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- Tue May 24, 2022 9:16 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: Monitoring a file
- Replies: 5
- Views: 82
Re: Monitoring a file
Yes, thanks, I've used folderchangesview, but, as you say, it's not specific enough...I've also tried uninstall programmes, bu they don't monitor all the files created. Regarding read permissions, I forgot about that. Does Everything bypass read permissions? Do you know how I can enable read permis...
- Sat May 21, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Auto play media files
- Replies: 14
- Views: 353
Re: Auto play media files
... Mine is also like this, by default. How can one install another preview handler? Preview handlers come normaly as part of other software like Office or as part of Windows. I use the PreviewHandlerEditor to assign extensions on the fly. But the problem is to found preview handlers for certain fo...
- Sat May 21, 2022 4:33 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Auto play media files
- Replies: 14
- Views: 353
- Sat May 21, 2022 3:54 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Auto play media files
- Replies: 14
- Views: 353
Re: Auto play media files
Using the setting /winmm=1 is not very usable as it starts playing just when the cursor is the the results on a media file. It should only play if the preview pane is shown. A shortcut key combination for toggling /winmm on/off would be great for this. Or a button bar? :geek: Why complicated ? It w...
- Sat May 21, 2022 11:51 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Auto play media files
- Replies: 14
- Views: 353
Re: Auto play media files
That depends on your installed preview handlers. I have assigned the .wav to "Windows Media Player Rich Preview Handler". Preview in Everything (Alt-P) shows the player and I can press the play button. Using the setting /winmm=1 is not very usable as it starts playing just when the cursor is the the...
- Tue May 17, 2022 3:19 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: dm:<date> question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 651
Re: dm:<date> question
And what is your expected result ?
Syntax Error or no results ?
Syntax Error or no results ?
- Tue May 17, 2022 12:55 pm
- Forum: Development, plugins and third party software
- Topic: Everything 1.5a "Service" Feature & QuickLook v3.7.1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2590
Re: Everything 1.5a "Service" Feature & QuickLook v3.7.1
Hmmm, doesn't work here 🤔 Same with the Everything Toolbar, the result list remains empty :?: Does this have anything to do with that: Ok, found the problem, the INI file wasn't on the same location as everything64.exe. Now it works. Thank You For a portable installation the ini-file is in the loca...
- Mon May 16, 2022 3:35 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: Any way to prevent Everything from having to regularly re-index file properties?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 648
- Mon May 16, 2022 3:34 pm
- Forum: Development, plugins and third party software
- Topic: Everything 1.5a "Service" Feature & QuickLook v3.7.1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2590
Re: Everything 1.5a "Service" Feature & QuickLook v3.7.1
Use the following entry in your Everything-1.5.ini
alpha_instance=0
This will allows QuickLook to find your Everything Windows.
Its works here as I said above.
- Mon May 16, 2022 12:48 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: Everything crashes while indexing document contents (Fatal error: out of memory)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 739
Re: Everything crashes while indexing document contents (Fatal error: out of memory)
I found it's the best to let Windows indexing the larger part of files and query it from Everything.
An allcontent: macro searches the indexed Everything content and the systemindex.
An allcontent: macro searches the indexed Everything content and the systemindex.
- Sun May 15, 2022 1:21 pm
- Forum: Development, plugins and third party software
- Topic: macro/filter in sdk?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 603
Re: macro/filter in sdk?
For me macros and filters are different. Macros are set with /define For example her some of my macros from the Macros.csv Name,Search "allcontent<search>","<content:search: | notindexed:content:search: | systemindex:search:> " "comment","custom-property-0:" "ncontent<search>","notindexed:content:se...
- Sun May 15, 2022 9:12 am
- Forum: Development, plugins and third party software
- Topic: macro/filter in sdk?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 603
Re: macro in sdk?
Just saw on an older post, should've searched more throughly The SDK does not support access to filter macros. (The next major version will) Please try the following SDK call: $myCom ->Everything_SetSearch("regex:K199[^a-z0-9]*.* path:360 ext:ani;apng;bmp;bpg;cur;gif;ico;jfi;jfif;jif;jpe;jpeg;jpg;p...
