Windows Key shortcut to open Everything

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Everything 1.5.0.1401a adds support for enabling a low level keyboard hook to override existing hotkeys.

To create a Windows Key shortcut to open Everything:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  hotkey
• Select: hotkey_low_level_keyboard_hook
• Set the value to: true
• Click OK.
  
• Type in the following Everything search and press ENTER:
  
  /show_window_key=2118
  
  Where 2118 is the key code. 2118 is Win+F
  See below for a list of key codes.
• If successful, show_window_key=2118 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Win + Keys

Code	Key
2113	Win + A
2114	Win + B
2115	Win + C
2116	Win + D
2117	Win + E
2118	Win + F
2119	Win + G
2120	Win + H
2121	Win + I
2122	Win + J
2123	Win + K
2124	Win + L
2125	Win + M
2126	Win + N
2127	Win + O
2128	Win + P
2129	Win + Q
2130	Win + R
2131	Win + S
2132	Win + T
2133	Win + U
2134	Win + V
2135	Win + W
2136	Win + X
2137	Win + Y
2138	Win + Z
3206	Win + Shift + F23 (Copilot key)

Key codes

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Can it be set as toggle?

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To create a Windows Key shortcut to toggle Everything:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  hotkey
• Select: hotkey_low_level_keyboard_hook
• Set the value to: true
• Click OK.
  
• Type in the following Everything search and press ENTER:
  
  /show_window_key=
• If successful, show_window_key= is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
  
• Type in the following Everything search and press ENTER:
  
  /toggle_window_key=2118
  
  Where 2118 is the key code. 2118 is Win+F
  See above for a list of key codes.
• If successful, toggle_window_key=2118 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

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Thank you.

When you toggle/hide it, it become a background process.
It's still monitoring all as a background process?
I mention that I don't' have the service active.

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Yes, Everything will run in the background and keep your index up-to-date.

If you have unchecked Tools -> Options -> UI -> Run in background, Everything will not run in the background and will exit instead.

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Everything 1.5.0.1405a fixes an issue with hotkeys being triggered unexpectedly after unlocking a session.

Everything 1.5.0.1405a fixes an issue with ALT hotkeys.