everything does not find...

[adrianzagar]

I double-checked on 2 different computers, both with Windows 8.1 x64

Try to find InstallUtil.exe (is installed by dot.net framework 4, for example)

It find it in directories like C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_installutil_b03f5f7f11d50a3a_4.0.9600.16384_none_f974f3e8b2b56fd2
but fail to find it in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319.

[void]

These are hard links, currently Everything only indexes the first instance of a hard link.

Support for hard links will be available in the next release.

[Shuey]

I'm trying to find where "exlorer.exe" exists in Windows 7, and I know for a fact it exists under C:\Windows\explorer.exe and C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe, but it's not showing up in my results. These two files are not symlinked/hardlinked that I know of, so I'm confused about why I can't see them...

[rseiler]

That's not a special file AFAIK, and it shows up fine here in a later Windows (the version of Windows shouldn't matter).

What version of Everything are you running?

Are you sure that you're indexing what you think you are (try rebuilding the index) and that you haven't made any errant exclusions? Can you find other things in c:\windows?

[therube]

"exlorer.exe" exists in Windows 7, and I know for a fact it exists under C:\Windows\explorer.exe and C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe, but it's not showing up in my results. These two files are not symlinked/hardlinked that I know of, so I'm confused about why I can't see them...

In my case...

Win7 x86, hardlinks:

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C:\Windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_53bc10fdd7fe87ca\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\explorer.exe

Win7 x64, hardlinks, 64-bit explorer.exe:

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E:\Windows\explorer.exe
E:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_afa79dc39081d0ba\explorer.exe

And also, Win7 x64, hardlinks, 32-bit explorer.exe:

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E:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
E:\Windows\winsxs\wow64_microsoft-windows-explorer_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17567_none_b9fc4815c4e292b5\explorer.exe

Additionally there are some stand-alone versions in various (other) winsxs directories.


So yes, they are hardlinks.
(Though the /Windows/ & /Windows/SysWOW64/ are not hardlinks of each other.)


Use Everything 1.4beta & you should see them.
(& if you use HardLinkShellExt (LSE), they'll be visibly tagged, icon change, so identifiable in Everything (or Windows explorer ...).

[therube]

InstallUtil.exe:

4.0.30319 is not hardlinked anywhere.
Though there are two versions existing, one 32-bit,the other 64-bit.

[Shuey]

Thanks for the reply rube. Can you tell me what command to run from a CMD prompt so I can see the hardlink reference you told me about? I tried checking this before I made my first post and didn't see a hardlink... but maybe it's because the command I ran was only showing me symlinks instead of junctions?

I think I will try the beta on one of my machines as well.

[therube]

"GUI": Link Shell Extension (LSE)

And he also has a command-line program, ln.