- Sat May 14, 2022 7:59 pm
- Forum: Development, plugins and third party software
- Topic: macro/filter in sdk?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 603
Re: macro in sdk?
For Everything toolbar, they've implemented their own filter, checking for the macro keyword then filtering by file extension https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar/blob/26ff54b5048d168718cd78646cd3e17e649dd951/EverythingToolbar/Helpers/FilterLoader.cs#L64 I don't know how Total Commander does ...
- Sat May 14, 2022 5:13 pm
- Forum: Development, plugins and third party software
- Topic: macro/filter in sdk?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 603
Re: macro in sdk?
I would say yes.
Total Commander and Everything Toolbar use the SDK
and with both I can use my defined Everything macros.
Total Commander and Everything Toolbar use the SDK
and with both I can use my defined Everything macros.
- Fri May 13, 2022 5:05 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: autohotkey plugin beta
- Replies: 3
- Views: 453
Re: autohotkey plugin beta
Nice screenshots but no description at all
Whats the purpose and how to use it ?
I don't need Everything to run AHK scripts.

Whats the purpose and how to use it ?
I don't need Everything to run AHK scripts.
- Fri May 13, 2022 12:32 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Why does this asterisk fail?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 659
Re: Why does this asterisk fail?
sd\04* Everything will look for the full path starting with sd\04 The full path does not start with sd\04, it starts with J:\For SD\sd\04 why looking for the full path? I think when a user is typing sd\04* he expect Everything to look for <BeginningOfFilename OR WhiteSpace>sd\04<zero or more charac...
- Wed May 11, 2022 1:44 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: advice about ADS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 391
Re: advice about ADS
You can index your ADS streams under Properties with the names you gave them.
I use them a lot and the speed is of your course fast.
I use them a lot and the speed is of your course fast.
- Tue May 10, 2022 12:58 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: Issue with Run as NoAdmin and Everything Service
- Replies: 17
- Views: 678
Re: Issue with Run as NoAdmin and Everything Service
What a strange idea to use such an AHK script at logon to even start Explorer.
Any stuff in such a script can be made with normal Windows functions.
Explorer is the default Windows shell which starts automatically on every logon.
Any stuff in such a script can be made with normal Windows functions.
Explorer is the default Windows shell which starts automatically on every logon.
- Sun May 08, 2022 4:57 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Search/sort by frequency of file extension
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2174
Re: Search/sort by frequency of file extension
And what would you do with the knowledge about all that file types ? This list is not relevant at all for using or administrating a system. The importand extensions are a rather small list which mainly comes from basic Windows functions and the installed software. I was admistrating servers with a l...
- Sun May 08, 2022 2:37 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: Understanding Indexing and USN Journal - 3 Questions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 876
Re: Understanding Indexing and USN Journal - 3 Questions
I guess there is no documentation bug.
Tools / Debug
is found in the Alpha version 1.5
Tools / Debug
is found in the Alpha version 1.5
- Sun May 08, 2022 9:40 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Add mp3tag to Context Menu
- Replies: 5
- Views: 564
Re: Add mp3tag to Context Menu
May be you are running a 32bit version of Everything
and the mp3tag comes from a x64 context menu handler.
and the mp3tag comes from a x64 context menu handler.
- Mon May 02, 2022 1:43 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: What are going to be the common scenarios for using the "Temporary excludes" / "Omit Results"?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 763
Re: What are going to be the common scenarios for using the "Temporary excludes" / "Omit Results"?
The suggestion to give some personal usage examples was a good idea. The answer to just read the whole forum threads is just nonsense for me. This whole bunch of exclude and omit functions need a seperate complete description. You can't give new users such functions with the current set of documenta...
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:08 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: Manually copying CSV files from 1.4 to 1.5
- Replies: 4
- Views: 356
Re: Manually copying CSV files from 1.4 to 1.5
Filters.csv has different columns in version 1.4 and 1.5
That even forced me to preserve a copy of the old version for the Everything Toolbar.
That even forced me to preserve a copy of the old version for the Everything Toolbar.
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:56 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Possible to launch Everythig with double CTRL key?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1141
Re: Possible to launch Everythig with double CTRL key?
