Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

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nagan
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Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by nagan »

Hi,
1.Would it be possible to run the portable version as a separate instance even while the main version is running.Presently clicking on a portable exe brings the main Everything window.

2.I can place it in the systray , where I can exclusively use it to view the ETP/FTP server files and keep the regular version to search the main system as usual.
void
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by void »

1.Would it be possible to run the portable version as a separate instance even while the main version is running.Presently clicking on a portable exe brings the main Everything window.
Yes, with multiple instances you can.
Please see http://support.voidtools.com/everything ... _instances for more information.

Basically, copy your Everything.exe to a unique location, and start it with -instance <name>, for example:

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Everything.exe -instance "ETP Server"
2.I can place it in the systray , where I can exclusively use it to view the ETP/FTP server files and keep the regular version to search the main system as usual.
Two icons will appear in the system tray.
The name of the instance is displayed in the tooltip when hovering the mouse over a system tray icon.
nagan
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by nagan »

1.I managed to create a separate instance - Everything ETP via shortcut/properties/Target and also added -startup to start it minimised. I also tried the Everything.ini route ,instance_name="Everything ETP" is not working and clicking the shortcut launches the main window and also corrupts the Everything.ini of Everything ETP. Can you please check that.The tooltip name I get is only if I start thru the modified shortcut properties/Target.

2.The second instance has virtually nothing(No NTFS, No folders) to display, just awaiting the ETP connection.Still the memory hovers around 13MB. Is it ok?

3.Where is the .db of this instance saved. It is drawing a blank. I tried to load all the NTFS drives , forced rebuild, still not getting .db in its folder?

4.It is possible to delete .ini and .db files easily. Perhaps the idea is that if the program is running it can rebuild it and would make no difference. But would it not be ideal to hook them?
void
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by void »

Make sure you have two copies of Everything.exe in two separate folder for each instance.
Make sure Everything is not running when modifying the ini or deleting the Everything.db (otherwise these files are overwritten when Everything exits)
corrupts the Everything.ini of Everything ETP.
What do you mean by corrupts the Everything.ini?
2.The second instance has virtually nothing(No NTFS, No folders) to display, just awaiting the ETP connection.Still the memory hovers around 13MB. Is it ok?
This is typical on Windows Vista or later.
In Task Manager, check the Memory (Private Working Set) for a better idea of how much memory Everything has allocated.
Compare this to the Working set to determine how much is Windows overhead.
3.Where is the .db of this instance saved. It is drawing a blank. I tried to load all the NTFS drives , forced rebuild, still not getting .db in its folder?
Same location as your Everything.exe, keep in mind it is only saved to disk when you exit Everything.
4.It is possible to delete .ini and .db files easily. Perhaps the idea is that if the program is running it can rebuild it and would make no difference. But would it not be ideal to hook them?
Not having to monitor the ini for changes and overwriting changes on exit does simplify Everything a lot.
Implementing an ini monitor might be too much work for what its worth.
therube
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by therube »

If you are running multiple copies from within a single directory, you'll most likely also want to use the -config <filename> option to point to a specific configuration set.
nagan
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by nagan »

Make sure you have two copies of Everything.exe in two separate folder for each instance.
Make sure Everything is not running when modifying the ini or deleting the Everything.db (otherwise these files are overwritten when Everything exits)

corrupts the Everything.ini of Everything ETP.


What do you mean by corrupts the Everything.ini?
I did have Everything-ETP in a separate folder. It so happened that once trying to launch Everything-ETP thru (only a instance name addition in Everything.ini) it brought the already running Everything screen back. Perhaps when I closed this too , the everything.ini in the Everything-ETP folder got changed and all the exclusions which I had made was not there. No issues on that except that "instance name addition"to the Everything.ini of a custom run does not launch it up exactly , whereas the second option given (Command line) in the section of altering the shortcut target launches the application fine.You may look into this aspect. I wonder if some syntax has gone wrong.
This is typical on Windows Vista or later.
In Task Manager, check the Memory (Private Working Set) for a better idea of how much memory Everything has allocated.
Compare this to the Working set to determine how much is Windows overhead.
The size seems to be widely fluctuating. Now it is reading at 9MB. But strangely in the process explorer details the private byte size of Everything instances seem to be slightly above the Working set sizes , like it is for some other programs as well.
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Same location as your Everything.exe, keep in mind it is only saved to disk when you exit Everything.

Now I am clear.. :|
void
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by void »

No issues on that except that "instance name addition"to the Everything.ini of a custom run does not launch it up exactly
Please make sure you are using the ini setting:

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instance_name
The size seems to be widely fluctuating. Now it is reading at 9MB. But strangely in the process explorer details the private byte size of Everything instances seem to be slightly above the Working set sizes , like it is for some other programs as well.
Working Set is the size of memory in RAM, this can be lower if some memory is paged to disk.
On Windows Vista or later you can expect an application to use about 10MB just to show a single window.
nagan
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by nagan »

I have attached the files. The original everything-ETP.ini file when it was running fine.

