a file list with the File List Editor from Tools -> File List Editor.
Add the entire voume, sort by path and remove any files/folders you do not want.

[bgdan]

Thank you for a very fast answer. I will try your method to see how well it works for me. Again, thanks!