Can't open network file seach results

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I am trying to use voidtools with mapped network drives. Although the files I search for appear in the results as expected, when I try to open any of them or their paths from within Everything, I get the following error:

Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.

This occurs even if I run Everything search as administrator.

Note that the Path as displayed by Everything doesn't match the path shown in Windows Explorer for the same file. For example, if I have the following path in Windows Explorer:

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\\winfs1\users$\user1\My Documents\Excel Files\myfile.xlsx

the Path to the same file shows up in Everything search results as:

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C:\Windows\CSC\v2.0.6\namespace\winfs1\users$\user1\My Documents\Excel Files\

is there any way to fix this?

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Make sure you are running Everything using the Windows login account as filemappings and accessibility are per-user:

• Enable Everything Service
• Disable Run as administrator
  Both settings can be found under Menu:Tools > Options > General
• Completely exit Everything (right-click the Everything systemtray icon and select Exit)
• Start Everything

Now you can :

• Go to Menu:Tools > Options > Indexes > Folders
• Click the Add button.
• In the Folder: field enter your sharename
• Click the OK button
• Done!

2022-03-14 19_49_15-Everything Options.png (19.71 KiB) Viewed 1564 times

[Citizen Snips]

Make sure you are running Everything using the Windows login account as filemappings and accessibility are per-user:

• Enable Everything Service
• Disable Run as administrator
  Both settings can be found under Menu:Tools > Options > General
• Completely exit Everything (right-click the Everything systemtray icon and select Exit)
• Start Everything

Now you can :

• Go to Menu:Tools > Options > Indexes > Folders
• Click the Add button.
• In the Folder: field enter your sharename
• Click the OK button
• Done!

2022-03-14 19_49_15-Everything Options.png

Thanks, the correct path now shows up in Everything search results, but the incorrect path also shows up (the C:\Windows\CSC\v2.0.6\namespace\winfs1\users$\user1\ ones). Is there any way to exclude the incorrect path so I don't have 2 search results for every matching file?

[NotNull]

YEs, sure.
The c:\windows\csc\ path contain caches of off-line files (CSC = Client Side Cache).
If you want to permanently exclude them, you can do so under Menu:Tools > Options > Indexes > Exclude
(you can exclude the entire c:\windows\csc folder)