Difficult question about specific searches

[benny2007]

sorry, misunderstanding.

Only keyboard shortcuts, if possible.
If one have to type something, that's not i am looking for.
In the moment it's perfect for me, my question above would only skip some keyboard entries.

Thanks alot for your help and best regards
benny

[void]

Use the bookmark keyboard shortcut.
You don't have to type anything.

In Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks, do you have a "Search Name in New Tab" bookmark?

[benny2007]

Yes, all ok, is running fine, thanks a lot!

So, my next project will be my ebooks.

But one question in advance:
Have now 2 Icons on my desktop, one is for my mp3-collection, the other one is for my videos.
Both applications are running completely parallel.

Would it make sense to change between Music and Video in between Everything, but do not know, whether this is possible. This would save one instance.
What would you propose?

If you say, keep it different, then I would like to ask you, to give me a script in order to start with a third instance for my ebooks (same as you did for my Videos).

Thanks a lot in advance for your help and best regards
benny

[void]

Would it make sense to change between Music and Video in between Everything, but do not know, whether this is possible. This would save one instance.

I think you are asking if you can switch instances from within Everything?
-There's no option to do this currently.
An Everything instance is unaware of other instances.

What would you propose?

Create a third instance.
Consider using different icons and colors for each instance.

Everything Icon Pack
Themes

If you say, keep it different, then I would like to ask you, to give me a script in order to start with a third instance for my ebooks (same as you did for my Videos).

To create the eBooks instance:
From the Desktop, right click and click New -> Shortcut...
Set location of the item to:

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"C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything.exe" -instance eBooks -no-auto-index

Click Next.
Set the name for this shortcut to:

Everything - eBooks

Click Finish.

Launch your shortcut.
Make sure Everything (eBooks) is shown in the window title bar.

[benny2007]

Fine, have my ebooks in Everything.
There are 3 instaces now:
Music
Video
Ebook
Gave the icons on the desktop different colours.
But when in minimize them to the taskbar, the original colours are shown there.
How to change that?

Thanks in advance for your help best regards
benny

[void]

To change the icons in Everything (and the taskbar):
Copy your custom icon files to:

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%APPDATA%\Everything\Everything-Music.ico
%APPDATA%\Everything\Everything-Video.ico
%APPDATA%\Everything\Everything-Ebook.ico

(eg: the Ebook instance will use %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything-Ebook.ico )
Restart each instance of Everything. (File -> Exit)

[benny2007]

hhmm, not running.

I started with this instance, the desktop icon is in green
"C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything.exe" -instance video -no-auto-index

Copied the ico-file to %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything-Video.ico.
But, when i open it, in the taskbat is it original red.
and i am surpised the ico file is an executable file, which opens Everythig, might be i made soemething wrong before......

One other point is: Opening the Video instance, the column "Dimensions" is there, but nothing is in the lines, which were formerly properly displayed.

Thanks a lot in advance for your help an d best regards
benny

[benny2007]

This point is clarified in the meanwhile:

One other point is: Opening the Video instance, the column "Dimensions" is there, but nothing is in the lines, which were formerly properly displayed.

... my mistake.......

Best regards
benny

[void]

Icon files should not be executable.
I'm guessing you have file extensions hidden and you're renaming an .exe file to .ico.exe ?

Please try the following search in Everything:

%APPDATA%\Everything\

What is shown?
If there's any .ico.exe files, rename them in Everything to .ico

You will need to restart Everything after copying your Everything-<instance-name>.ico
In Everything, from the File menu, click Exit.
Relaunch Everything.

Opening the Video instance, the column "Dimensions" is there, but nothing is in the lines, which were formerly properly displayed.

Is this still an issue?

[benny2007]

Icon files should not be executable.
I'm guessing you have file extensions hidden and you're renaming an .exe file to .ico.exe ?

No, there are no extensions hidden.
But I deleted the file and copied one of your zip file icons into the roaming folder, this one (in green):
"Everything-Video.ico" ... and the file is no longer an executable file

On the desktop icon, which is green, I have the following target:
"C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything.exe" -instance video -no-auto-index

And the start in is as follows: "C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a"

But opening Everything: the taskbar icon is in original red.
hmm, what to do.
Thanks a lot for your help and best regards
benny

P.S: all other open points are settled

[tuska]

2benny2007

Please see:
Is it possible to chage the tray icon

You could place the “Video” instance in a separate folder, such as C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Video,
to separate the Everything “named instance” from the Everything “unnamed instance”.

