How can I include only some subfolders in indexing?

[Phate01]

I'm using Everything 1.4.1.1005.
Given the folder structure:

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C:\MyFolder\
C:\MyFolder\Sub1\
C:\MyFolder\Sub2\
C:\MyFolder\Sub3\

I'd like to exclude the folder MyFolder, but include only some of its subfolders, e.g. Sub1 and Sub3, so I can search only from these 2 and not from the whole MyFolder.
How can I do this?

[void]

To set which folders are indexed:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• Select your C: drive.
• Change Include only to a semicolon delimited (;) list of folders.
• For example:
  C:\MyFolder\Sub1;C:\MyFolder\Sub3
• Click OK.

[Phate01]

Yes but this will index only those subfolders and not the entire C: drive.
My example was not correct, the actual folder structure is like

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C:\Path\To\MyFolder\
C:\Path\To\MyFolder\Sub1\
C:\Path\To\MyFolder\Sub2\
C:\Path\To\MyFolder\Sub3\

I'd like to index everything, and for a specific folder (MyFolder) only some of its subfolders.

[void]

You can do this with regex negative look ahead:

Please try the following exclude filter:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• Select your C: drive.
• Clear Include only.
• Click the Exclude tab on the left.
• Click Add filter....
• Set the filter to the following and click OK:
  regex:^C:\\Path\\To\\MyFolder\\(?!(Sub1|Sub3)$)
• Click OK.

This will still find the C:\Path\To\MyFolder folder and files in this folder.
However it will exclude ALL subfolders except Sub1 and Sub3.

[NotNull]

When indexing, Everything needs the (grand)parent folder structure in it's database.
You basically want to saw a branch of a tree and at the same time a leaf on that branch to be still attached to to tree itself.


Another approach is to create a Filter where the Search: field is defined as follows:

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< !C:\Path\To\MyFolder\ | C:\Path\To\MyFolder\Sub1 | C:\Path\To\MyFolder\Sub2 | C:\Path\To\MyFolder\Sub3 >

Use "" if your foldernames contain spaces.