Things to do

[David]

Thank you for your suggestions!

"Things to do" list in no particular order:

Current changes:

• localization for bytes, kb, mb, gb...
• command line parsing is escaping trailing \" to " (see C:\) new parsing of \" to escape " use "" (double double quotes) """foo bar""" -> "foo bar"
• update text displays "Everything" now..
• localization format_time!
• fixed network gets not reading last line if it is missing \n
• fixed monitoring file attribute changes.
• have the buttons (OK Cancel apply and Add folder add file add filter) autosize for localization
• 3) ability to snap the window to the screen edges (as default)
• 4) ability to snap window to other windows (as option)
• 5) setting for titlebar display: Show search (y/n)
• renaming should not attempt to rename if the new name and the original name match (old)
• safely remove hardware, everything is NOT detecting first request to safely remove hardware (old, Everything was not detecting unmount requests)
• test if etp server is reporting bind fails (this error generates an error message now)
• -f matches -filename??? (old, this was by design)
• autosize static controls to fit translations.
• export needs menu help
• fix help -> about
• optimize wildcard cases: ends with (*.jpg) and starts with (new*)
• ctrl tab in options window ctrl page up/down.
• remove makelanguage .net 2.0 depandancies.
• ETP server? or client supplying no path?
• Copy Multiple files from different directorys.
• escape #'s in http paths
• I plan to change the -connect <host> command line option to start "Everything" with -connect <user:password@host:port>

Todo:

• [FIX] Service is closed when window session is closed.
• Suspend monitors option from tray icon context menu.
• Make about information copyable to the clipboard.
• Only save ''changed'' settings to the Everything.ini
• [FIX] universal scroll + selection mask does not update the selection mask
• Creating new windows should also make a copy of the ETP connection, if any.
• improve TrueCrypt support
• sort the results by path before gathering file information. (use mft for very fast sorts when sorting everything)
• Everything had its own shell extension / context menu items so the windows context menus are not accessed.
• [FIX] (Null) is not a valid app (see New Text Document -> asd.exe and try to run)
• It\'d be nice to have some indicators (in maybe the status bar?) of the various search mode (i.e. regex, case-sensitivity, etc.) especially now since those can be activated by keyboard shortcuts.
• It would be nice to have a full path (path+filename) column for display or sorting. (new column type)
• hotkey to convert open / saveas text to results? show list?
• Mix folders and files in a sort operation. option to display folders first or not...
• Stand alone (portable version) should put all its files in the temp folder!
• option to disable icon cache? (just use default folder and default file icons)
• view menu -> text size, status bar, toolbar, always on top, custom filters etc...
• special searches ::dupes:: finds all simular files and folders
• sort by full path excluding the drive letter.
• selected item in status bar to show all information from each column (ie last modified, size etc...)
• add suggest button for exclude list (excludes all top level folders that are hidden or system folders. ie C:\windows c:\recycle c:\system vol...)
• always on top option (ontop)
• show the total file size of selected files in the status bar?
• custom sorting, list .exe first?
• including a ':' in your search should be the same as include a '\' to match the full path.?
• make searching or hitting esc cancel sorting and add a sorting progress bar..
• make everything download the latest software from from http://www.voidtools.com/download/Everything.exe? -I would prefer it take you to the download page (I do not want this process fully automated)
• mounting searches with win7 libs (same as below)
• New tool for "Everything" Tools -> Mount shell extension (choose a folder to mount to and a search) the new mounted folder will show the realtime search folders/files
• "Single-click to open"
• Win+F doesnt work. use SetWindowsHookEx, make sure we unregister old keys when changing and when closing the tray.
• Execute with optional command line
• utilize 100% memory usage for namespaces for drives that are not monitoring.
• Seperate (or embedded?) tool for Win+F
• CTRL + g = goto file index?
• remember last search, next time everything is run it will be selected so you can.
• implement better handling of devices that are not ready. see below:
• fix for DeviceIoControl(0x000000d0,FSCTL_READ_USN_JOURNAL,0x0a96fe54,40,0x0a96ff7c,65536,0x0a96fe4c,0x00000000): GetLastError(): 21
• implement right click (folder) context menus simular to Windows search.
• option to save and load exclude settings
• export to html
• Show "Search Everything" context menus for file system folders only [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory] this should really be a shell extension...
• Size for http search results
• Reset the focus to the top of the list if the result list focus is lost.
• option to update db on startup only.
• option to show %d selected items of %d results in status bar.
• -root option to limit everything to folder (make sure the this folder is displayed somewhere so user is not confused why there is no results if they try to search for something on the whole system.)
• add option to NOT check if the usn journal is up to date add a button next to the option to force an update.
• add listview control messages compatibility to everythings listview.
• icon overlays for .lnks and shared folders
• safety net: warn if you try to delete an important file.
• include/exclude readonly files?
• reuse windows if they do not have focus option
• make building the database cancelable?
• wildcards and match whole word does not work!
• keep sort order for small result changes.
• bart pe builder support (should work now with unmount.. needs testing)
• A user preference for Everything to retain the last search until it is manually changed or cleared.
• resorting for path and name, some sort of threshold?
• add FAQ to help menu?
• fix hotkeys ui
• highlighed search terms colors
• custom filelists! need plugin support for custom lists
• cystom search filters video/audio etc..
• command line options to execute listview items, ie: -execute 0 executes the first item in the topmost Everything window. so ppl can bind keys to everything commands.
• see above, also add windows messages that do the same thing.
• minimize to tray
• Add a 2nd hotkey that would open Everything pointing it automatically to whatever directory you have focused.
• close window on run command, i.e., possibly minimize instead of close?
• RTL reading highlighting. - firefox under lines the charactors!
• use our own property page
• customizable charactor in the search text to turn regex on.
• Search history.
• command line option to update database and close everything.
• rename NTFS volumes to volumes, clarify NTFS volumes inside tab.
• add an exit button for comletely close the program
• file commands on a toolbar? delete/cut/copy/paste?
• Sorting by size does not sort well if you sort two or more times.
• thumbnail view.
• HTTP server proxy??
• Suggestion for portable version, add a way to automatically associate the right-click menu when everything.exe starts, and to remove the association when everything.exe exits. Also provide command-line options for the above.
• mouseover tooltips for clipped text.
• highlighted regex search terms.
• hotkeys for search options..
• copyfullname shell context does not work on drives
• remove drive letter depandancy, use FindFirstVolume! support for volumes mounted in NTFS folders.
• entire row selection.
• use ReadDirectoryChangesW to monitor file size changes.
• need a -filepath cli option to search a file paths.
• file context menu to search the file's parent path.
• x64 version
• option to show 'Date Modified' and size for HTTP server search results.
• option to sort by 'Date Modified' and size for HTTP server search results.
• option to click on paths in the listview
• optional toolbar.
• use color in highlight search results
• color options for alternate row colors
• proxy for auto-update?
• changing the listview focus should reset the horizontal scroll position to 0
• double-click on the file path should open Explorer on the path
• keyboard shortcuts for all features.
• Shortcut key for copy fullname to clipboard...
• customizable toolbar for all features.
• a file content searcher tool.
• external filelists
• move etp/ftp & http servers to addons
• move etp client to plugins
• add shortcut to start->search
• logwindows for etp/http
• upload via http
• tidy things to do list..

