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EverythingPowerToys (EPT) is a plugin for the program PowerToys Run (PTR)
This adds the ability to search the computer for files and folders using Everything inside PTR

If you want to use Everything inside Command Palette, you need EverythingCommandPalette

Prerequisites

The following programs needs to be installed and running to use EPT

• PowerToys
• Everything 1.4 or 1.5a
  • non-lite version of Everything required, lite does not support IPC
  • 1.5a is recommended as it provides more features
  • If you are using the normal release EPT, 1.5a requires you to disable alpha instance
  • If you're using EPT3, the install tagged with SDK3, you do not need to disable alpha instance

EPT Installation methods

1. Chocolatey : choco install everythingpowertoys
   • Chocolatey needs to be installed separately
   • Dependencies needs to be installed separately

     PowerToys: choco install powertoys
     Everything: choco install everything OR choco install everything-development

2. Scoop : scoop bucket add extras | scoop install extras/everything-powertoys
   • Scoop needs to be installed separately
   • Dependencies are only listed as suggestions, needs to be installed separately

     PowerToys: scoop bucket add extras | scoop install extras/powertoys
     Everything: scoop bucket add extras | scoop install extras/everything OR scoop bucket add versions | scoop install versions/everything-alpha

3. WinGet : winget install lin-ycv.EverythingPowerToys
   • WinGet comes preinstalled with Windows 11 and Windows 10 version 1809+
   • PowerToys is listed as a dependency, but Everything needs to be installed seperately

     Everything: winget install voidtools.everything OR winget install voidtools.everything.alpha

4. Self-Extraction Installer (EXE) :
   • Some AV will detect the installer as malicious, either allow the EXE or use the ZIP file instead
   • Powertoys and Everything needs to be installed separately
   1. Exit Powertoys
   2. Run EXE
   3. Restart PowerToys
5. Manual Installation (ZIP) :
   • Powertoys and Everything needs to be installed separately
   1. Exit Powertoys
   2. Extract the folder in the zip file to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins
   3. Restart PowerToys

Everything's DLL file

From v0.88.0 to v0.90.1, Everything64.dll / Everything3_x64.dll is NOT included as part of the install. Instead of including this file by default, EPT will check if this file exists on launch.

• If it exist: EPT will function as normal (this'll be the case if you did an update)
• If it does NOT exist: EPT will prompt you to download this file
  
  By clicking Yes EPT will automatically download the dll file that corresponds to your CPU architecture from the lib branch
  If you have security concerns, you can click No and download the correct dll file into EPT's folder inside %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins

This means that if you're doing an offline install, you should download the DLL file in advance, otherwise you'll be unable to download this file, resulting in EPT not working.

Plugin Features

For an explanation of all the features and settings of this plugin, please visit the features page

Support and Feedback

You can report bugs via GitHub Issues. Alternatively, if you're familiar with coding, you can address the bug yourself and submit a Pull Request with the fix.

For support or feedback, please utilize GitHub Discussions.

Developers and Contributors

If you want to contribute to this project, visit the developer page to get started.