Search through shortcut with context menu

[harryray2]

I use the search Everything context menu a lot...is it possible to search a shortcut?

I right clicked a shortcut but there was no entry for Everything.

[horst.epp]

What do you mean ?
"Search this filename with Everything" is shown here in any file manger
in the context menu also for .lnk files.

[harryray2]

Scrub through what I wrote previously...I can search a directory shortcut but is there any way I can search, with the context menu, the parent directory of a shortcut pointing to a file?

[void]

Please see Search parent context menu

[harryray2]

Thanks, I'll go through all the steps and give it a try...will it still enable me to use the context for a directory shortcut as well as the parent and can it be used with 1.5?

[void]

will it still enable me to use the context for a directory shortcut

Yes, you can have both context menu items.

as well as the parent and can it be used with 1.5?

Yes, please specify the Everything 1.5 executable name when setting up the registry:
C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a\Everything64.exe

[harryray2]

I've been trying this out...I can't get it to work.

First, is this the correct setting to search the parent folder of a link to a file?

What about context menus ?

For folders you could add your own context menu:
In regedit, make the following key:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Parent...\command

Set the default value in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Parent...\command to:

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C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe -parentpath \"%1\"

Where C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe is the location of your Everything.exe

For files you could add your own context menu:
In regedit, make the following key:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Search Parent...\command

Set the default value in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Search Parent...\command to:

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C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe -parentpath \"%1\"

[void]

I've been trying this out...I can't get it to work.

What happens?

Please try without the backslashes (\).

The following should work for lnk files:

In regedit, make the following key:

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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Search Parent in Everything\command

Set the default value in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Search Parent in Everything\command to:

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C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe -parent-path "%1"

Where C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe is the location of your Everything.exe

[zybexXL]

From my reading, harryray2 wants to right-click on a shortcut and have an option to search the target folder of that shortcut.
The regkey works for the folder where the file/shortcut is located (ie, desktop), not for its target folder. I guess this is doable on v1.5 by using a Property of the shortcut?