A list of all the command line options available in Everything.
Most of these options are available within Everything, in the Everything options.
Everything.exe [file-list-filename] [options]
[option]
Optional option.
<option>
Required option.
These command line options return immediately and do not show an Everything search window.
Some command line options require administrative privileges. Running Everything with a command line option that requires administrative privileges from a standard user account will automatically relaunch Everything with the specified command line option as administrator.
-app-data
-noapp-data
Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything or in the same location as the executable.
When enabled, user settings in the Everything.ini in the same location as Everything.exe will be lost.
Requires administrative privileges.
-choose-language
Show the language selection page.
-choose-volumes
Do not automatically index volumes. Removes all NTFS volumes from the index.
-service-port <port>
Specify the port of the Everything service.
-service-pipe-name <name>
Specify the pipe name of the Everything service.
-enable-run-as-admin
-disable-run-as-admin
Enable or disable run as administrator.
Requires administrative privileges.
-enable-update-notification
-disable-update-notification
Enable or disable update notification on startup.
-install <location>
Copies Everything.exe and uninstall.exe to the new location. Creates an uninstall entry in Programs and Features if uninstall.exe is present. Executes the copied Everything.exe with the install options specified in -install-options.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-client-service
-uninstall-client-service
Install the "Everything" client as a service.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-config <filename>
Install the specified configuration file. The specified ini file is merged with any existing configuration file before any other install options are applied.
-install-desktop-shortcut
-uninstall-desktop-shortcut
Create or delete the desktop shortcut for the current user.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-all-users-desktop-shortcut
-uninstall-all-users-desktop-shortcut
Create or delete the desktop shortcut for all users.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-efu-association
-uninstall-efu-association
Create or remove the EFU file association with Everything.
Requires administrative privileges.
Install or uninstall folder context menus.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-options <command line options>
Command line options to pass to the newly installed Everything.exe.
Combine with -install.
Requires administrative privileges.
install options are executed with administrative privileges.
-install-quick-launch-shortcut
-uninstall-quick-launch-shortcut
Create or delete the Search Everything quick launch shortcut.
-install-run-on-system-startup
-uninstall-run-on-system-startup
Add or remove Everything from the system startup.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-service
-uninstall-service
Install or uninstall the "Everything" service. The service is started automatically. Combine with -install-service-port to set the service port. Combine with -install-service-pipe-name to set the service pipe name.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-service-port <port>
Install the Everything service on the specified port.
Combine with -install-service.
Removed in Everything 1.4, use -install-service-pipe-name instead.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-service-pipe-name <name>
Install the Everything service with the specified pipe name.
Combine with -install-service.
Requires administrative privileges.
Create or delete the Everything shortcuts in the Start menu for the current user.
Requires administrative privileges.
Create or delete the Everything shortcuts in the Start menu for all users.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-url-protocol
-uninstall-url-protocol
Install or uninstall the URL Protocol.
Requires administrative privileges.
-language <langID>
Set the language to the specified language ID in decimal. 1033 = English (US). 0 = System default. See Language IDs for a list of langIDs.
-uninstall [path]
Uninstall Everything from the specified path. If no path is specified Everything is uninstalled from the executables location. This removes Everything from system startup, removes the service, folder context menu, start menu shortcuts, desktop shortcut, quick launch shortcut, URL protocol, efu file associations and deletes any files created by Everything.
Requires administrative privileges.
-uninstall-user
Uninstall Everything user files.
-create-usn-journal <volume> <max-size-bytes> <allocation-delta-bytes>
Create a USN Journal on the specifed volume with the specified maximum size and allocation delta in bytes.
Requires administrative privileges.
-delete-usn-journal <volume>
Delete the USN Journal on the specifed volume.
Requires administrative privileges.
-install-language <langID>
Include in -install-options to set the installation language.
Set the language to the specified language ID in decimal. 1033 = English (US). 0 = System default. See Language IDs for a list of langIDs.
Requires administrative privileges.
-save-install-options <user-install-option-flags>
Include in -install-options to save user install options to the registry.
user-install-option-flags in decimal, can be zero or more of the following:
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Update notifications |
| 2 | Install Quick Launch shortcut |
| 4 | Choose volumes |
Requires administrative privileges.
Command line options to manipulate Everything file lists EFU files.
[file-list-filename]
Open the specified file list.
-create-file-list <filename> <path>
Create a file list of a path. When this command completes Everything.exe will exit, no search window is shown.
-create-file-list-exclude-files <filters>
Set a semicolon delimited wildcard filter of files to exclude with -create-file-list.
Prefix a filter with regex: to use Regex.
-create-file-list-exclude-folders <filters>
Set a semicolon delimited wildcard filter of folders to exclude with -create-file-list.
Prefix a filter with regex: to use Regex.
-create-file-list-include-only-files <filters>
Set a semicolon delimited wildcard filter of files to include only with -create-file-list.
Prefix a filter with regex: to use Regex.
-edit <filename>
Open the specified file list with the file list editor.
-f <filename>
-filelist <filename>
Open a file list.
