Context menu entry for second instance

[harryray2]

I have setup a couple of instances of Everything...Is there a way to add "search everything" for the second instance in the main Windows context menu?

Preferably just below the existing context menu entry.

If it can be done I would like to show the name of the second instance and keep the icon (which I've changed).

[void]

Everything only manages one Show Search Everything folder context menu item.
(even when using multiple instances)

To manually add another Search Everything folder context menu item:

• From the Start menu, search for:
  regedit
• Right click Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and click Run as administrator.
• In the Registry Editor, navigate to:
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
• On the left, right click the shell key and click New -> Key.
• Set the key name to:
  Search Everything (my instance name)...
  where my instance name is your instance name.
• Open this new command key.
• On the right, right click and click New -> String Value.
• Set the New string value name to:
  Icon
• Double click Icon and set the string data to:
  C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe,0
• On the left, right click this new Search Everything (my instance name)... key and click New -> Key.
• Set the key name to:
  command
• Open this new command key.
• On the right, set the (default) value to:
  "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -path "%1" -instance "my instance name"
  where my instance name is your instance name.

Set icon to: C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe,0


Set command to: "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -path "%1" -instance "my instance name"

I will add multiple instance support to Show Search Everything folder context menu item when in beta.
(currently the alpha context menu is hard coded as Search Everything 1.5a... )

[harryray2]

Thanks, that worked...
Not madly important, but the entry for the second instance has the normal Everything icon, not the icon I changed it to.
I can see how the icon is changed to one that is used by Everything, but not how I change it for a custom icon (one that I've used from another programme).

I also want to add search parent to the context menu for the second instance.

I've already done this, which works nicely
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10416

How do I create the entries so that the search parent shows up for both instances in the context menu?


The existing reg entries are

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\search parent everything]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\search parent everything\command]
@="D:\\everything 1.5a\\Everything64.exe -parent-path \"%1\""
and:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\Search Parent in Everything]
"Icon"="D:\\everything 1.5a\\Everything64.exe,0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\Search Parent in Everything\command]
@="D:\\everything 1.5a\\Everything64.exe -parent-path \"%1\""

[void]

To change the Icon:
Under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything (my instance name)...
Change Icon to the filename of your ico file.

For example:
C:\Icons\My Icon.ico

To open the parent:
Under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything (my instance name)...\command
Change the (default) data to:
"D:\everything 1.5a\Everything64.exe" -instance "my instance name" -parent-path "%1"

[harryray2]

Thanks, what I was looking for was to have two entries in the context menu for the parent search.

I already have entries for the main and second instance and one entry for the parent and I would like to create a second parent search for the instance.

[void]

Please add a new key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything (my instance name) Parent...

Under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything (my instance name) Parent...
Create a new Icon string and set the data to the filename of your ico file.



Create a new command key under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything (my instance name) Parent...

Under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything (my instance name) Parent...\command
Change the (default) data to:
"D:\everything 1.5a\Everything64.exe" -instance "my instance name" -parent-path "%1"

[harryray2]

Thanks, I had to make another entry in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\ to make it work with files as well as folders.

Just to make it a bit neater, is it difficult to have a main heading of Everything on the context menu and have a sub folder listing the 4 options?

[harryray2]

I've found a few instructions on how to create sub folders within the context menu but they relate to Win 10.
None of the methods I found seem to work.

I'm using Win 7...not sure if that makes a difference.