Custom shortcut to search a specific folder

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topsearcher
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Custom shortcut to search a specific folder

Post by topsearcher »

I know you can search in any folder you're in, but is there a shortcut command/parameter/whatever that lets you search a specific folder when you launch it? Any help is appreciated.
therube
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Re: Custom shortcut to search a specific folder

Post by therube »

https://www.voidtools.com/support/every ... e_options/

From a command prompt, I'll often use my EGO.BAT.

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NotNull
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Re: Custom shortcut to search a specific folder

Post by NotNull »

There are a lot of different ways in Everything to accomplish this, like starting Everything with parameters to open a specific folder, a bookmark or a filter.

One that might be less obvious:
Go to Menu:Toos >Options > general > Home and create a custom search, like shown below.
Whenever you open Everything, it will search in - in this case - C:\Tools :
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void
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Re: Custom shortcut to search a specific folder

Post by void »

Please try the -filename command line option:
Everything.exe -filename <path to folder>

For example:
Everything.exe -filename "C:\windows"

Everything will detect if the parameter to -filename is a folder, and set your search to "C:\windows\"
This works best if you are using %1 from a batch file or registry:
Everything.exe -filename "%1"

For more control, use the -s command line option:
Everything.exe -s <search>

For example:
Everything.exe -s "C:\windows\*.bmp"
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