[Split]

I was going to suggest TrueCrypt support, but I see it on there already. Consider this a "second" to the motion.

Thank you for a very helpful application!

[Newman]

About the "Custom Filters" and "Special Filters" in the to do list. How will they be implemented? I'm curious to know if you haven't already thought of this. You probably have but just making sure.

Since I see there will be a toolbar of some sort. Instead of having "Special Filters" hard coded into the software for things like audio, video, and other file types. It seems more convenient to add options to allow users to create, name, customize, and iconize. Those filters then will have their own toolbar buttons that filter out custom filters.

Love the software. And I really appreciate the fact that you take the time to read everyone's suggestions and actually consider them in your software. Thank You.

[David]

Search Filters have been implemented.

It is currently disabled until I implement the UI to customize the hard-coded filters.

[cacamama]

I'm curious what exactly do you mean by "(use mft for very fast sorts when sorting everything)"?

Are you planning to implement file size indexing? This would slow down the indexing, but if left optional, would be great, especially for instantly viewing the size of folders.

Whatever you do David, please implement non-essential features as plugins, Everything should stay slim!

Take care.

[deadfones]

The thumbnail support will be epic. Expect another donation for that.

[DickPape]

Whatever you do David ... Everything should stay slim!

and Fast.

[meilon]

• I plan to change the -connect <host> command line option to start "Everything" with -connect <user:password@host:port>

Please let this happen - asap And of course with blank password support (-connect user@host) because we don't need another password.

