Hello Void:
I am trying to set up a windows context menu item. The program is Filemenu Tools. What I'm trying to accomplish is when I'm in the windows explorer and spot a file that may have other copies "laying around" then I will right click the file and select the search Everything context menu item to open a new Everything window with the search list showing for that particular file that I selected in windows explorer. But the problem is I don't know the proper arguments to use... the command line arguments. I have looked at the command line syntax list in the help file and searched somewhat in the forums. But have made no progress. When one right clicks on a windows explorer file is its variable designation equal to "%1"? From all my attempts the results always reports this error message "Unable to open file list: <path>:<filename> is not a valid file list."
Please advise if you have examples to share with me.
Thank you froggie. This is helpful and contains the example I needed. I know I saw Everything in the context menu for a while after upgrading, but for unknown reason, it is no longer there. Maybe this can get it working again.
therube wrote: Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:18 pm
How does your command line read in Filemenu Tools?
I have been putting a %1 in the argument setup field. It is a GUI interface table. The target, "Everything.exe" is in one line, and the argument is a different line. It is freeware from lopesoft.com.
Thank you froggie. This is helpful and contains the example I needed. I know I saw Everything in the context menu for a while after upgrading, but for unknown reason, it is no longer there. Maybe this can get it working again.
Update: Success!
It took several tries (about 25) but I finally got it to work; here is the syntax and arguments that worked for me on Win 7 Pro. with Everything Version 1.4.1.935 (x64)... "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -name-part "%1" ... an expandable string value...
Now when I click on a file, it instantly shows where all copies are on USBs, and on flash or internal disk drives. I have a mess on my hands with full backups and incremental backups over multiples drives. This will help immensely at identifying the stray files and getting back under control
Thanks gents and ladies for your help. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4njkoreetgx0z ... u.bmp?dl=0
Mr. Phil
mrphil wrote: Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:27 pm
Ha haa! The I'm addressing is Void as a forum group. I didn't mean it like it sounded. Should I have said Hello Tools? LOL
Hello all? Hello fellow voidian forum followers?
Anyway, Filemenu Tools also supports the use of some special arguments like %filename%, %folderpath% etc. (but maybe not in the free version)
