[Resolved!] The specified path does not exist

[frirwind]

Hi everyone,

I've got great experiences with Everything and it's been a fantastic app all around.
I needed to upgrade to windows 11 and since then I'm having problems.

I've got a folder with shortcuts in my desktop. Everything is able to find those files perfectly fine but when I run them it gives me this error.

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I've checked in the options that I'm not running as admin and that the "Everything Service" is checked.
Copying the folder to another location does not help, even when other files in that location run fine.
If I create a different file in the shortcuts folder (like a bmp) it opens fine. So it seems to be something with the shortcuts.

I have no idea what the issue is here. I've also tried running as admin (even though I've seen that discouraged)

Any suggestions? I'd love to get this fixed

[therube]

If you check the Properties of the .lnk file (right-click | Properties),
it should show you the "Target:" location.

Is that location, the path & the file name, correct & valid?

[void]

Are you logged in as Rik? -Only Rik will have access to these shortcuts.

[frirwind]

If you check the Properties of the .lnk file (right-click | Properties),
it should show you the "Target:" location.

Is that location, the path & the file name, correct & valid?

Thanks for the suggestion. When I check the target it points to the correct file. If I enter that path into Everything, it opens it without a hickup.

[frirwind]

Are you logged in as Rik? -Only Rik will have access to these shortcuts.

Rik is the only user on this computer and it's a local account with administrator rights. C:\Users\ only contains the folder Rik and Public if that helps.

[void]

What is the lnk target?

Some ideas:

Please make sure you are using the x64 version of Everything (Everything Help -> About Everything -> version)
-the x86 shell lnk com handler could be corrupt.



Does the following work:
From the start menu, search for:

run

Click Run.
Type in the following and press OK:

C:\Users\Rik\Desktop\Shortcuts\Marktplaats.lnk

Does Windows throw the same error or open the file?



Can you right click the lnk file in Everything and click Open Path.
Does this Open and select the lnk file in Windows Explorer?
Does opening the lnk file from Windows Explorer work?



Please check if Everything is running elevated, please ensure Everything is running as a standard user.
From the Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + ESC), click the Details tab.
Show the User Name Column and make sure Everything.exe (if there's two, check the one using the most memory) is running as Rik.



Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:
* Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
* Click Properties.
* Click the Compatibility tab.
* Uncheck Run this program as an administrator.
* Click OK.

Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:
* Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
* Click Properties.
* Click the Shortcut tab.
* Click the Advanced button.
* Uncheck Run as administrator.
* Click OK.
* Click OK.

Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:
* Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
* Click Properties.
* Click the Compatibility tab.
* Click the Change settings for all users button at the bottom.
* Uncheck Run this program as an administrator.
* Click OK.

[frirwind]

My lord I feel so stupid. I wasn't running the X64 version.

I don't know what to say but thank you so much!

[therube]

Please make sure you are using the x64 version of Everything (Everything Help -> About Everything -> version)
-the x86 shell lnk com handler could be corrupt.

Explain?
Are you saying that the x86 version may not necessarily be resolving .lnk as one might expect, where the x64 version should be?

[void]

Everything doesn't handle lnk files directly.
When opening a lnk file in Everything, Everything will just shell execute the lnk file.
The Windows shell will handle the opening of the lnk file, ideally, the lnk target.
There should be a shell lnk com handler that is registered to handle opening of lnk files.
There's something up with this shell lnk com handler for frirwind on x86.