produces very strange results.
E.g. duplicate folders, non existant folders etc.
Not for me using Everything 1.4.0.719b (x64)
On the Everything GUI its produces just C: as result
In TC this generates correctly [No files found]
But what do you accomplish with this option ?
Its almost useless if you read the description: root: Search for files and folders with no parent folders
Windows 11 Home, Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.4061) TC 11.55 RC2 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1391a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.5.2.0, Listary Pro 6.3.2.88
QAP 11.6.4.4 x64
I couldn't reproduce the bug so far with the release version of Everything - do you use the 1.4 beta? It's possible that it returns D:\Downloads\* instead of D:\Downloads\, then TC calls FindFirstFile to get the file details, and will find the first entry in the directory.
I have made some changes to remove wildcards from search results, but this will not help if the problem is elsewhere. Please test with beta 6.