search by sample
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search by sample
Would it be posible to drag and drop a file into everything and find all ocurrences of this file in all drives?
even if the name of the file varies
even if the name of the file varies
Re: search by sample
Currently no, sorry.
A option to do this is in development.
For now, you may wish to enable dropping files on the search box:
A option to do this is in development.
For now, you may wish to enable dropping files on the search box:
- In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
/search_edit_drag_accept_files=1 - If successful you should see search_edit_drag_accept_files=1 in the status bar for a few seconds.
- You can now drag files onto the search box in Everything.
- Unfortunately, this will currently search for the exact file. You will need to manually modify the search to include only the part of interest.
Re: search by sample
You probably drag the file from File Explorer or another file manager?
In that case, I just wrote an alternative:
- right-click your file
- Select "Search for this filename in Everything" from the context menu
How?
Note: will not work if you run Everything as dministrator (although there are workarounds for that)
SearchFile.reg
In that case, I just wrote an alternative:
- right-click your file
- Select "Search for this filename in Everything" from the context menu
How?
- Save this text as SearchFile.reg somewhere on your system
- Edit both paths to Everything.exe to match your situation
(currently C:\Tools\Everything\everything.exe ) - Save the file
- Double-click it
- Done
Note: will not work if you run Everything as dministrator (although there are workarounds for that)
SearchFile.reg
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\Shell\SearchFileName]
"MUIVerb"="Search for this filename in Everything"
"Icon"="\"C:\\Tools\\Everything\\everything.exe\""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\Shell\SearchFileName\command]
@="\"C:\\tools\\Everything\\Everything.exe\" -namepart \"%1\""
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Re: search by sample
Done!!! while the new option come up. thanksNotNull wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:09 pmYou probably drag the file from File Explorer or another file manager?
In that case, I just wrote an alternative:
- right-click your file
- Select "Search for this filename in Everything" from the context menu
How?From now on you can right-click any file and search for it in Everything.
- Save this text as SearchFile.reg somewhere on your system
- Edit both paths to Everything.exe to match your situation
(currently C:\Tools\Everything\everything.exe )- Save the file
- Double-click it
- Done
Note: will not work if you run Everything as dministrator (although there are workarounds for that)
SearchFile.reg
Code: Select all
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\Shell\SearchFileName] "MUIVerb"="Search for this filename in Everything" "Icon"="\"C:\\Tools\\Everything\\everything.exe\"" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\Shell\SearchFileName\command] @="\"C:\\tools\\Everything\\Everything.exe\" -namepart \"%1\""
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Re: search by sample
WOW ITS A GREAT NotNull
IT WORKS NICELY

Re: search by sample
You're welcome!
BTW, I just noticed that it doesn't work on *all* files:
If you select a shortcut (.LNK file) , it will operate on the target of that shortcut, instead of the shortcut itself.
Doesn't look like a big deal to me; just mentioning it ...
BTW, I just noticed that it doesn't work on *all* files:
If you select a shortcut (.LNK file) , it will operate on the target of that shortcut, instead of the shortcut itself.
Doesn't look like a big deal to me; just mentioning it ...
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Re: search by sample
sometimes I found those small viruses that spread all over hardrives from usb devices and that comes very handy to delete them all ... when a feature like (drag and drop) finding using size as a parameter appears it will be an owesome tool to find those viruses who ramdomly change their names