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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

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

Chocolatey : choco install everythingpowertoys
- Chocolatey needs to be installed separately
- Chocolatey package updates pretty fast
- Only published x64, not ARM64
- Chocolately dependencies will only check for Everything 1.4
  
  PowerToys: choco install powertoys
Scoop : scoop bucket add extras | scoop install extras/everything-powertoys
- Scoop needs to be installed separately
- Scoop package updates pretty fast
- Autodetects x64 or ARM64
- 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
WinGet : winget install lin-ycv.EverythingPowerToys
- WinGet comes preinstalled with Windows 11 and Windows 10 version 1809+
- WinGet package updates require review, newest version usually requires a few days after release before becoming available.
- PowerToys is listed as a dependency, but Everything needs to be installed seperately
  
  Everything: winget install voidtools.everything OR winget install voidtools.everything.alpha
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
- Have both x64 and ARM64
  - If you're unsure whether to use x64 or ARM64, try x64 first.
1. Exit Powertoys
2. Run EXE
3. Restart PowerToys
Manual Installation (ZIP) :
- Powertoys and Everything needs to be installed separately
- Have both x64 and ARM64
  - If you're unsure whether to use x64 or ARM64, try x64 first.
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

As of v0.88.0, 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.