include subfolder or NOT

[metinan]

Search menu: Everthing, Audio, Compressed, Document etc.....

But I want to search only main folder in, not include subfolder..

Can be add a "Exclude Subfolder" option in the 'Search Menu'

Thanks & Regards

[void]

Prefix your folder search with the parent: search function.

For example:

parent:c:\windows

[metinan]

Thanks! But not so pratical.

[NotNull]

But not so pratical.

Do you have a suggestion on how this can be improved?


There is also an option to do an Advanced Search (in the menu, under the Search entry).
Most commonly used search functions are presented here in a GUI, so you can specify to include subfolders or not:

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[void]

With Everything 1.5, you will be able to add \* to exclude subfolders.

For example:

c:\windows\*

will find files/folders directly in c:\windows (no results from subfolders)



A treeview/folder sidebar is also in development. (with a subfolders checkbox)

[metinan]

Well!
Thank You

First: BackSpace, bacause there is "one space".. Then "*"...
Good idea

That space might be removed from there ??
You can do everything!

Thanks again for Everything

Regards.

[froggie]

With Everything 1.5, you will be able to add \* to exclude subfolders.

For example:

c:\windows\*

will find files/folders directly in c:\windows (no results from subfolders)

This only works (is equivalent to parent:) when " March Whole Filename When using Wildcards" is checked -- or am I confused??

[raccoon]

This only works (is equivalent to parent:) when " March Whole Filename When using Wildcards" is checked -- or am I confused??

It works because wildcards_star_all=0 (default) excludes the characters slash (/) and backslash (\). Thus, they will never match any file names beneath any child folders because a backslash would be present.

Use of globbing wildcards ? and * also make it so the entire pattern (a spaceless or quoted path) matches from beginning to end with anchorage because of match_whole_filename_when_using_wildcards=1 (default). That is, the wildcard (*) doesn't just "give up" until it reaches the last character. If you changed this setting to 0 then the wildcard (*) would "give up" when it reaches a backslash (\), and succeed not fail.

[meteorquake]

I've not explored the macro function but I would presume if parent: is cumbersome to type you could give it a Filter equivalent named say p and then use p: instead of parent:
David

[NotNull]

I've not explored the macro function but I would presume if parent: is cumbersome to type you could give it a Filter equivalent named say p and then use p: instead of parent:
David

Unless you already have a P:-drive