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[Everything]
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I launch only thru a normal shortcut as I mentioned in the previous posts. The existing main window of Everything is replicated and no special instance in systray.
Next I launch Everything-ETP thru a working method of edited TARGET in the shortcut properties as mentioned in the previous posts. Now Everything-ETP launches and finds a place in the systray and tooltip etc. But the exclusions list have changed when I launched thru the normal shortcut.

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[Everything]
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There is something I am not sure of the syntax.
void
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by void »

You have two instance_name's in your Everything.ini file.

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instance_name="ETP"
and

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instance_name=
The later one will override the first.

When modifying an ini, always add to the end of the file.
nagan
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by nagan »

1.For now adding instance_name at the last after closing the relevant everything-ETP does not yield anything separate and I see the recurrence of the issue.
2.If I tried to launch everything-ETP with the instance name added but thru the modified shortcut the program seemed to hang.
3.Where is the information of Tools>>Options>>Indexes and Folders saved??
4.For better information from Process explorer I renamed the specific instance as "Everything-ETP" (not to be confused with the tooltip name) and launches with that name. In that case does the Everything.ini too be changed to "Everything-ETP".ini?
5.Now a strange happening. Both when Everything-ETP and the Everything(regular) were listing all the files (as reported due to some launching issues). I close Everything-regular. Remove all the NTFS indexes , and Folders from Everything-ETP and then close it. Now I launch Everything(regular) and I find it list nothing . I had to add the indexes and folders back.

Some cross references happening or manual overlooking of modifying ini whilst the program is still open is causing this. But I wonder how point 5 can happen when the folder of Everything(regular) was not touched at all.
void
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by void »

1.For now adding instance_name at the last after closing the relevant everything-ETP does not yield anything separate and I see the recurrence of the issue.
Could you post your Everything.ini file again please?
2.If I tried to launch everything-ETP with the instance name added but thru the modified shortcut the program seemed to hang.
If its reproducable, please send the debug output when hang occurs.
3.Where is the information of Tools>>Options>>Indexes and Folders saved??
The list of folders that are indexed is store in the Everything.ini file with the ini settings:

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folders=
The actual folder indexes are stored in the Everything.db file in your Everything installation folder.
In that case does the Everything.ini too be changed to "Everything-ETP".ini?
It is always Everything.ini
I will review the option to include the instance name in the ini filename.
5.Now a strange happening. Both when Everything-ETP and the Everything(regular) were listing all the files (as reported due to some launching issues). I close Everything-regular. Remove all the NTFS indexes , and Folders from Everything-ETP and then close it. Now I launch Everything(regular) and I find it list nothing . I had to add the indexes and folders back.
Sounds like the wrong instance, or wrong executable was run.
nagan
Posts: 302
Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:44 am

Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by nagan »

1.For now adding instance_name at the last after closing the relevant everything-ETP does not yield anything separate and I see the recurrence of the issue.
2.If I tried to launch everything-ETP with the instance name added but thru the modified shortcut the program seemed to hang.
3.Where is the information of Tools>>Options>>Indexes and Folders saved??
4.For better information from Process explorer I renamed the specific instance as "Everything-ETP" (not to be confused with the tooltip name) and launches with that name. In that case does the Everything.ini too be changed to "Everything-ETP".ini?
5.Now a strange happening. Both when Everything-ETP and the Everything(regular) were listing all the files (as reported due to some launching issues). I close Everything-regular. Remove all the NTFS indexes , and Folders from Everything-ETP and then close it. Now I launch Everything(regular) and I find it list nothing . I had to add the indexes and folders back.
Some cross references happening or manual overlooking of modifying ini whilst the program is still open is causing this. But I wonder how point 5 can happen when the folder of Everything(regular) was not touched at all.
Seems like I did not go beyond the observation (in bold). Sorry for the embarrassment. The fact is I ticked the Store Everything.ini is Appdata even in the Portable ETP version just casually or with the misconception that this will be a separate identity. Ofcourse for the main version I had to choose the appdata folder because I tend to also log in as a Standard user and prefer different settings. So all the observations fall in place with this silly obvious error. I ticked it off , and even the shortcut with the instance name tied up in the Everything.ini loads the instance fine. In fact 2 posts before posting the two everything.ini in code I did a MS WORD search and found no differences at all , but was not too sure.
Anyway it is working cool now. :mrgreen:
In your writeups I suggest that for any additional instances , you may advise the user to keep Everything.ini in their default folder (until may be you propose to prefix the ini and db files with the instance name -that way enabling this instance to run for other users ad well) to avoid any such cross referencing...
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void
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Re: Feature for Portable version as a separate instance

Post by void »

I am sorry too, I should have noticed the app_data=1

I will redo all the online help once the beta is stable.
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