Everything Integration Failing for the Alpha Version of Everything

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I think the integration needs to work no matter what version of Everything is installed, the current method appears too fragile.

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Could you elaborate on "too fragile" ?
To be noted : Integration between softwares that come from different vendors is always subject to limitations, at least on the versions of the softwares that are compatible, and often on the scope the compatibility is expected.

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Have you changed the alpha_instance configuration setting in Everything, as per the manual and various forum threads?

(Only required if you’re running the alpha version of Everything 1.5. Not required for 1.4.)

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I was assuming some sort of collaboration between the two products had occurred, if not why not, but then I can understand you do what you have to do....

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Thanks for the cryptic response, it helped me find the answer.

For the benefit of other forum users what I did:

  1. Find where the alpha exe resides (C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a)
  2. Make sure to exit Everything via tray icon
  3. Edit the INI (C:\Program Files\Everything 1.5a) in admin mode
  4. Change "alpha_instance" from 1 to 0.
  5. Restart Everything.
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If you search the manual for "Everything", the first page has information on what to do to make Everything 1.5 alpha work:

https://docs.dopus.com/doku.php?id=additional_functionality:everything_integration

Searching the forum for "Everything 1.5" also finds many threads with the same info.

Everything is a free program with an API which Opus and other programs can use.

Everything 1.4 has a documented API, which is what Opus uses.

Everything 1.5a has a new/changed API which isn't compatible by default, and hasn't been documented yet (since it's still an alpha version, not even in beta yet, and probably still subject to change). So we don't have a way to use the new API yet.

If you install the alpha version of Everything, you have to configure it to use the stable 1.4 API for it to work with Opus (and several other things, from my understanding).

When the Everything 1.5 API is documented we will of course support it.

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