Overriding the EXCLUDE file mask (in Options)

[burgundy]

On my PC I have gathered together many shortcuts and put them in one folder. Can I set up Everything to hide shortcuts in the results in general, but to show them just for this particular folder?

In "Options > Indexes > Exclude", I have this entry "*.lnk" (without quotes).

However this excludes .lnk files everywhere, which is not what I want. Is it possible to achieve what I want to do?

[horst.epp]

The Exclude files syntax allows paths
so try to make an entry like this
c:\mypath\*.lnk

[NotNull]

Is it possible to achieve what I want to do?

It is possible, although not completely straightforward.

Example:
For a path like C:\Tools\ specify the following in the Exclude files field

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regex:^(?!C:\\Tools\\).*\.lnk

For best results, please specify the exact path where the .lnk files are located that you want to exclude from being excluded ( )

[burgundy]

For best results, please specify the exact path where the .lnk files are located that you want to exclude from being excluded ( )

That sounds interesting. Can you help me with the Regex. How do I specify the following correctly in Regex?

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C:\Documents and Settings\Nemo\#NEMO-TASKBAR MENUS\NG\*.lnk

[NotNull]

Try the following:

• Go to menu:Tools => Options => Indexes => Exclude
• In the Exclude files: filed, paste the following:

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  regex:^(?!C:\\Documents and Settings\\Nemo\\#NEMO-TASKBAR MENUS\\NG\\).*\.lnk$
  

• Press the OK button
• Wait until Everything finished updating its database
• In the search bar, type the following:

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  ext:lnk

If all went OK (and I didn't make too many errors ), only lnk files from the C:\Documents and Settings\Nemo\#NEMO-TASKBAR MENUS\NG
folder will be shown.




( Note to self: Don't use "" here; regex:"..." fails.)

[burgundy]

Yes, that Regex works. Thank you!