HAPPY NEW YEEEEEAAARRR And a Question!

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capteelingurdian
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HAPPY NEW YEEEEEAAARRR And a Question!

Post by capteelingurdian »

Hi!

First, HAPPY NEW YEAR to all! Hope everyone is well and got lots of days off. :D :D :D

I've got a filter for a specific extension for a program I'm using.

Trouble is, the app makes backups every day, so the results are FILLED with files I don't need to see.

Every backup has

_backup-

within the filename.

BUT! There's no uniformity. So, it could appear anywhere within some very long filenames.

Is there anything I can do to this filter so that it excludes ALL filenames containing

_backup-

Note, that's underscore, the word "backup" and then a dash.

Hoping not to implement it globally as I'm guessing there's a few other files with

backup

in the name I'd like to be able to always find. So, hoping to add it JUST to this filter.

Sincerely,

Captee
void
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Re: HAPPY NEW YEEEEEAAARRR And a Question!

Post by void »

Happy New Year!

To create a filter to exclude your backup files:
  • In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to Filters....
  • Change the Name to: Exclude Backup
  • Change the Search to: !_backup-
  • Click OK.
Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.


-or-


To exclude these files from your index:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Exclude tab on the left.
  • Click Add Filter....
  • Change the Filter to: *_backup-*
  • Click OK.
  • Click OK.

-or-


To create an omit filter in Everything 1.5:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Index menu, Check Enable result omissions.
  • From the Index menu, Click Add omit result filter....
  • Change the Filter to: *_backup-*
  • Click OK.
Result omissions can be toggled instantly from Index -> Enable result omissions.
capteelingurdian
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Re: HAPPY NEW YEEEEEAAARRR And a Question!

Post by capteelingurdian »

Kaaaaaaaaaaaaa...BOOM! :D :mrgreen: :D :mrgreen: :D :mrgreen:

To create an omit filter in Everything 1.5:

In Everything 1.5, from the Index menu, Check Enable result omissions.
From the Index menu, Click Add omit result filter....
Change the Filter to: *_backup-*
Click OK.

Result omissions can be toggled instantly from Index -> Enable result omissions.

Dr. V! You've doe it AGAIN!

MANY THANKS. That's PERFECT!!!

Sincerely,

Captee
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