Why does Everything create no *.DB file on one computer?

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pstein
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Why does Everything create no *.DB file on one computer?

Post by pstein »

I am running Everything on two computers. lets call them ONE and TWO.

On the first computer Everything created a database with name

Everything.ONE.PET.DB

When I look into the Everything installation directory on the second computer then there is no corresponding *.DB file.

I expected a file "Everything.TWO.PET.DB"

In options of both Everything installations the section
Indexes--->NTFS is the same:

Local NTFS volumes D: is checked and settings for it are
Include in database=Yes
Enable USN Journal=YES
Monitor Changes=YES

So why does Everything not create a DB file on the second computer?

Can Everything be confused if there is already a DB file from ANOTHER COMPUTER in its installation directory?

Peter
therube
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Re: Why does Everything create no *.DB file on one computer?

Post by therube »

Have you exited Everything?
I don't believe the .db is created until you have.

Have you searched for
Everything .db
;-) ?
Depending on how you went about things, the .db may be in the directory where Everything.exe exists or within %APPDATA%.

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void
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Re: Why does Everything create no *.DB file on one computer?

Post by void »

Everything saves the database in memory.

The database is only stored on disk when you exit Everything.

The Everything.db is normally stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything

If you have Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything disabled, your Everything.db is stored in the same location as your Everything.exe.
Please make sure Everything has write permission to this folder.


Call Everything with the -update command line option to update the database on disk:
Everything.exe -update
(might be useful if you don't want to exit Everything)


Everything will store the database as Everything.<Computer-Name>.<User-Name>.db when Tools -> Options -> Indexes -> Multi-user database filename is enabled.
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