Run Everything as a normal user

[bblackmoor]

I am in an environment where I need Everything to run as a normal user -- no escalation. The software can be installed by an admin, but it must run with the same privileges as the currently logged-in user -- no escalation, not even as a service.

Is this possible?

[void]

Everything requires administrative privileges to index NTFS volumes.

Everything can run as a standard user if you install the Everything service, but it's not clear if you can do this or not.
The Everything service is available in Everything 1.3 beta, here:
http://www.voidtools.com/download/

It is possible to run Everything 1.3 without the service and as a standard user, but you won't be able to index NTFS volumes.
You can use folder indexing and file list indexing instead. However, this is not as fast as NTFS indexing and the results are not updated real-time.

[bblackmoor]

I have installed the 1.3 beta. There does not appear to be a context menu in Explorer, as there was for 1.2. Is there a way to restore this context menu?

[therube]

> context menu in Explorer

Tools | Options | General -> Show shell context menus
(You should then see, "Search Everything...".)

(If it is only "partially" enabled (gray instead of black), try disabling then re-enabling.)

[bblackmoor]

That worked, and the normal user is able to search using the context menu without escalated privileges. Thank you!