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Stamimail

Try DocFetcher and VS Code.
I think they have more features for this task.

Stamimail

Thank you NotNull. It seems to work. Still needs to be tested by someone who has both 32/64 operating systems.
@echo OFF

for /f "useback delims=" %%x in (`wmic.exe os get OSArchitecture /value`) do @>nul set %%x

if %OSARCHITECTURE%==64-bit goto x64

goto x86

:x64

REM echo x64
start ...

Stamimail

Command-line. Now it retrives nothing (I guess it's expected). I failed in trying to print (echo) the value of variable x.

I don't dabble with programming very often, so I'm quick to give up on trying to solve this myself. For me it will take hours and days (and I won't remember the material) what ...

Stamimail

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for /f "useback delims=" %%x in (`wmic.exe os get OSArchitecture /value`) do @>nul set %%x

CMD retrieves:
%%x was unexpected at this time.

Stamimail

Thank you. It works, but not ideally, due to the appearance of the cmd window.
I'm not sure but maybe powershell has the magic.

Stamimail

and they also can use a simple batch or login script to start the correct Everything version.
Assuming we have in the same folder
Everything.exe
Everything64.exe

Is it possible, for now, to upload here a bat or exe file, which will be placed in the same folder and be used as a launcher? Will it ...

Stamimail

Does anyone have an idea how to combine this

and this

?
(will appear in the first run)

Stamimail

Excel file with 4 columns:
Key, English, New Language - Google Translate, New Language - Translator

Google Translate column is only translate suggestions and will help the translator with this task.

Finally, you (makelng) will use only the 1st and the 4th column.

Stamimail

I think the answer expalins why you don't want to support export (selection) to db.
What about import? I mean to support db in "open file list..." - will load a db as a filelist.
(more user friendly)
Is there any downside?

Stamimail

Firefox let you to open a
New Private Window (Ctrl+Shift+P)

(incognito in chrome)

I think in a similar way, it is good to make within the UI an option to open a "new temporary instacne".
What this will do is create a new temporary instance of Everything, a new window with all the existing settings ...

Stamimail

What about an option to export/import (selection) as an Everything db file? why not?
It will also be a convenient method to convert db to filelist.

Stamimail

Is it theoretically possible?

You install your user profile on your removable disk / smartphone, separately from the rest of the Windows installation. Something like that . The Windows OS resides on the computer. Your user account resides on the removable disk / smartphone.

You connect your ...

Stamimail

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid

1. How do we attach the smartphone to the party?
2. If we use the storage of the smartphone, as a single storage also for the tablet and the desktop, when we detach/disconnect the smartphone, the tablet and the desktop will be useless.
If we use separate storage ...

Stamimail

There is a difference between the format of selecting one item and the format of selecting multiple items.
Did you try to make them similar?

100,000 items | Size: 10.0 MB | Path: C:\test

100,000 items | Size: 50.0 MB | 5 items selected

Stamimail

the most important file information is always in the same spot. No need to find it among lots of file details.
(just like the number of files is always on the left side of the statusbar)
I also support that the location of "size" be at the same spot. Only I think that everything you want can be ...

Stamimail

Tested again. The bug is still there.
Try x86

Stamimail

I don't know why the size indicator is located in the right side of the status bar.
You can easily move it to the left side, in the same place that "Size:" is located when there is one item selected. No need for duplicates.

Stamimail

I couldn't find a way to mimic my use of Firefox tabs.

Among my first steps when I install a new Firefox, I check the first option :
[v] Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order

To switch between tabs, to the left (further up) or to the right (further down), I use:
Ctrl+PgUp
Ctrl+PgDn ...

Stamimail

https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=61531#p61531

Tested on:
Everything (1.5a) 1.5.0.1366a (x86)

Fonts and Colors
Item: Tabs
Item states: Selected
Background color: [green]

For some reason the color goes to "Close tab" button.
Only after setting the Noraml color too, the Selected color ...

Stamimail

Try:
"C:\Windows\" regex:.*\d\d

Stamimail

@flamboyant_entropy
You are probably using an older version.
Type in SearchBox:
about:ini
and/or try to find your settings file - Everything.ini

Once you find it, copy/paste it to the new Everything folder, in the new computer.

If you upgrade to the new Everything version, you will find the ...

Stamimail

Do we have a mechanism for sharing multiple settings? (save, set and reset)

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You didn't share some code

Stamimail

Another option (for development) is to add to all thumbnails views, another view - a desktop view, where the user will be able to arrange items in each folder as he arrange in Desktop.

Stamimail

With HTML image maps , you can create clickable areas on an image.

For example:
Clicking on any option in this image will jump to the corresponding help in the document.
https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/Everything.Options.General.png

Also, in program you can add the [?] button, near ...

Stamimail

Also can help here:
Menu | Bookmarks
Home tab in Options.

Suggestion for development:
viewtopic.php?p=46583#p46583

Stamimail

If you want to avoid the quick rebuild, fire up a new instance:
Some problems:
1. You want to open this new instance easily from the GUI
2. The regular -instance makes completely new settings, and here you want to keep the settings (bookmarks, filters, history, colors...).
3. I'm not sure, but it ...

Stamimail

I forgot to mention (although it's a bit obvious),
If the filelist is already indexed in the index of drive c for example, and the user wants a Linked File List, he should filter by using the filelist: command in Serach Box.
filelist:
btw,
Shouldn't there be a tooltip that pops up, when you type ...

Stamimail

The main Everything search window is not designed to edit file lists.
I wish it will.
There is a lot in common. It seems almost a duplicate.
File List Editor doesn't support some features like Advanced Rename (for editing the filelist).

Everything treats the files in file lists as offline.

I ...

