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Everything 1.5 MSI Installer

The MSI installer for deployment of Everything 1.5 in managed Windows environments.

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WiX Source Code
Installation
Installer Properties
Downgrade
Uninstallation
Group Policy
Silent install with the Everything installer
Silent Install with the portable version of Everything



Download

The latest Everything MSI installers are available from:
https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/#all15

MSI installers are currently available for:

• x86
• x64

ARM and ARM64 MSI installers will be available in the future.



WiX Source Code

The MSI installer source code is available on Github:
https://github.com/voidtools/everything_msi_installer



Installation

The MSI can be installed with

msiexec

:

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msiexec /i Everything.msi

Silent Installation

For mass deployment, use

/qn

to install Everything silently without displaying the MSI user interface:

Code: Select all

msiexec /i Everything.msi /qn

Installer properties can be combined with

/qn

to customize a silent installation.

For example:

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msiexec /i Everything.msi /qn EVERYTHING_SERVICE=1 START_ON_STARTUP=0 DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=0

See Installer Properties below for a list of available properties.



Installer Properties

All installer properties default to

1

(enabled).

EVERYTHING_SERVICE

Installs the Everything Service and starts the Everything Service.

The default value is

1

.

To disable the Everything Service:

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msiexec /i Everything.msi EVERYTHING_SERVICE=0

START_ON_STARTUP

Runs Everything on system startup for all users.

The default value is

1

.

To disable starting Everything on system startup:

Code: Select all

msiexec /i Everything.msi START_ON_STARTUP=0

START_MENU_SHORTCUT

Installs an Everything Start Menu shortcut for all users.

The default value is

1

.

To disable the Start Menu shortcut:

Code: Select all

msiexec /i Everything.msi START_MENU_SHORTCUT=0

DESKTOP_SHORTCUT

Installs an Everything desktop shortcut for all users.

The default value is

1

.

To disable the desktop shortcut:

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msiexec /i Everything.msi DESKTOP_SHORTCUT=0

EFU_ASSOCIATION

Registers

.efu

files with Everything for all users.

The default value is

1

.

To disable the EFU file association:

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msiexec /i Everything.msi EFU_ASSOCIATION=0

LANGUAGE_PACK

Copies

Everything.lng

to the Everything installation folder.

The default value is

1

.

To disable the language pack:

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msiexec /i Everything.msi LANGUAGE_PACK=0

APPDATA_EVERYTHING

Stores Everything settings and data in

%APPDATA%\Everything

.

The default value is

1

.

To disable

%APPDATA%\Everything

:

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msiexec /i Everything.msi APPDATA_EVERYTHING=0

Downgrade

The MSI installer does not support downgrading to an older version.

To install an older version, uninstall the newer version first:

Code: Select all

msiexec /x Everything.msi /qn
msiexec /i Everything-older-version.msi /qn

Uninstallation

To silently uninstall Everything:

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msiexec /x Everything.msi /qn

Alternatively, use the product code:

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msiexec /x {PRODUCT-CODE} /qn

Group Policy

Everything 1.5 supports Group Policy for managing and locking Everything settings.

Download the ADM/ADMX administrative templates and see the available policies in the Everything Group Policy forum topic.



Silent install with the Everything installer

To install Everything silently:

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Everything-Setup.exe /S -install-options "<install options>" /D=<install location>

/S

= Silent install

-install-options "<install options>"

= Specify the install options. Must be in quotes (optional)

/D=<location>

= Install location (this must be specified last with no quotes - optional)

For example:

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Everything-Setup.exe /S -install-options "-app-data -disable-run-as-admin -install-desktop-shortcut -install-service -install-start-menu-shortcuts" /D=C:\Program Files\Everything

The default install options are:

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Everything-Setup.exe /S -install-options "-app-data -disable-run-as-admin -install-efu-association -uninstall-folder-context-menu -install-run-on-system-startup -install-service -install-desktop-shortcut -install-start-menu-shortcuts -uninstall-url-protocol" /D=C:\Program Files\Everything

Silent Install with the portable version of Everything

Everything.exe -install <installation-folder> -install-options "<space-delimited-list-of-installation-options>"

For example, the default installation settings:
Everything.exe -install "C:\Program Files\Everything" -install-options "-app-data -install-service -install-efu-association -install-run-on-system-startup -install-start-menu-shortcuts -install-desktop-shortcut -install-language 1033"

The -install command will do the following:

• Relaunch Everything.exe as admin if it is not already running as an admin. (May prompt for UAC)
• Copy Everything.exe (itself) to "C:\Program Files\Everything"
• Run C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe with the specified install-options:
  "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -app-data -install-service -install-efu-association -install-run-on-system-startup -install-start-menu-shortcuts -install-desktop-shortcut -install-language 1033

Installation is silent.
If any error occurs, Everything will return with exit code 1.
exit code 0 means success.


Install user options with the portable version of Everything
After installation, install any user install options:

"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -disable-update-notification -uninstall-quick-launch-shortcut -no-choose-volumes -language 1033
-This will install the specified user options and return immediately.

Launch Everything
And then finally, run Everything (optional):
"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe"


Installer
The Installer works internally in the exact same way as above (running the portable version with -install).
The installer contains the portable Everything.exe and shows a basic UI to select installation options and then it simply extracts the portable Everything.exe to a temporary folder and runs:
c:\temp\Everything.exe -install <install-location> -install-options "<install options>"
where <install-location> is the installation folder, eg: C:\Program Files\Everything
The -install command line option will copy c:\temp\Everything.exe to the installation folder and then run Everything.exe from the installation folder with the specified <install options>
<install options> is a list of installation options.
After installation, any user install options are installed, for example:
"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -disable-update-notification -uninstall-quick-launch-shortcut -no-choose-volumes -language 1033
And then finally, Everything is launched (if enabled):
"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe"

Admin install options

These commands can be specified in the -install-options command line option.
They will always be executed as an admin.

