Is it possible to open an Everything window with a predefined search?

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supplementfacts
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Is it possible to open an Everything window with a predefined search?

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I know that if you run C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe it opens an Everything window. But is there any way to open a window with a specific string that automatically goes in the search box? For example, it would be nice to have a way (perhaps a hotkey) to run Everything so that it automatically searches for the string "*.txt".

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
void
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Re: Is it possible to open an Everything window with a predefined search?

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Launch Everything with:

"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -s *.txt

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Re: Is it possible to open an Everything window with a predefined search?

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Thank you very much!
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Re: Is it possible to open an Everything window with a predefined search?

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Hi, I'm just following up on this. I have a new but related question.

Is it possible to open a new Everything window with a specific predefined string that goes into the search box?

Here's the situation behind my question. Sometimes I already have an Everything window with a lengthy and complicated string in the search box (and a lot of useful search results). But when I run "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -s *.txt it activates this existing Everything window and deletes the existing string in order to replace it with the string *.txt. The previous string is now gone forever and even Ctrl-Z cannot bring the string back. So I'd like to be able to run some sort of modified version of "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -s *.txt that opens a new Everything window and leaves all existing Everything windows untouched, instead of activating and usurping an existing Everything window.

Thanks!
void
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Re: Is it possible to open an Everything window with a predefined search?

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Please add -new-window to your command line:

"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -s *.txt -new-window
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Re: Is it possible to open an Everything window with a predefined search?

Post by supplementfacts »

void wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:03 pm Please add -new-window to your command line:

"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -s *.txt -new-window
Great, thanks!
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