C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Video\Everything-video.ico
would cause a different Everything icon to be displayed for the “Video” instance.

Simply drag the “Everything-video.ico” file into the C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Video folder
and confirm the UAC prompt.

Then create a new shortcut target for the “Video” instance and launch this Everything instance:
“C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Video\Everything.exe” -instance video -no-auto-index

[benny2007]

@tuska, that's running. Have all icons in tasbar now in green, that's fine.
In order to avoid some work: which files should i copy in that new folder, or do i have to make the indexing procedure and all others once again?

Thanks for help and best regards
benny

[benny2007]

oh, what a mess, my former instances for Musik and Videos and Ebooks are completely lost now.
Especially the Musik and Video stuff, this was a rather long story, what is happening here?

Need help, would like to get my former "definitions!"

[benny2007]

So, have deleted the new folder Video, and Musik and Video is again fine for me (except the taskbar coloumns)

For my Ebooks I do not understand, i see now always the folders but want to have as search results only *.epub and *.pdf files
Under Tools / Options / Exlude i have defined the above mentioned include only files, but in the view ebooks, the result is zero.
And in view Everything, then are the folders included, which I do not want to see here.

So, first to have this clarified, then (perhaps) again colours in taskbar.

Thansk a lot for your help and best regards
benny

[void]

For my Ebooks I do not understand, i see now always the folders but want to have as search results only *.epub and *.pdf files
Under Tools / Options / Exlude i have defined the above mentioned include only files, but in the view ebooks, the result is zero.
And in view Everything, then are the folders included, which I do not want to see here.

You will still need to index folders, just hide them from your results:

• In Everything - Ebooks, from the Search menu, click Add to filters....
• Change the Name to:
  Ebooks
• Change the Search to:
  ext:epub;pdf
• Click
  OK
  .
• From the Search menu, activate your Ebooks filter.

In Everything, for the main search window, do you see your custom icon ?



To change the Everything Taskbar icon:

• Right click the Everything taskbar button.
• Right click Everything.
• Click Properties.
• Click Change Icon.
• Click Browse..., select a new icon and click Open.
• Click OK.
• Click OK.

edit:
Unpin Everything from the Taskbar.
Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
Relaunch Everything.
Re-pin Everything.

[benny2007]

Ebooks, are fine again now, thanks!

But concerning Tasbar Icons:

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At the bottom is the taskbar, but color unchanged, on top you see the pull down menu with the proper color.

hhmm, can we do something elses?


Thanks a lot in advance for help and best regards
benny

[void]

Please try rebuilding your icon cache:

• From the Start menu, search for:
  cmd
• Click Command Prompt.
• In the command prompt, navigate to local app data folder by typing in the following and pressing enter:

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  cd %localappdata%
  

• Remove the hidden attribute from the icon cache database by typing the following and pressing enter:

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  attrib iconcache.db -h
  

• Delete the icon cache database by typing the following and pressing enter:

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  del iconcache.db
  

• Terminate Windows Explorer by typing the following and pressing enter:

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  taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
  

• Restart Windows Explorer by typing the following and pressing enter:

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  explorer
  

[benny2007]

Processed the steps above 3 times, but no change in color.

Any other idea is welcome.

Thanks for help and best regards
benny

[void]

Are you pinning Everything to the taskbar?

Unpin Everything from the Taskbar.
Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
Relaunch Everything.
Re-pin Everything.

-If you're not pinning Everything, please try:
Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
Relaunch Everything.

[benny2007]

Everything is not pinned.

Also the file -> exit does not help.

The idea above by @tuska brought me the correct colors, but unfortunately it spoiled my instances, do not know, why.

hhmm, something else, which can be done?
Or do i have to keep it as it is.

Thanks in advance for help and best regards
benny

[void]

What's the current situation?
Is the custom icon shown in the main Everything search window?
When you right click Everything in the taskbar, what is shown?

What version of Windows are you running?

[tuska]

Maybe this picture will help?

Please note:
- user == your username

- Everything was started as user and NOT as administrator (with "Everything Service" afterwords checked).

- Everything was also run as an administrator, and in Everything Options - 1.5.0.1409 (x64) - [Administrator]
  the “Desktop shortcut” option was checked, and the icon on the desktop was changed to “Everything-Video.ico”
  (as shown in the image below).
  In this case, you also had to click the “Advanced” (= "Erweitert...") button in the icon's properties
  and then check the “Run as administrator” option (since this did not happen automatically).
 

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