Add Search Everything context menu item to all files

[void]

To add the "Search Everything..." context menu item to all files:

• From the Start menu, click Run... (or press Windows key + R)
• Enter in: regedit
• In the Registry Editor, navigate to:
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell
• Right click on the right side and click New -> Key.
• Enter in a name for your menu item, for example: Search Everything...
• In your new key, right click on the right side and click New -> Key.
• Enter in the name: command
• Double click the (Default) value.
• Set the value data to:
  "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -filename "%1"
  Where C:\Program Files\Everything is the location of your Everything.exe.
• Click OK.
• Close the Registry Editor.

If you wish for Everything to search for the path of the file, instead of the actual file, set the (Default) value data to:
"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -parentpath "%1"

[SuperDude]

@void:

Your registry hack seems to only find the file that is selected. Other copies of the selected file located elsewhere are not displayed. I entered everything exactly as you described, and I tested it with Directory Opus and Windows Explorer. Only the selected file was shown in the Everything Search window that pops up.

I am currently using this command-line to find all instances of a selected file:

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"D:\Everything\Everything.exe" -s {file}

I have this command bound to my F7 key (when Directory Opus has the active, focused window). When I select a file or folder, or multiple files and folders, an Everything Search window for each selected file(s)/folder(s) opens, where each window shows me all copies of each item I selected.

If I right-click on a folder in the right-side window pane and press my hotkey (F7), Everything shows all instances of that folder, like this:



My Everything Search registry key looks like this:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Search with &Everything]
"Icon"="C:\\ICONS\\Everything.ico"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Search with &Everything\Command]
@="\"D:\\Everything\\Everything.exe\" -path \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Search with &Everything]
"Icon"="C:\\ICONS\\Everything.ico"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Search with &Everything\Command]
@="\"D:\\Everything\\Everything.exe\" -path \"%1\""

Note that this is two registry keys combined into one, and my custom icon is displayed in the Everything Search context menu as well. It also has a keyboard shortcut for the context menu entry (the letter E in my case).

[void]

Your registry hack seems to only find the file that is selected.

That was intended, I'll add a -name-part command line option to search for all files with the same name part of the filename.

[void]

I've added the -name-part <filename> command line option in Everything 834b or later.

Usage:
Everything.exe -name-part <filename>

Example:
Everything.exe -name-part "C:\Windows\system32\calc.exe"

This will set the search to: wfn:calc.exe

[SuperDude]

Thank you, David.

[jon_obvious]

Example:
Everything.exe -name-part "C:\Windows\system32\calc.exe"

This will set the search to: wfn:calc.exe

So what if i want to set this search to just: calc
Remove the ".exe" part. I have different filetypes with the same name in different folders, would be cool to be able to right click one and find the others.
My registry value is: "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -name-part "%1"

[NotNull]

In a future major version of Everything there will be a -stem option to search for - in this case - CALC.

For now, you can find a workaround in this thread