Option to skip hidden files when indexing

[thrinn]

Some applications (MS Office namely) create temporary files in the same folder and with the same extension as the original file. When background indexing is activated, these temp files will be picked up by IMatch and pollute the database. Because the extension is the same, they can't be easily excluded via the available file format options. But at least for MS Office, these temp files have set the "hidden" flag, which provides a possibilty to distinguish between the "real" file and the temp file.

Therefore, I propose an additional option to skip hidden and system files when indexing folders and files. We already have an equivalent option to exclude entire folders that are hidden, but this only helps when temporary files are created in specific (sub) folders.

Please see https://www.photools.com/community/index.php?topic=4568.0 for a related discussion.

[Mario]

Added an option to skip files marked as hidden or system when scanning folders. 5.4.12.

[thrinn]

Great! And again, a little bit faster than MS...

[sinus]

+1

[Ferdinand]

+2