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I believe considering an option for limiting the scan depth of the Program Plugin could be helpful.
Consider the following scenarios. I have a folder for portable apps within my user/home folder:
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└── User folder/
└── Portable apps/
├── Portable app 1/
│ └── subfolders
├── Portable app 2/
│ └── subfolders
└── Portable app 3/
└── subfolders
I've added 'Portable app' as a custom folder to the Program plugin in Flow Launcher. The main executable for each portable app is located one folder deep (i.e., inside the Portable app 1 subfolder, Portable app 2 subfolder...), however, the Program plugin also lists all .exe files found in the subfolders of each portable app (2 and sometimes 3 folder deep in relation to the Portable apps folder). This adds unnecessary clutter and could causes confusion.
I ran into a similar issue with a scripts folder in which older versions are moved to an archive folder for archival purposes but the Program plugin indexes and resurfaces them (I can more them out of the main scripts folder or mass rename their extensions, but this is not an ideal solution for me).
I think that an option to limit the scan depth on the per custom folder basis would be a helpful addition to Flow Launcher.
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Hi,
I believe considering an option for limiting the scan depth of the Program Plugin could be helpful.
Consider the following scenarios. I have a folder for portable apps within my user/home folder:
.
└── User folder/
└── Portable apps/
├── Portable app 1/
│ └── subfolders
├── Portable app 2/
│ └── subfolders
└── Portable app 3/
└── subfolders
I've added 'Portable app' as a custom folder to the Program plugin in Flow Launcher. The main executable for each portable app is located one folder deep (i.e., inside the Portable app 1 subfolder, Portable app 2 subfolder...), however, the Program plugin also lists all .exe files found in the subfolders of each portable app (2 and sometimes 3 folder deep in relation to the Portable apps folder). This adds unnecessary clutter and could causes confusion.
I ran into a similar issue with a scripts folder in which older versions are moved to an archive folder for archival purposes but the Program plugin indexes and resurfaces them (I can more them out of the main scripts folder or mass rename their extensions, but this is not an ideal solution for me).
I think that an option to limit the scan depth on the per custom folder basis would be a helpful addition to Flow Launcher.
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