• -app-data
• -enable-run-as-admin
• -install-desktop-shortcut
• -install-efu-association
• -install-folder-context-menu
• -install-run-on-system-startup
• -install-service
• -install-service-port <port>
• -install-service-pipe-name <name>
• -install-start-menu-shortcuts
• -install-url-protocol
• -install-language <langID>
• -save-install-options <user-install-option-flags>
  ---
• -no-app-data
• -disable-run-as-admin
• -uninstall-desktop-shortcut
• -uninstall-efu-association
• -uninstall-folder-context-menu
• -uninstall-run-on-system-startup
• -uninstall-service
• -uninstall-service-port <port>
• -uninstall-service-pipe-name <name>
• -uninstall-start-menu-shortcuts
• -uninstall-url-protocol

User install options

Do not use these commands with -install-options since -install-options will run elevated.

• -enable-update-notification
• -install-quick-launch-shortcut
• -choose-volumes
• -language <langID>
  ---
• -disable-update-notification
• -uninstall-quick-launch-shortcut
• -no-choose-volumes

Everything.exe Installation Command Line Options:
/support/everything/command_line_options/

If no install options are specified the existing install options are used.
If no existing install options are available, the previously installed options are used. (since Everything 1.4.1.995)
If Everything was not previously installed, the default install options are used.

Silent uninstallation with the the portable version of Everything

Everything.exe -uninstall <installation-folder>

For example:
Everything.exe -uninstall "C:\Program Files\Everything"

Note: consider copying Everything.exe to a temporary folder before calling Everything.exe -uninstall to delete itself.

This will do the following:

• Relaunch as admin if currently not running as an admin.
• Remove all Everything files from C:\Program Files\Everything
• Remove Everything.db from %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything for every user profile.
• Remove any Everything registry keys.
• Remove Start menu and desktop icons.
• Remove any system modification, such as folder context menu items, start on system startup, EFU association, ES: protocol etc.

No user files are removed (anything in %APPDATA%\Everything)

Silent uninstallation of user files with the the portable version of Everything

Everything.exe -uninstall-user

This will do the following:

• Remove current-user start menu and desktop shortcuts.
• Remove quick launch shortcut.
• Delete all Everything user files from the virtual store (C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Everything)
• Delete all Everything user files from %APPDATA%\Everything

[RAJA4042]

Hi All,

I am deploying everything 1.4.1.928 through system context(SCCM) with below command line but it doesn't create neither start menu shortcut not the desktop shortcut

-install "C:\Program Files\Everything" -install-options " -app-data -disable-update-notification -uninstall-run-on-system-startup -install-service -disable-run-as-admin -uninstall-folder-context-menu -install-start-menu-shortcuts -install-desktop-shortcut -uninstall-quick-launch-shortcut -uninstall-url-protocol -install-efu-association -no-choose-volumes -language 1033" /S

Could you please help me with this issue.

Thanks,
Raja

[NotNull]

You are using the -install-start-menu-shortcuts and -install-desktop-shortcut arguments.
Those will install the shortcuts for the current user (in your case SYSTEM)

Use -install-all-users-start-menu-shortcuts and -install-all-users-desktop-shortcut instead (for more info: click the links in the first post of this thread)


Please remove your other (double) post.

[RAJA4042]

removed my other post.

Thanks for your reply.

-install "C:\Program Files\Everything" -install-options "-app-data -disable-update-notification -uninstall-run-on-system-startup -install-service -disable-run-as-admin -uninstall-folder-context-menu -install-all-users-start-menu-shortcuts -install-all-users-desktop-shortcut -uninstall-quick-launch-shortcut -uninstall-url-protocol -install-efu-association -no-choose-volumes -language 1033" /S

I should not use -appdata as as I am running in system contxt, please correct me if I am wrong.

I have used the above command still no desktop shortcuts but got two shortcuts search everything and uninstall everything in start menu.

And even though I passed disable run as admin, even I launch exe under program files it is asking for admin creadentials.

But throwing below error

[Window Title]
Explorer.EXE

[Content]
The item referred to by this shortcut cannot be accessed. You may not have the appropriate permissions.

[OK]

[RAJA4042]

It worked after I moved the silent parameter right after the setup, instead of placing it at last.

[RAJA4042]

Please share msi installer for 1.4.1.928, I did check in the mentioned URLS in forums they direct only to Setup files. Urgent please.


Tried below it doesn't remove shortcuts, please suggest.

"%Programfiles%\Everything\Uninstall.exe" /S -uninstall "C:\Program Files\Everything" -uninstall-all-users-start-menu-shortcuts

[NotNull]

https://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.4.1.928.x64.msi
https://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.4.1.928.x86.msi


You can run uninstall.exe. see link

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Updated for Everything 1.4.1.995.

[Lockszmith]

Is there an option that is equivalent to the 'Run Everything' checkbox at the end of the installer-wizard?

So that I could run the setup and it would run everything after everything is setup?

[therube]

https://www.voidtools.com/support/every ... verything/
https://www.voidtools.com/support/every ... Finish.png

[void]

If you are manually installing Everything with: Everything.exe -install <path>
wait for the call to complete and then call Everything.exe from the installation path.

For example:

Code: Select all

Everything.exe -install "C:\Program Files\Everything" -install-options "-app-data -disable-run-as-admin -install-efu-association -uninstall-folder-context-menu -install-run-on-system-startup -install-service -install-desktop-shortcut -install-start-menu-shortcuts -uninstall-url-protocol"
"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe"

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Added MSI installer for Everything 1.5.