Tab Search Text Dump for Command Line

[Kayot]

I've looked through the help sections and I don't see it but if it does exist already then I apologize for missing it.

When I go to reboot my computer I have to manually copy the search text from each tab into notepad++. On desktop return I use the -search switch and can bulk reopen the tabs through a c# tool I made (pulls lines from clipboard). I can't find a way to dump all the tabs search text so that part is very manual.

A command line option that would output all the search text from all the tabs I have opened would save quite a bit of time.

[therube]

What version of Everything?

Everything 1.5 Beta has Session history, that can (optionally) be restored automatically.
Be sure to read, Everything 1.5b Beta - Upgrade Guide.

[tuska]

2Kayot

Hi,
please try this in Everything 1.5:

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Options > Home > Search: (Use last value)
Options - Home > Filter: (Use last value)
Options - Advanced > closed_window_restore_on_first_new_window  🞆 true
Options - Advanced > session_store_restore_last_closed_window   🞆 true
Options - Advanced > session_store_restore_on_first_new_window  🞆 true

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Windows 11 Pro (x64) Version 25H2 (OS build 26200.8524) - 2026-05-26
'Everything' 1.5.0.1413b (x64) - Portable on system drive in C:\Everything

[Kayot]

Version 1.5.0.1409a

I did see the restore on load function. I used to use it on chrome but I found myself working with tab hoarder syndrome (thousands of tabs on browser start). I started using a plugin called Tab-Snap (the github version) to dump the tabs to text, and I was able to stop myself. Now I only reload tabs I actually need, which is usually less than 5 out of hundreds. I actually made a sub program that breaks the output from tab-snap into an easy to view, sort, and search series of tabs. I wish it had the flexibility of Everything, but Everything is kinda over spec and not a good comparison target for the average programmer. I still struggle with RegEx.

This morning I had to reboot my machine (remote desktop recks the resolution) so I dumped my Everything tabs. 58 of them. Once my machine was back up, I didn't restore any of them, only put them in my every growing list of things future me needs to sort or process.

I did look through the plugins examples, but I didn't see any hooks for tabs. They're probably in there somewhere and I'm just bad at it. Not that it would help me much. I've never made a non C# plugin before. Non-safe expression scare me.

Oh, I should explain why I have so many tabs up. I'm a data hoarder. My use case is definitely in the minority. I don't mind doing the field work to automate data sorting. Hence why a command line option is no problem for me. Just intercept the stream in C# and boom. Problem sort of solved. I still have a hoarder problem, but it's more manageable now. I get a small hit of dopamine every time I sort something.

[void]

Please try restoring your previous session from History -> Restore previous session.

Sessions

I did look through the plugins examples, but I didn't see any hooks for tabs. They're probably in there somewhere and I'm just bad at it. Not that it would help me much. I've never made a non C# plugin before. Non-safe expression scare me.

There's no hooks or API calls for sessions / tabs.

[Kayot]

The Session-1.5a.json and Session-1.5a.backup.json files seems perfect for what I want to do. I can just parse and filter that. Thank you!