my G drive disappeared / how do I filter out .dll files

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BigDan
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my G drive disappeared / how do I filter out .dll files

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I cant find anything on my G drive! Even when I type G: nothing shows up. It shows up in Windows Explorer. What do I do?

In the process of trying to add it I must've made some mistakes and the settings seem to have gotten shuffled around a bit. Now I'm seeing a bunch of unnecessary files and folders. A lot of them are .dll files. I went to exclude files and typed in .dll there but I still see lots of them. How do I remove them?
void
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Re: my G drive disappeared / how do I filter out .dll files

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Please make sure no search options are checked under the Search menu (eg: uncheck match case, uncheck match whole words, uncheck regex)

Please make sure the Everything filter is active under the Search menu.

Does the issue persist?
BigDan
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Re: my G drive disappeared / how do I filter out .dll files

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none of those options were checked. the G drive issue got fixed a couple days ago. i think i did so by going to Options/Indexes/Folders and adding the G drive there.

How do I filter out the dll files? I already did so under Tools/Options/Indexes/Exclude but they still show up. I'm trying to exclude .ini and .dll files.
void
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Re: my G drive disappeared / how do I filter out .dll files

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To exclude ini and dll files from your index:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Exclude tab on the left.
  • Change Exclude files to:
    *.ini;*.dll
  • Click OK.
BigDan
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Re: my G drive disappeared / how do I filter out .dll files

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thanks!
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