Everything does not show updates

[Biff]

Everything does not show updates. How could I make it show a message when there are updates?

[void]

I'll push out an update notification soon.

For now, please make sure Tools -> Options -> General -> Check for updates is enabled.

[Biff]

That's nice, thank you. An automate update option would be great (so Everything automatically would update when an update is available, without intervention).

There just were running two Everything service processes I had to close with the Task Manager before updating was possible. That is like it should be, two service processes? I have two instances running.

For now, please make sure Tools -> Options -> General -> Check for updates is enabled.

Yes, yes, that is / was checked. But there are no notifications.

[void]

An automatic update feature is on my TODO list.
Thank you for the suggestion.

There just were running two Everything service processes I had to close with the Task Manager before updating was possible. That is like it should be, two service processes?

Only one Everything Service is required.
What is shown in the Task Manager?
We can remove the unnecessary one which may have come from an older Everything 1.5 version.

[Biff]

An automatic update feature is on my TODO list.

Many thanks!

What is shown in the Task Manager?

Now this is shown after restarting after the updating:


So this time only one service process is shown. But before it was two of these ones, if I remember it right:

[tuska]

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[Biff]

Many thanks!

Sorry, I am not quite sure what that means.

I use the portable Everything.

[tuska]

Sorry, I am not quite sure what that means.
I use the portable Everything.

I understood the following as a question and I wanted to say that you can have two Everything Services
if you have a file "NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE" in the directory where the file "Everything64.exe" is located.

There just were running two Everything service processes I had to close with the Task Manager before updating was possible.
That is like it should be, two service processes? ...

I use Everything only portable too.
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Windows 11 Pro (x64) Version 22H2 (OS build Build 22621.1635)
'Everything' 1.5.0.1344a (x64) - "Portable on system drive C:"

[Biff]

I understood the following as a question and I wanted to say that you can have two Everything Services
if you have a file "NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE" in the directory where the file "Everything64.exe" is located.

Ah, OK, sorry. I do not seem to have such a file here.

I use Everything only portable too.

Yes, I see now, thought because it is on C: it would be installed, but it is not even located in such a program folder.

[void]

If you see two services running in the task manager again, could you please send a screenshot.

Using NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE will require a separate service.

The NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE instances will use the following service pipe name: \\.\PIPE\Everything Service
Any other alpha instance will use the service pipe name: \\.\PIPE\Everything Service (1.5)

You can leave both running if you want, they shouldn't consume any noticeable CPU or RAM.

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For Tuska, consider keeping the one NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE service and using service_pipe_name to specify the service pipe name for all other non-NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE instances.

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If you are using NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE for all instances, you can remove the Everything (1.5a) service.
Best way to do this is to exit Everything (all instances), copy your Everything.exe to a new folder, launch Everything, uninstall the Everything Service from Tools -> Options -> General, exit Everything, delete this new folder.

[Biff]

If you see two services running in the task manager again, could you please send a screenshot.

Yes, I will do so.

Sorry, I do not understand, what is the advantage / drawback of using NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE?

[void]

NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE is only useful if you are using third party tools that communicate with Everything.

If you are using third party tools to communicate with Everything 1.4 and you are not using Everything 1.4, please consider enabling NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE if you want these tools to work with Everything 1.5a.

This flag will only exists while Everything 1.5 is in alpha.

[Biff]

NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE is only useful if you are using third party tools that communicate with Everything.

Sorry, what tools are these? What could one do with these?

[horst.epp]

NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE is only useful if you are using third party tools that communicate with Everything.

Sorry, what tools are these? What could one do with these?

The Everything toolbar for example.
This allows starting a search from an icon in the taskbar or from a field inside of it.
It also has a function to process results depending on its type
using regular expressions.

[Biff]

So you can add a toolbar to Everything with another tool? That sounded quite good. Actually, I always wanted to have a toolbar in Everything.

[NotNull]

Sorry, what tools are these? What could one do with these?

Which software has Everything integrated?

[Biff]

Many thanks!

Holy mo...so that means Everything has software built in from other programs? And it seems there are (almost or really) endless variations to combine Everything with or use in other tools.

[NotNull]

The other way around: these programs use Everything for their searches.

[horst.epp]

So you can add a toolbar to Everything with another tool? That sounded quite good. Actually, I always wanted to have a toolbar in Everything.

Here the link
https://github.com/srwi/EverythingToolbar/releases

[Biff]

Ah, thank you very much!

[tuska]

... For Tuska, consider keeping the one NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE service and using service_pipe_name
    to specify the service pipe name for all other non-NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE instances. ...

Thank you for your detailed explanations on the subject of "NO_ALPHA_INSTANCE"!