AlfredJimmy

That worked, thanks Andrew.

FIXED by setting Alfred focus to compatibility mode in the Appearance > Options I'm on V2. Until I can use V3 for snippets, I use another snippet system. I often type the text triggers in the Alfred focus box. Recently, however, Alfred has been 'stealing' the first letter. For instance, I type ZZJ to expand into my email address. This worked for years in Alfred. But the recent change means that if I type ZZJ in the focus nothing happens. If I to type an extra character in Alfred before the trigger string, the trigger string works, but the extra character is left in front of it. So if I type ZZZJ I get Zmy@email.address. I have a workaround. Type a letter. Delete that letter. Type the trigger string. So, Z, backspace, ZZJ gives the proper result. Is this something that can be fixed? TIA Jim

Had to put in raw link. Using anchor icon changed link every time to this page. (Must be a new ip.board feature.)

Andrew Thanks for the suggestion. However, that hides the folder from other apps I use to update these folders. Politicus As this seems more complex than I can deal with I have added a comment to Exclude folders and filetypes both globally and for file filters in Feature suggestions. Thanks Jim

Agree. This would solve the problem I have here: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/3510-limit-search-scope-because-of-dropbox-or-google-drive-duplicates/ (thanks for the fix from deanishe)

Just set up Google Drive as a backup. Rather than move all my docs to the Google drive, I copied them with a one-way sync program. So now Alfred sees duplicates of all my files. I think I see where to add to the search scope in default results, but I can't see where I can tell Alfred not to search my Google drive. Anyone any ideas? Thanks Jim