An uninstaller is created when Everything is installed.
To completely uninstall Everything with the uninstaller:
From the Control panel, open Programs and Features.
Right click Everything.
Select Uninstall/Change
Select the language of the uninstaller if the multilingual installer was used to install Everything.
Click Uninstall.
To completely uninstall the portable version of Everything:
From a command prompt, run:
Everything.exe -uninstall
Delete Everything.exe.
The follow settings modify the system:
Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything
Start Everything on system startup
Everything service
Show shell context menus
Start menu shortcuts
Desktop shortcuts
Quick Launch shortcuts
URL protocol
EFU file association.
To change these settings:
In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the General tab.
All system modifications made by Everything are removed when Everything is uninstalled.
Everything may create the following files in %APPDATA%\Everything:
Everything.db
Everything.db.tmp
Everything.ini
Everything.ini.tmp
Errorlog.txt
Bookmarks.csv
Bookmarks.csv.tmp
Filters.csv
Filters.csv.tmp
Search History.csv
Search History.csv.tmp
Run History.csv
Run History.csv.tmp
Logs\HTTP_Server_Log.txt
Logs\ETP_Server_Log.txt
These files are deleted when Everything is uninstalled.
If Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything is disabled, these files are stored in the same location as Everything.exe.
These files have different filenames if Multiple Instances is used.
If you use Named instances and wish to uninstall, you will have to uninstall each instance separately with Everything.exe -uninstall -instance <Instance Name>
Make sure Everything and the Everything service is not running.
Delete the folder C:\Program Files\Everything
Delete the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Everything
Delete the folder %APPDATA%\Everything
Delete the registry value Everything in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Delete the registry value Everything in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Everything
Delete the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Search Everything...
Delete the folder %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Everything
Delete the folder %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Everything
Delete the shortcut %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Search Everything.lnk
Delete the shortcut %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Search Everything.lnk
Delete the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ES
Delete the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.efu
Delete the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Everything.FileList
Delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Everything
Delete the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Everything