Uninstalling Everything is not resetting Everything

[tech9]

I'm trying to uninstall then reinstall Everything so I can return it to its default settings (in order to fix a problem:viewtopic.php?p=74832&hilit=windows+explorer#p74832).
But when I reinstall it, it opens with the same settings I configured before I uninstalled it. The settings weren't erased. For example, under General>>Indexes>>Network Drives, it's displaying a Network drive I had disconnected before I uninstalled Everything, and it even retains my settings to rescan another drive "every 15 minutes." Is there some hidden cache/settings file that's not being properly removed when I uninstall Everything?

[therube]

In 1.5a, about:config (will open your .ini file, & also) show you the location of your "Profile".
Your settings are (most likely) in %APPDATA%\Everything (I'd guess).


(This is from 1.4:)

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Uninstalling Everything
An uninstaller is created when Everything is installed.


To completely uninstall Everything with the uninstaller:

From the Control panel, open Programs and Features.
Right click Everything.
Select Uninstall/Change
Select the language of the uninstaller if the multilingual installer was used to install Everything.

Click Uninstall.


To completely uninstall the portable version of Everything:

From a command prompt, run:

Everything.exe -uninstall
Delete Everything.exe.


System modifications
The follow settings modify the system:

Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything
Start Everything on system startup
Everything service
Show shell context menus
Start menu shortcuts
Desktop shortcuts
Quick Launch shortcuts
URL protocol
EFU file association.


To change these settings:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.

Click the General tab.


All system modifications made by Everything are removed when Everything is uninstalled.


Files created by Everything


Everything may create the following files in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything:

Everything.db
Everything.db.tmp


These files are deleted when Everything is uninstalled for all users.


Everything may create the following files in %APPDATA%\Everything:

Everything.ini
Bookmarks.csv
Filters.csv
Search History.csv
Run History.csv
Everything.ini.tmp
Errorlog.txt
Bookmarks.csv.tmp
Filters.csv.tmp
Search History.csv.tmp
Run History.csv.tmp
Logs\HTTP_Server_Log.txt
Logs\ETP_Server_Log.txt


These files are deleted when Everything is uninstalled for the current user.


If Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything is disabled, these files are stored in the same location as Everything.exe.

These files have different filenames if Multiple Instances is used.

If you use Named instances and wish to uninstall, you will have to uninstall each instance separately with Everything.exe -uninstall -instance <Instance Name>


Manual uninstall
Make sure Everything and the Everything service is not running.

Delete the folder C:\Program Files\Everything
Delete the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Everything
Delete the folder %APPDATA%\Everything
Delete the registry value Everything in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Delete the registry value Everything in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Everything
Delete the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything...
Delete the folder %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Everything
Delete the folder %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Everything
Delete the shortcut %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Search Everything.lnk
Delete the shortcut %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Search Everything.lnk
Delete the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ES
Delete the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.efu
Delete the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Everything.FileList
Delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Everything
Delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Everything
Delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\voidtools\Everything
Remove the empty registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\voidtools

[tech9]

Problem solved: after uninstalling Everything, I searched "Everything" in my AppData folder and found residual Everything files which the uninstaller had not removed. I deleted all those residual files, reinstalled "Everything," and now it's default setting were restored and it works fine again. (I did this before I got your message, but what I did was pretty much the 1.4 "manual uninstall" you mentioned. thanks for the help).