Get Everything path via IPC

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Hi,
I wonder if it's possible to get the Everything path (the path where Everything exec reside) using the SDK, regardless of whether Everything is portable or installed.

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Not possible with the SDK.

Please try the following:

Get the window handle to the Everything notification window:

HWND everythingTaskbarNotificationWindow = FindWindow("EVERYTHING_TASKBAR_NOTIFICATION",0);

Get the process ID from the window handle:

DWORD everythingProcessId;
GetWindowThreadProcessId(everythingTaskbarNotificationWindow,&everythingProcessId);

Open an Everything process handle:


HANDLE hProcess;

hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_READ,FALSE,everythingProcessId);


Get the module filename from the process handle:


char szModName[MAX_PATH];

if ( GetModuleFileNameEx(hProcess,NULL,szModName,sizeof(szModName)))
{
// Do something with the path to Everything.exe
}


Alternatively, you can find the install path in the registry under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\voidtools\Everything
with the InstallLocation key.



edit:
With Everything 1.5 you can do an IPC search for: whole:about:exe to return the full path and name of your Everything.exe