duplicated entries galore

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jaseinatl
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duplicated entries galore

Post by jaseinatl »

I have indexed all of my drives (about 8 of them) and rely on Everything for all my search needs.
Recently something happened and I lost my database so I set it up to scan my drives again.
After hours of scanning, I notice that every file is listed twice in the database. Is there any fix for this without having to rescan my drives?
void
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Re: duplicated entries galore

Post by void »

NTFS volumes are automatically indexed by "Everything".

Adding a NTFS volume as a folder index will show duplicated results.

Please remove any NTFS volumes from your folder indexes:
  • In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Folders tab.
  • Select any NTFS volumes and click Remove.
  • Click OK.


To check which NTFS volumes are automatically included:
  • In "Everything", from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the NTFS tab.
  • NTFS volumes that have Include in database checked are already included as a NTFS index.


Please make sure Everything is installed correctly and running as a standard user:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the General tab on the left.
  • Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
  • Uncheck Run as administrator.
  • Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
  • Click OK.
  • Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
  • Restart Everything.
jaseinatl
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Re: duplicated entries galore

Post by jaseinatl »

Great, thanks for the information.

I usually run Everything as a service with Admin privileges. Is that a bad thing? Why as a standard user? Thanks for getting back to me so quick.
void
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Re: duplicated entries galore

Post by void »

Anything you open from Everything will also run as administrator.

Please run Everything as a standard user.
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