Everything.ini

[sk2107]

Hello,

how can I make manual changes in Everything.ini take immediate effect (without restarting).

Thanks

[NotNull]

You can't. Everything loads all ini-settings in memory and writes them back to disk when Everything is exited.
So when you change the ini-file manually and exit Everyting afterwards, all your changes will be lost.


Quite a few ini settings can be changed from withing Everything itself by using search commands. especially the following:

/<ini option>
Show the current setting for the specified ini option in the statusbar. Use the TAB key to auto complete.

/<ini option>=<value>
Set the specified ini option to the specified value. The new value is shown in the status bar if successful.

[Lschwa01]

INI FILE COLUMN DOES NOT DISPLAY
This INI file results in the display: NAME DATE SIZE PATH. The Type column does not show, even when
I expand the window to full size. I changed the INI file with Everything (E) closed to make TYPE visible to
no effect. When I changed column sizes on the E display, closed it, and looked at INI, it has changed
accordingly so I know I've update the correct INI. What am I doing wrong?
name_column_pos=0
name_column_width=419
path_column_visible=1
path_column_pos=3
path_column_width=608
size_column_visible=1
size_column_pos=2
size_column_width=100
extension_column_visible=0
extension_column_pos=3
extension_column_width=120
type_column_visible=0
type_column_pos=4
type_column_width=100
last_write_time_column_visible=1
last_write_time_column_pos=1
last_write_time_column_width=190

[NotNull]

The Type column is not shown by default; you need to add it:

• Right-click the header of the result list (for example on Name or Path)
• Select Type from the list
• Done

The order of the columns can be changed by dragging the headers to the desired spot.
(But you probably are already aware of that, as you have a non-standard order of the columns)

[Lschwa01]

My post showed TYPE VISIBLE = 0, however, in the file it is = 1. With the cursor i a blank area of the headers, I right-clicked and got what I needed. Thanks.

[void]

Please make sure you exit Everything before modifying your Everything.ini:

• In Everything, from the File menu, click Exit.

For Everything 1.5+, to open and edit your Everything.ini:

• In Everything 1.5+, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  about:config
  ---this will open your Everything.ini in Notepad---
• You can edit this file while Everything is running.
• Save changes and close Notepad.
• Accept the prompt in Everything to reload your Everything.ini

[sk2107]

Great. Thank you so much.

For Everything 1.5+, to open and edit your Everything.ini:
In Everything 1.5+, type in the following search and press ENTER:
about:config
---this will open your Everything.ini in Notepad---
You can edit this file while Everything is running.
Save changes and close Notepad.
Accept the prompt in Everything to reload your Everything.ini

does it
Regards