Drag n drop?

[imcal007]

I suffer from c-t-s which means i can`t always type very well.

However i can drag and drop so is it possible to somehow incorp a drag a file or folder into the search bar so that everything can search for that file folder picture etc using drag and drop etc.

[void]

Please try enabling search_edit_drag_accept_files:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /search_edit_drag_accept_files=1
• Restart Everything:
• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /restart

[imcal007]

Thanks, Tried but nothing happens....

[void]

You'll need to restart Everything to apply this change:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /restart

[imcal007]

Thanks for the replies i do appreciate them, still nothing...

[therube]

What OS?
What version of Everything?

Where are you d&d from?

[vanisk]

Is it possible that explorer & everything runs with different privileges? (either one of them runs in Admin mode)?


[btw, the method mentioned above by @void works for me]

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[imcal007]

Thanks, retried still nothing, user as administrative rights and program is run as administrator. Windows 10.

[NotNull]

Thanks, retried still nothing, user as administrative rights and program is run as administrator. Windows 10.

Windows sees that as two different accounts (security-wise).

Try it with these Everything settings:

• enable Everything Service
• disable Run as administrator

Both settings can be found under Menu:Tools > Options > General

[imcal007]

Ok iv'e just reinstalled windows 10, everything now allows drag and drop i don`t know what the issue was but now it works, so thanks.


However i have another issue, when i drag and drop the folder it shows the full path in the search bar is there a way to simply have the folder i dropped to show up so other folders with the same name on my system are shown.

I do appreciate the help.

[dfsd23532]

I'm having the same issue. Drag and drop just randomly stops working.

[void]

Everything might be running as administrator.

Please make sure Everything is installed correctly:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

[zaadstra]

I was trying this procedure as I intuitively tried to drag a file into the search today, to search files with the same name (or a part if it).

After the setting and restart, indeed the searchbar accepts drag and drop of files. Cool!

But it does not work as expected: this is shown in the search bar (drag file=forum.txt):
filelist:"D:\Download\Everything\Forum.txt"

Other files of the same name are not found, while they are present in the database.
Service is installed, client running as non-administrator.

[void]

Currently, Everything will try to find the exact file that was dropped.
You will need to edit this text to the basename only manually, eg: "Forum.txt"

I've put on my TODO list: Add an option to format the search-edit-dropped file as the basename only.

Thank you for your suggestion.

[byobu]

Great! I'm really looking forward to this feature Finding duplicate files on my drives should be a lot easier then

At the moment I use a batch file with the "SendTo" feature in the file-explorer to search for the marked file.

"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -search "%~n1%~x1"

[NotNull]

"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -search "%~n1%~x1"

Or shorter:

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"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -search "%~nx1"