Hey guys,
I would like to know if it's possible to include a path in the results only when prompted in the search. So, have it indexed, but only search in that path when I specifically add it to the search prompt. You could also see it as: Only whitelist it when I prompt it..
Is it possible to do something like this? In my mind, it should exist and shouldn't be hard, but I wasn't able to find anything on the forum or the web. But maybe I just didn't find the right search terminologies.
In case my explanation is not understandable enough, here is the situation: I have a NAS A and a backup NAS B (where most of the files from A are mirrored, but some files might also only be on B). Now, when I do a regular search i.E. song1.mp3, I only want to search on NAS A (and also i.E. on C: drive). Only when I add something like X: to the prompt, I want to include NAS B in the search (or even only search on B, doesn't matter that much).
I know I could just index NAS B as well and always specify to only search on NAS A, but I like the "freedom" of being able to just type and only search on A as 99.9% of all my searches are on A only. But If you tasted the sweet power of searching everything with Everything, the 0.1% of searches you have to do without Everything on NAS B: feels like so much of a hassle..
Include folders only when prompted specifically / whitelist path with prompt
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Re: Include folders only when prompted specifically / whitelist path with prompt
Perhaps search Filters could work for you.
Change the default Everything filter to, Search: !X:\
Then create a new Everything filter, say, With-X, that is what the default Everything filter was before you changed it - so everything, including X: would be searched.
(Or go the other way, leave the default Everything as everything, & set up a new NOT-X, that simply has Search: !X:\, & use that as your "default" filter [rather then the default Everything filter].)
Change the default Everything filter to, Search: !X:\
Then create a new Everything filter, say, With-X, that is what the default Everything filter was before you changed it - so everything, including X: would be searched.
(Or go the other way, leave the default Everything as everything, & set up a new NOT-X, that simply has Search: !X:\, & use that as your "default" filter [rather then the default Everything filter].)
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Re: Include folders only when prompted specifically / whitelist path with prompt
Hey therube,
Thanks so much for your suggestion! The tip with filters is a game changer for me, I wasn't aware of those and how to use them until now! Not did it help for the specific case I had with this thread, but also for separating other search results that are more general!
Thanks again for that!
Cheers!
Thanks so much for your suggestion! The tip with filters is a game changer for me, I wasn't aware of those and how to use them until now! Not did it help for the specific case I had with this thread, but also for separating other search results that are more general!
Thanks again for that!
Cheers!