exclude folders settings

[kumar]

I want to add all my external drives to exclude folders list like E:\, F:\, etc. but, I can only do that if I have the drive connected. How can I add to exclude folders all external drives drive letters even if the drive is not connected?

[therube]

(I'm not sure, but...)

Are the externals NTFS?
Are the externals treated as "removable"?

Tools | Options | Indexes -> NTFS --> Automatically include new removable volumes (uncheck)

Might work?

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Cheat?

Quit Everything (only momentarily, so you'll get over it)
(backup Everything.ini)
Edit Everything.ini (in a text editor)
change the line
exclude_folders=
to something like
exclude_folders=""E:","F:","M:","O:","W:","X:"

[kumar]

I added drive letters to the exclude folders list, but everything search still includes it in the NTFS list in options with USN journal and monitor changes checked. What are all the settings in options under NTFS section that must be enabled or disabled to prevent everything search from indexing the excluded drive letters, external drives, flash drives, removable drives? Right now the only thing I have checked is the "Automatically include new fixed drives" option. "Automatically include new removable volumes" and "Automatically remove offline volumes" are unchecked. What do these three checkboxes do? Thanks.