Is there a way to hide/unhide offline volumes at will? (while still offline)

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cabbage
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Is there a way to hide/unhide offline volumes at will? (while still offline)

Post by cabbage »

Is there a way to easily hide and unhide an offline volume, without it coming back online? In other words say my internal drive is C and I have an external drive D that I only connect once in a while. I have Everything set up to keep D in the index. I'd like to keep all its files hidden most of the time because they're too distracting, while being able to easily toggle to display them when I want to look for something, without connecting the drive. Is this possible?
horst.epp
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Re: Is there a way to hide/unhide offline volumes at will? (while still offline)

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Add !D: to your filters or bookmarks
NotNull
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Re: Is there a way to hide/unhide offline volumes at will? (while still offline)

Post by NotNull »

In Everything 1.5 - the alpha version is available for testing- there is a new function online:. Which does what you expect it to do :)

More info here
void
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Re: Is there a way to hide/unhide offline volumes at will? (while still offline)

Post by void »

To create a filter to exclude your D: drive:
  • In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
  • Change the Name to: Hide D: drive
  • Change the Search to: !d:
  • Click OK.
Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.
cabbage
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Re: Is there a way to hide/unhide offline volumes at will? (while still offline)

Post by cabbage »

void wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:41 pm To create a filter to exclude your D: drive:
Filters can be activated from the Search menu, Filter bar (View -> Filters), right clicking the status bar, filter macro or filter keyboard shortcut.
Thanks. That's exactly what I wanted; even better with keyboard shortcuts because for frequently-used functions like this, navigating menus gets to be a hassle, although doable if it's not too many keystrokes, and menu buttons are miserable disruptive stress triggers.
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