Also I would like to see another type of linking on those searched ETP-Servers: CIFS! I'm a Domain Administrator and therefore I can access every drive on every computer connected to the AD So, when I want to open a file oder folder out of Everytrhing it would be nice if it would open the correspondig administrative share. For instance: I want to open the Folder "E:\the\folder\i\like" from server "myserv" and when I doubleclick that folder, "\\myserv\e$\the\folder\i\like" is opened in my Windows Explorer!

Regards!

[David]

Please try the following beta with the updated -connect command line option and \\server\drive$ shares...

http://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.2.1.419b.zip

[meilon]

The \\server\drive$ shares are working great for me here. Only the -connect has a bug: I can't connect to the ETP Server on our fileserver with -connect etp@08filesrv193. I have to use -connect etp:""@08filesrv193 so send a blank password.

A like the beta, will stick to it!

[David]

Thanks for pointing this out...
fixed..
http://www.voidtools.com/Everything-1.2.1.421b.zip

[meilon]

Works like a charm! Keep up the good work!

[arlanda]

"color options for alternate row colors"
I second that. Thanks!

[arlanda]

Please disregard my previous post regarding alternating row colour. The option "Show mouse rollover" works fine for me.

It will be nice to have an option to control the text properties (i.e. colour, bold/unbold, etc.) for "Show highlighted search terms", similar to what we can do with a Firefox addon, Locationbar2. Thanks!

[arlanda]

improve TrueCrypt support

You may want to correct that to FAT32

TrueCrypt: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=294&p=485&hilit=truecrypt#p485
FAT32: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=463&p=1045&hilit=FAT32#p1045

[coderati]

1. This is by far the best file search program I've ever seen!

2. One minor suggestion to improve ui: Highlight the entire row as you move through the results list using the keyboard (just like as if you were moving the mouse around with "show row mouseover"). You might even do the alternating shaded line thing (alernating between white & shaded lines in the results, where every other line is shaded) -- for readability of the other columns associated with a particular file.

[Calep]

I second Coderati, a solution like that would improve progra usability, for me at least...

[fabioq]

Someone suggested colors for rows and then took it back...I'd like to add it back in as a suggestion. I just found Everything today and so far I love it, even without this functionality. I like the simple interface. I'm a Karaoke host and I use Copernic for song searches of my Karaoke files which are zip files, I have about 150,000 files which need to be indexed by Song ID, Artist and Song Title. Everything did this so quickly I was amazed! I like that it doesn't look inside of files to stay fast, if you're ever tempted to do add that functionality please, please make it an option. Since I'm usualy playing regular music in between singers I'm also using it to index my mp3s. I have my MP3s stored in folders by genre, I did have to modify the folder names a bit since Everything doesn't do well with a search like "country songs\ .mp3". Not a big deal since I was able to change the folder name to just "country" so now I can just search "country\ .mp3" --after all I already know they SONGS!! A possibility to change the background too might be asking too much but if you feel inclined to add it as an option it wouldn't be too bad! Here's the ideal interface I'd like (from the Karaoke hosting app). With the right options I think I can set it up to look like it.

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This was a great interface until the files got over 30,000 then it would take forever to index and the searches were very rigid. You had to type it exactly as was listed. That's when I found Copernic and it did a good job with the searches, but the indexing would take a while, but I had to index just before the gig - was able to do it while at the bar lest it would make the laptop go into a slow crawl. This is the reason I like Everything over Copernic and it's much faster, the indexing is almost instantaneous. Anyway, the reason for the colors: it would be awesome for different types of files so it would be possible to have zip files with a particular color and mp3s with a different color or jpg or wmv or whatever...this would make it easier to see in a dark bar and in my case, half drunk . I'm gonna try to use it at my next gig this Friday nite -so far is looking good. Expect a donation.

By the way, is there a way to keep the folders from showing up. In the attached example there are 5 folders at the top that I don't need to see, I just want to see the contents:

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Anyway, did I mention it's a great app!

-fabioq

[void]

Color customization is on my "Things to do" list.
The "Things to do" list shown here is a little out of date.

I am considering customizable color rules.
For example, you could add a custom color rule for *.mp3 to make all the files with the mp3 extension red.

By the way, is there a way to keep the folders from showing up. In the attached example there are 5 folders at the top that I don't need to see, I just want to see the contents:

There is no practical way in 1.2.1.371 to do this, (can be done inaccurately with !*.)
You might like to try the latest alpha version and use a custom file filter.

Thanks for your support.

[Boofo]

Color customization is on my "Things to do" list.
The "Things to do" list shown here is a little out of date.