Command line options to connect to an ETP server.
-ftp-links
-drive-links
Link type for ETP connections. Use with -connect.
-connect <[username[:password]@]host[:port]>
Connect to an ETP server.
Command line options to manipulate the search.
-bookmark <name>
Open a bookmark.
-case
-nocase
Enable or disable case matching.
-diacritics
-nodiacritics
Enable or disable diacritics matching.
-filename <filename>
Search for a file or folder by filename.
-filter <name>
Select a search filter.
-l
-local
Load the local database.
-matchpath
-nomatchpath
Enable or disable full path matching.
-p <path>
-path <path>
Search for a path.
-parent <path>
Search for files and folders in path. Does not search subfolders.
-parentpath <path>
Search for the parent of a path.
-regex
-noregex
Enable or disable Regex.
-s <text>
-search <text>
Set the search.
-url <[es:]search>
Set the search from an ES: URL.
-wholeword
-nowholeword
-ww
-noww
Enable or disable match whole word.
-home
Open the home search.
-name-part <filename>
Search for the name part of a filename.
-search-file-list <filename>
Search the specified text file for a list of file names.
Each filename must appear on a single line.
Include a backslash to match the full path and filename.
Command line options to manipulate the results.
-sort <name>
Set the sort to the specified name.
For example:
-sort size
-sort "Date Modified"
-sort-ascending
Sort ascending.
-sort-descending
Sort descending.
-details
View results in the detail view.
-thumbnail-size <size>
Specify the size of thumbnails in pixels.
-thumbnails
Show results in thumbnail view.
-focus-bottom-result
Focus the bottom result.
-focus-last-run-result
Focus the last run result.
-focus-most-run-result
Focus the most run result.
-focus-results
Focus the result list.
-focus-top-result
Focus the top result.
-select <filename>
Focus and select the specified result.
General command line options.
-?
-h
-help
Show this help.
-admin
Run Everything as an administrator.
-client-svc
Everything client service entry point.
-config <filename>
The filename of the ini file.
-console
-debug
Show the debugging console.
-debug-log
Enables debug mode and logs debugging information to disk.
-exit
-quit
Exit an existing "Everything" instance.
-instance <name>
The name of the Everything instance.
-is-run-as
Everything was executed with "runas" and should not attempt to runas again.
-start-client-service
-stop-client-service
Start or stop the Everything client service.
-start-service
-stop-service
Start or stop the Everything service.
-startup
Run Everything in the background.
-svc
Service entry point. Optionally combine with -svc-port.
-svc-port <port>
Run the Everything service on the specified port.
-svc-pipe-name <name>
Host the pipe server with the specified name.
-svc-security-descriptor <sd>
Host the Everything Service pipe server with the specified security descriptor.
Requires Everything 1.4.1.994 or later.
-verbose
-noverbose
Display all or basic debug messages. combine with -debug.
-first-instance
Only run Everything if this is the first instance of Everything.
If Everything is already running this call will be ignored.
-no-first-instance
Only run Everything if Everything is already running.
If Everything is not running this call will be ignored.
Command line options to manipulate the Everything database.
-db <filename>
The filename of the database. Combine with -read-only.
-load-delay <milliseconds>
The delay in milliseconds before loading the database.
The database is loaded if required before this delay.
-nodb
Do not save to or load from the "Everything" database file.
-read-only
Do not update the database.
Prevents new database creation.
-reindex
Force database rebuild.
-update
Save the database to disk.
-rescan-all
Rescan all folder indexes.
-monitor-pause
Pause NTFS, ReFS and folder index monitors.
-monitor-resume
Resume NTFS, ReFS and folder index monitors.
Command line options to manipulate the search window and results.
-fullscreen
-nofullscreen
Show the search window fullscreen or in a window.
-maximized
-nomaximized
Maximize or restore the search window.
-minimized
-nominimized
Minimize or restore the search window.
-newwindow
-nonewwindow
Create a new search window or show an existing window.
-ontop
-noontop
Enable or disable always ontop.
-close
Close the current search window.
-toggle-window
Shows or hides the current search window.
Shows the multi file renamer dialog and does not start Everything.
-copyto [filename1] [filename2] [filename3] [...]
Show the Everything multi file renamer for a copy to operation.
-moveto [filename1] [filename2] [filename3] [...]
Show the Everything multi file renamer for a move to operation.
-rename [filename1] [filename2] [filename3] [...]
Show the Everything multi file renamer for a rename operation.
Dashes (-) inside switches can be omitted, for example, instead of using -no-new-window, use: -nonewwindow
Use double quotes to escape spaces and switches.
Use ^ to escape \, &, |, >, < and ^.
Use """ to escape a literal "
Search for ABC or 123:
Everything.exe -s "ABC|123"
Connect to an ETP server:
Everything.exe -connect "ComputerName" -drive-links
Create a filelist of mp3 and flac files in D:\Music
Everything.exe -create-file-list "music.efu" "D:\Music" -create-file-list-include-only-files "*.mp3;*.flac"