Exclude feature does not work

[tklow]

I have attached a massive external storage device to my PC which I do NOT want everything to catalogue. The thing takes a long time to start up and it takes your software ages to give me a list of files when it does (it's a drobo with a failed network card, but that's another story). I have used the exclude list to exlude the entire drive letter for the DROBO. I've confirmed several times that drive J: is on the Everythign exclude list and that the checkbox to enable the exclude list is checked. But no matter what I do, Everything insists on catalogueing this drive. It's now so slow using everything that it's useless to me.

Please advise how I can get the exclude list to actually work. Thank you so much. I've recommended this program to dozens of people and have always been thrilled with it, until now.

[froggie]

Have you tried going to Tools>Options>Indexes>NTFS and unchecking "Include in Database" for the device drive letter?

[tklow]

I had not! I figured the exclude list would do the trick. I have just adjusted that setting and I'll see if things improve! thank you.