Stamimail

If there is any concern in directly editing the (content of) file list file, there is a solution for this:

In filelist mode, after renaming, the indicator of filelist mode will be changed:
filelist.efu --> *filelist.efu
filelist.txt --> *filelist.txt

Changes will be made only in Everything ...

Stamimail

Please let me know if this is useful. Yes, it is very useful, but needs some improvements.

The big question here, do you want to bring this feature only to file lists, or to Everything in general?

You want to Toggle between Everything mode and Explorer mode (not need to auto-open Folders pane ...

Stamimail

When you RightClick on a non-Name column ("full row select is disabled"):
I think it should show only the column relevant commands.
Currently there is a lot of noise.
Suppose you have an image.jpg file, and you right-click on the size column.
Why commands of Name column should be shown? (like open ...

Stamimail

I will consider text-mode option for the advanced-renamer.

For now, please try drag-dropping files onto the old filenames box.
The advanced-renamer is non-blocking so you can go back to Everything to search for more files to drag-drop.

I wanted to edit/rename content of filelist.txt (and some ...

Stamimail

Everything 1.5.0.1356a adds support for opening and importing CSV and TXT filelists.
When Alt+Drag efu file to Everything the tooltip changes to Open File List +.
The same thing should be for Alt+Drag of CSV and TXT files.

Also, if someone dragged without Alt (Set Search +), and now he dragging ...

Stamimail

F2 in SearchBox will open "Advanced Rename..." in Text Mode: I came to suggest making a checkbox for text mode, and I noticed that I already wrote on this topic...

I've noticed I can add non-exists-file by:
Everything.exe -rename non-exists-file.txt

But unfortunately, I can't type or paste ...

Stamimail

In order to free up storage space, my friend asked me to search and move video files from his smartphone to his portable drive.

This is a situation where you want to use your Everything with all the settings, apart from the index, that should not be mixed with your index.

Stamimail

Everything already supports TXT and CSV filelists.
They can be opened from File -> Open File Lists
Change the filename to: *.txt or *.csv
...
...
I will consider showing TXT and CSV filters in the Open File dialog.

Yes, it is configured to show only efu.
You can make it like open file of Word ...

Stamimail

Time. Time spent on this can not be spend on other features. It is all about priorities. Did I say now?
Just deciding whether it should be done or not. If indeed so, to put it on the "to do" list, and that's it.
Managing the order of priorities in the big list implementation is void's management ...

Stamimail

These non-EFU formats are intended to be used in other applications.
This is true. But what's the problem with being able to import the list of files you created back?
For example: Everything will never be able to decide if some path in an exported TXT file is a file or a folder.
This is not ...

Stamimail

Everything doesn't behave the way the user is used to using a file explorer, i.e. Enter to enter the folder.
In Everything Enter opens the folder in Windows Explorer.
Therefore Explorer mode is required to get the same behaviour of file explorer.

In Explorer mode it's not only the Enter key. There ...

Stamimail

Try to support that every file the user created by
File -> Export...
the user also will be able to import/load it in Everything as a file list.

I exported to json, and trying to load this json to Everything by
Open File List...
it shows improper file list.

Stamimail

METHOD 1:

Maybe EFU Browser might work for you too.

Tested. Unfortunately, EFU Browser doesn't work properly.
Before going deeper into this and trying to fix EFU Browser, we need to stop and ask void if he wants to bring the functionality of EFU Browser (File Explorer mode) to Everything, or he ...

Stamimail

Suppose you want to view a file list as in file explorer.

METHOD 1:
Is there a program that can do this?
(support for as many types of file lists as possible)

METHOD 2:
Alternatively:
Creating a script (and an exe file for "Send To"), which:
1. get the filelist file,
2. creates in the same ...

Stamimail

My recommendation here goes to Beyond Compare.
I don't see Everything can be an alternative for all its great features.
What features will be supported?

Stamimail

I have in my "Portable Program Files" some
PortableProgram
PortableProgram_OLD

I think it's the same to what you wrote.

The problem begins with kind of Portable Programs that has a built-in update mechanism, which makes it easier for you and automates the update process, and there is no convention ...

Stamimail

2b. sure you can roll back. backup before you upgrade (as you should be doing now, anyhow).

Would you like to tell what your backup mechanism looks like? How long does it take you to restore from the backup?

Stamimail

Clarification for Temporarily Omit:

Suppose the user makes a Temporarily Omit in his downloads folder.
He searches in Everything
"C:\downloads"
and he gets in the result list:

abc.pdf
def.pdf
001.jpg
002.jpg
003.jpg

he selects
001.jpg
and does Temporarily Omit Extension
and he gets in the ...

Stamimail

void wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:09 am I will consider an undo for temporarily omit.

You don't have to make an undo for temporarily omit in the same general Edit -> Undo.
If you make a pane (like 3.) you can make standalone Undo/Redo buttons/commands in this pane .

Stamimail

Maybe. However this suggests otherwise.

I'm not that familiar with ProcMon. According to what you wrote, it seems to be similar to the same problem but less similar to the same solution.

It brings with it the capabilities of Everything File List Editor to the Results list pane (and even more ...

Stamimail

User can enable Omit Results, temporarily omit a result, then disable Omit results.
I can enable Omit, Temporarily Omit, then double-click TEMP OMIT to clear the Temporarily Omits.

@ therube
Please compare carefully:
-> User can enable Omit Results, temporarily omit a result, then disable Omit ...

Stamimail

2 options :

(1) Stamimail (me) doesn't fully understand the benefits of Omit.
I tend to think that some of the same tasks that were done until now by Filters have been migrated to be done by Omit.
I don't use either Filters or Omit on a daily basis.
If you want, go ahead, start a new thread and ...

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