EFU file: "Open with" ES gets confused

[Arbie]

Windows 10 x64, ES Version 1.5.0.1352a (x64). In Windows I have set Everything Search as the default app for .EFU files.

In the past eg. six months ago, I could double-click an EFU file and Everything would open it and show the contents. The search box in ES was empty.

But now when I double-click an EFU file, Everything opens it BUT puts the EFU filename and path in its search box - so nothing appears in the file list area because of course that info isn't "found" in the file data. The same thing happens if I select an EFU file in Explorer and tell Windows to "Open with" ES.

Trying to post an image of what I see...
https://imgur.com/a/Oe4XTjd

If from within ES I open an EFU file, it works fine.

[void]

Please try re-registering Everything with EFU files:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Uncheck EFU file association.
• Click Apply.
• Check EFU file association.
• Click OK.

If you are manually launching Everything with an EFU file as a parameter, please make sure you are using the -filelist command line option:

Everything.exe -filelist myfilelist.efu



or, to make the default behavior to open a filelist from the command line:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  efu
• Select hdrop_efu
• Set the value to: true
• Click OK.

With hdrop_efu enabled you can open a file list by launching:

Everything.exe myfilelist.efu

[NotNull]

In Windows I have set Everything Search as the default app for .EFU files.

If you set this through Open With (see screenshot), this setting will override the one made inside Everything.

To undo this:

• Start Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
• In the left pane, browse to

  Code: Select all

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.efu

• Right-click .efu in the left pane
• Select Delete from the context menu
• Confirm deletion by clicking the Yes button
• Close Registry Editor
• Done!

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[therube]

You are running Everything "as Admin".

Do you always run that way?
(Doing so is less safe.)

If not, it could be that .efu registered correctly, when running normally, but not, when running "as Admin".

[Arbie]

The problem was immediately solved when I re-registered within Everything as suggested:

In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the General tab on the left.
Uncheck EFU file association.
Click Apply.
Check EFU file association.
Click OK.

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As for Admin which I'll just describe FYI because there is no current problem and I don't want to take more of your time in a discussion:

My PC is set up using the MS defaults during Windows installation. I think that gives my local account Administrator rights (there is also a separate full Admin account which I almost never log into). IIRC Everything has always popped a UAC prompt when I start it. I thought that was normal.

I just now tried opening the virtual Windows Sandbox and running the latest Everything64 exe there. It did not pop a UAC but Everything does show as running in Administrator mode.

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THANK YOU for this marvelous tool which I have relied on for 10+ years and of course have donated for a few times... not enough for the value it's been to me; will do more.

Thanks also to the other users for input here. I probably won't edit the registry info since the immediate issue is fixed.