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search by sample
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:47 pm
by Markus1969
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
Re: search by sample
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:51 pm
by void
Currently no, sorry.
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
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:09 pm
by NotNull
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?
- 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
From now on you can right-click any file and search for it in Everything.
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\""
Re: search by sample
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:03 am
by Markus1969
void wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:51 pm
Currently no, sorry.
A option to do this is in development.
still it's great it would be a choice soon
Re: search by sample
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:07 am
by Markus1969
NotNull wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:09 pm
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?
- 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
From now on you can right-click any file and search for it in Everything.
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\""
Done!!! while the new option come up. thanks
Re: search by sample
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:41 am
by Markus1969
WOW ITS A GREAT NotNull
IT WORKS NICELY
Re: search by sample
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 11:05 am
by NotNull
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 ...