"Double Control" to launch Everything would be really great" Thank you. Although Everything is superior to Listary, I sometimes launch Listary using Double Control because that key combination is so convenient. Everything beats Listary as search engine but Listary is superior in open/save dialogs s...
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:50 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Possible to launch Everythig with double CTRL key?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1141
Re: Possible to launch Everythig with double CTRL key?
Such an hotkey in Everything should be optional as all other hotkeys.
I already use double Ctrl key in Listary and some Autohotkey apps.
I already use double Ctrl key in Listary and some Autohotkey apps.
- Mon Apr 18, 2022 5:42 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: [Solved] Search for PDF files with content:
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3107
Re: [Solved] Search for PDF files with content:
I use a modified script from NotNull to create a list of files which need OCR. It uses pdftotext tool and creates a file need_ocr.txt in the dir with the PDFs. Currently it adds an unwanted space on the end of every name in the list. @echo off setlocal rem echo on pushd "%~dp0" cls ::_______________...
- Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:08 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: [Solved] Search for PDF files with content:
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3107
Re: [Solved] Search for PDF files with content:
Your example pdf file can't be indexed as it contains no searchable text at all. Try to select some text from it in your PDF tool and you will see. If I run my PDF-XChange OCR tool on it it makes it fully searchable and can be indexed with Everything. Also its size shrinks this way from 9.1 MB to 1....
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:21 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: is there a way to export the results to an excel file?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 354
Re: is there a way to export the results to an excel file?
Use a csv export.
Excel has no problems to handle such files.
Using 2 text file exports any diff tool will show you the culprint.
Just ensure that both files are sorted by the same criteria.
Excel has no problems to handle such files.
Using 2 text file exports any diff tool will show you the culprint.
Just ensure that both files are sorted by the same criteria.
- Fri Apr 15, 2022 7:58 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Command Line Tool ES
- Replies: 7
- Views: 635
Re: Command Line Tool ES
Use the parameter -no-result-error
Then you know that there was an empty result.
Whats the problem to detect a 0 lenght results file.
Then you know that there was an empty result.
Whats the problem to detect a 0 lenght results file.
- Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
For me QuickSwitch already follows changes in my file manager. It starts to display the pathes from TC or XY. If I now click on the taskbar icon of the file manager and change some path there the QuickSwitch display in the Open/Save dialog automatically changes to the new pathes. So no need for any ...
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
I found a solution: I added the four lines that I marked with ";<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<" on their right to this function: No idea, why your original function won't work with the Dopus process, since it works fine with the XY process (and obviously also with TC?). However, the AHK built-in command seems...
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 12:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
For the compiled one there isn't any script which may have changed in the background. Compiling and replacing the exe while it is running also isn't a good idea. I assume you don't understand. I mean, adding lines like these to the code: Menu, Tray, Add, Reload, _Reload _Reload() { Reload } As I al...
- Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:58 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
BTW, it would be nice, if the compiled exe would also have a "reload that script" tray menu item. Because the script does not work anymore after the above error, until I exit and restart. That makes no sense for me. For the compiled one there isn't any script which may have changed in the backgroun...
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:01 pm
- Forum: Development, plugins and third party software
- Topic: Question regarding Everything in Listary
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1388
Re: Question regarding Everything in Listary
FWIW: Long time ago (2013), there used to be Everything support in Listary: So you were right! That was in version 4 of Listary which is no longer relevant since many years. Current version is 5.x and the beta is at version 6. ______________________________________________________ Windows 11 Home x...
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:20 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: [Suggestion] Jump to a good frame for video preview thumbnail
- Replies: 7
- Views: 690
Re: [Suggestion] Jump to a good frame for video preview thumbnail
The Icaros home page is at
https://shark007.net/forum/Forum-Icaros-Development
I had MediaPreview from Babelsoft installed
before I switched to K-Lite Codec Pack including Icaros.
There was no preview handler, only thumbnails for all sorts of media.
https://shark007.net/forum/Forum-Icaros-Development
I had MediaPreview from Babelsoft installed
before I switched to K-Lite Codec Pack including Icaros.
There was no preview handler, only thumbnails for all sorts of media.
