Customizing

View

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the View tab on the left.

Fonts and colors

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Fonts and Colors tab on the left.

Change the default search and search settings

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Home tab on the left.
• Set the desired search, search settings, and view options.

Appearance

• Copy your custom icon file to %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ico
If Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything is disabled, copy your custom icon file to Everything.ico in the same location as your Everything.exe

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

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: icon
• Select tray_icon_filename and click Edit....
• Select a custom ICO file and click Open.
• Click OK.

• Right-click the Everything taskbar button.
• Right-click Everything.
• Click Properties.



• Click Change Icon.
• Click Browse...
• Select a custom ICO file and click Open.
• Click OK to change the icon.
• Click OK.



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

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: selected
• Select selected_border.
• Set the value to true.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: margin
• Select listview_item_margin_top.
• Set the value to: 1
• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: rectangle
• Select translucent_selection_rectangle_alpha.
• Set the transparency value from 0 (transparent) to 255 (opaque).
• Select translucent_selection_rectangle_background_color (or translucent_selection_rectangle_background_dark_color for the dark theme).
• Set the background color.
• Select translucent_selection_rectangle_border_color (or translucent_selection_rectangle_border_dark_color for the dark theme).
• Set the border color.
• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: system
• Select system_highlight_color.
• Set the system highlight background color.
• Select system_highlighttext_color.
• Set the system highlight text color.
• Click OK.
• In Everything, from the File menu, click Exit.
• Restart Everything.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: theme
• Select menu_theme.
• Set the value to Everything.
• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: theme
• Select scrollbar_theme.
• Set the value to Everything.
• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: theme
• Select statusbar_theme.
• Set the value to Everything.
• Click OK.

Layout

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

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: header
• Select header_context_menu_add_properties.
• Set the value to a semicolon (;) delimited list of properties.
For example:
length;width;height

• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: thumbnail
• Select thumbnail_aspect_ratio_mul.
• Set the value to: 16
• Select thumbnail_aspect_ratio_div.
• Set the value to: 9
• Click OK.

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

Formatting

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: format
• Select date_format.
• Set the value to the custom date format.
Date format can contain zero or more of the following codes:


Code	Description
d	Day of month as digits with no leading zero for single-digit days.
dd	Day of month as digits with leading zero for single-digit days.
ddd	Day of week as a three-letter abbreviation.
dddd	Day of week as its full name.
M	Month as digits with no leading zero for single-digit months.
MM	Month as digits with leading zero for single-digit months.
MMM	Month as a three-letter abbreviation.
MMMM	Month as its full name.
y	Year as last two digits, but with no leading zero for years less than 10.
yy	Year as last two digits, but with leading zero for years less than 10.
yyyy	Year represented by full four digits.
gg	Period/era string.

For example:
yyyy-MM-dd

• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: format
• Select time_format.
• Set the value to the custom time format.
Time format can contain zero or more of the following codes:


Code	Description
h	Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock.
hh	Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 12-hour clock.
H	Hours with no leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock.
HH	Hours with leading zero for single-digit hours; 24-hour clock.
m	Minutes with no leading zero for single-digit minutes.
mm	Minutes with leading zero for single-digit minutes.
s	Seconds with no leading zero for single-digit seconds.
ss	Seconds with leading zero for single-digit seconds.
t	One character time-marker string, such as A or P.
tt	Multicharacter time-marker string, such as AM or PM.
SSS	Milliseconds with leading zeros. Must be the last part of the format.
SSSSSSS	Full-resolution fractional seconds with leading zeros. Must be the last part of the format.

For example:
HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSS

• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: format
• Select window_title_format.
• Set the value to the custom format.
The custom format can include any of the following:


Variable	Description
$s	Current search
$t	Everything
$v	Version
$i	Instance name

• Use the following syntax to optionally display text:

Syntax	Description
$x?{text}	Display text if $x is not empty.

For example:


Format	Search	Title
$s?{$s - }Everything$i?{ ($i)}	apples	apples - Everything
$s?{$s - }Everything$i?{ ($i)}		Everything

• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: format
• Select statusbar_format.
• Set the status bar format.
The status bar format can include any of the following codes:


Code	Description
$o	Total result count
$y	Total result size
$$	Literal $

For example:
$o items

• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: format
• Select statusbar_selected_item_format.
• Set the status bar format.
The status bar format can include any of the following codes:


Code	Description
$f	Full path
$n	Name
$p	Path
$s	Size
$e	Extension
$t	Type
$m	Date modified
$c	Date created
$a	Date accessed
$b	Attributes
$d	Date recently changed
$r	Run count
$u	Date run
$l	File list filename
$o	Total result count
$y	Total result size
$$	Literal $

For example:
$o items | Size: $s | Date Modified: $m | Path: $p

• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of show settings containing, search for: format
• Select statusbar_selection_format.
• Set the status bar format.
The status bar format can include any of the following codes:


Code	Description
$o	Total result count
$x	Total selection count
$y	Total result size
$z	Total selection size
$$	Literal $

For example:
$o items | $x items selected

• Click OK.

External file manager

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Context Menu tab on the left.
• Select Open (Folders).
• Change the command to:

"C:\Program Files\ExternalFileManager\ExternalFileManager.exe" "%1"

• Replace C:\Program Files\ExternalFileManager\ExternalFileManager.exe with the path to your external file manager executable.
• Use $$, $%, $( and $) to escape $, %, ( and )
• Check your external file manager documentation for any required command line parameters.
• Click OK.

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Context Menu tab on the left.
• Select Open Path.
• Change the command to:

"C:\Program Files\ExternalFileManager\ExternalFileManager.exe" "<PATHPART:%1>"

• Replace C:\Program Files\ExternalFileManager\ExternalFileManager.exe with the path to your external file manager executable.
• Check your external file manager documentation for any required command line parameters.
• Use $$, $%, $( and $) to escape $, %, ( and )
• Use <PATHPART:filename> to extract the path part from the specified filename.
• Click OK.

User settings

• Exit Everything.
• Create a file named user.ini in %APPDATA%\Everything
If Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything is disabled, create the user.ini in the same location as your Everything.exe

• Add the [Everything] section to the start of the file.
• Add the settings you want to override.
• Start Everything.

[Everything]
window_wide=1024
window_high=720
size_format=1
filters_visible=1
session_store_restore_on_demand=1

See also

• Options
• INI
• Command Line Options
• Translating
• Everything Icon Pack