I am considering customizable color rules.
For example, you could add a custom color rule for *.mp3 to make all the files with the mp3 extension red.

By the way, is there a way to keep the folders from showing up. In the attached example there are 5 folders at the top that I don't need to see, I just want to see the contents:

There is no practical way in 1.2.1.371 to do this, (can be done inaccurately with !*.)
You might like to try the latest alpha version and use a custom file filter.

Thanks for your support.

David,

How would you set a custom filter that will only show files with whatever term you are searching for and not folder names that have the term in it?

[void]

We could use the same as a normal search, prefix file: for files only or folder: for folders only.

[fabioq]

Awesome. That did the trick, I put file: and the folders didn't show up!

-Thanks!

[Boofo]

We could use the same as a normal search, prefix file: for files only or folder: for folders only.

I know this sounds ignorant on my part but can you give me an example of a filter that is set up? I'm not sure I understand the macro and search filter right. here is what I have:

Search Filters name: Files Only
Search Filter: include files:
Macro: (I left this blank)

I know it's wrong but I such at regex type stuff.

[Boofo]

Awesome. That did the trick, I put file: and the folders didn't show up!

-Thanks!

I didn't see this when I posted. I guess I was close. Thanks for setting me straight.

[Boofo]

Is there a way to set a custom filter as the default sort method?

[void]

Is there a way to set a custom filter as the default sort method?

Do you mean a custom filter to set the sort order?
For example, the search pathsort: to sort the results by path?

[Boofo]

Is there a way to set a custom filter as the default sort method?

Do you mean a custom filter to set the sort order?
For example, the search pathsort: to sort the results by path?

Yes, that is what I meant.

[void]

I have added implement search commands to sort to my "Things to do" list..

Possibly with the following commands..
sort:path
sort:extension (sort:ext)
sort:size
sort:datemodified (sort:modified)
etc..

[Boofo]

Great! Looking forward to the changes, sir.

[looky78]

I hope you add the "Include" tab in option menu.

I want to search specail folders(and subfolders) and files.

In my case, [d:\Project_D\....],[ e:\Project_E\...] are target forder.

[void]

You can already.
Simply make sure the first item in the exclude list is an include type.
For example, from an empty exclude list, add the following rules:
Include folder: d:\Project_D
include folder: e:\Project_E

Only these two folders, subfolders and files will now appear in "Everything".

The first item in the exclude list defines how items are include or excluded by default..
If the first item is an include type, all files and folders are excluded by default.
If the first item is an exclude type, all files and folders are included by default.

If you are referring to non-NTFS folders, you will be able to include these with custom file lists in the next release of "Everything"..

[athelas]

I would very much welcome another "localization feature" - support for searching accented characters when a normal character is pressed. Non-English languages often use accented characters - it was a must to avoid them in the filename structure in the past, but this restriction has been lifted (even though you occasionally still run into problems). In result, people name their files sometimes with and sometimes without accents.

While Everything works perfectly with any character OS/file system supports, it would be more practical if searching for accented char will return also files non-accented version in the search results and vice versa.

For example:
a = â = ă = ä = à = á = â = ã = å = ą = æ
c = ç = ć = č
etc.

Thanks
[My friend who told me about Everything said it is the best invention since "sliced bread" and he was absolutely right - the most useful app ever!]

[void]

I do have plans to add the option to ignore accents.

However, with this option enabled, your searches will take nearly twice as long (but should still be faster than you can type).

[gussan]

Dear David,is it possible that everything supports "environment variables" like %temp%, %userprofile%, %APPDATA%, etc.?. Regards.

[void]

is it possible that everything supports "environment variables" like %temp%, %userprofile%, %APPDATA%

Yes, added to my "Things to do" list.

[gussan]

Dear David, thanks so much, I am glad to hear that. And of course, as soon I see this function and the option to refresh the database manually enabled I will be more than happy to donate to your terrific project. By now your program is the first thing I install in a new installed computer, second Total Commander. Your program has make my computing life so so easy that I am so thankful with you. Regards.

[stenionet]

Hello.
I think that would be great if put buttons for active and deactivate volumes.
Sometimes it is not necessary to search in the volume (c:programas) and would be very useful if we just have to click in one button.

Thanks.

[void]

I think that would be great if put buttons for active and deactivate volumes.

"Everything" will need to rescan all volumes if you make any changes to which volumes are included.

It might be easier and faster to use the NOT operator (!) to exclude a folder from your search.

For example, to find all files and folders, excluding the C: drive, search for:

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!C:\