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:48 am
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: [Suggestion] Jump to a good frame for video preview thumbnail
- Replies: 7
- Views: 690
Re: [Suggestion] Jump to a good frame for video preview thumbnail
Icaros is part of the K-Lite Codec Pack which for me is one of the best on the market.
- Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:44 am
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: Omit Results
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4269
Re: Omit Results
As NotNull already said "this is getting quite confusing".
For me the whole topic is out of control because to many poeple
with conflicting ideas try to push the Author into their direction.
I don't think that many users will have a benefit from whatever the final result will be.
For me the whole topic is out of control because to many poeple
with conflicting ideas try to push the Author into their direction.
I don't think that many users will have a benefit from whatever the final result will be.
- Sat Apr 09, 2022 7:59 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: 1307, Teracopy not working in latest Everything release.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1443
Re: 1307, Teracopy not working in latest Everything release.
With the new release of Everything, when using paste or paste to parent folder, Teracopy does not work any more...I'm getting the standard windows dialogue. This is causing me problems as I rely on Teracopy for file collisions, copying and moving. I've temporarily had to revert to 1306. Thanks. I'm...
- Fri Apr 08, 2022 9:21 pm
- Forum: Everything 1.5 Alpha
- Topic: 1307, Teracopy not working in latest Everything release.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1443
Re: 1307, Teracopy not working in latest Everything release.
For me Teracopy 3.9 is still working fine with Everything 1307.
If I paste the following dialog comes up for example Next step
If I paste the following dialog comes up for example Next step
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 5:52 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
in a future version there will be an entirely different menu. I will add a dark- as well as a light version to that (probably chosen based on your Windows settings) Please don't make it only dependend on the Windows setting. I don't run Windows in dark mode but many tools with their own dark mode f...
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:36 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9227
Re: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
I made a special entry for QuickSwitch and JumpToFolder in the XYplorer "Other software" forum. and in the Total Commander "Plugins and addons" forum. Currently there are only a short header and links to the Everything forum entries. https://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?p=198114#p198114 https...
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:46 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
2Tuska
I'm impressed
You have spend a lot of time.
I'm impressed

You have spend a lot of time.
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:00 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9227
Re: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
There is no need for the context menu.
You can just make a hotkey which starts
JumpToFolder.exe -jump
You can just make a hotkey which starts
JumpToFolder.exe -jump
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 8:31 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
Yes
- Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:44 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
Downloaded compiled and basic checks made with
Total Commander, XYplorer, Explorer
using Open dialogs in Akelpad and WinRAR.
No problems so far
Total Commander, XYplorer, Explorer
using Open dialogs in Akelpad and WinRAR.
No problems so far

- Sun Apr 03, 2022 5:45 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9227
Re: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
Also in the previous version we had to run an exe to activate Jumptofolder. Where is the difference to the new version? The exe contains also the code for the jumping itself I assume, but you had to trust in the exe anyway. Right? The exe is the compiled AHK script. You can also download the master...
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:59 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9227
Re: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
The source.zip is still the old one even with another browser.
The dir name in the source code says 1.0.8 but the ahk file is old, also in the tar.gz file.
I downloaded the master zip file which is the new one and compiled it.
Tested now also with Explorer
The dir name in the source code says 1.0.8 but the ahk file is old, also in the tar.gz file.
I downloaded the master zip file which is the new one and compiled it.
Tested now also with Explorer

- Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:05 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9227
Re: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
Tested your compiled x64 version.
Works fine here under Windows 11.
Tested with Total Commander, XYplorer, Free Commander.
______________________________________________________
Windows 11 Home x64 Version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.593)
TC 10.00 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1305a (x64)
XYplorer 23.00.0006
Works fine here under Windows 11.
Tested with Total Commander, XYplorer, Free Commander.
______________________________________________________
Windows 11 Home x64 Version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.593)
TC 10.00 x64 / x86
Everything 1.5.0.1305a (x64)
XYplorer 23.00.0006
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
- Replies: 63
- Views: 9227
Re: JumpToFolder - Use the power of Everything in File Managers and File dialogs
The source is unfortunately still version 1.0.6 

- Sat Apr 02, 2022 7:52 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: QuickSwitch
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51539
Re: QuickSwitch
I made some advertising of QuickSwitch in the XY forum.
Looks like with success
Looks like with success
