sort of Profile for Everything

[engraver]

Hello everyone!

I was wondering if it’s possible to create profiles in Everything with specific search settings for each volume or folder. This way, by switching profiles, I could limit the search to particular folders or drives depending on the context.

I've been using Everything successfully for several years now. I use my PC for work, for activities related to a nonprofit I’m involved with, and for personal matters, and I rely on several cloud accounts (with each drive letter representing a different activity). Often, I need to search for something that might be relevant to more than one area. For example, if I look up “electricity bill,” I’ll get results from my personal bills on drive C:, bills for the nonprofit on drive F: (cloud account), and work-related bills on drive G: (another cloud account).


Any guidance on whether this is possible, or suggestions on how to set it up, would be greatly appreciated!

[void]

Thank you for your feedback engraver,

I was wondering if it’s possible to create profiles in Everything with specific search settings for each volume or folder. This way, by switching profiles, I could limit the search to particular folders or drives depending on the context.

Please consider creating filters in Everything:

• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: Personal
• Change the Search to:
  c:\
• Click OK.
  
• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: Nonprofit
• Change the Search to:
  f:\
• Click OK.
  
• In Everything, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to: Work
• Change the Search to:
  g:\
• 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.
Filters can be organized from Search menu -> Organize filters.



Please consider creating shortcuts for each volume / folder:
Right click an empty area on the desktop and click New -> Shortcut.
Browse to your Everything.exe
Click Next
Give the shortcut a name and click Finish.
Right click the new shortcut and click Properties.

Change the target to one of the following examples:

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"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -s "C:\"
"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -s "F:\"
"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -s "G:\"

where C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe is your Everything.exe location.

-s "my search"
-filter "my filter name"



Please consider multiple instances (advanced setup).
Setup multiple instances where each instance indexes only the desired volume/folder.