A command line interface to display voidtools' Everything search results inside a collection in Directory Opus, enabling the full range of Directory Opus commands to be used with the results.

You need to have voidtools' Everything installed and running to use this utility.

If you find any bug or difficulty using this utility, check the support topic in the Directory Opus forums.

Extract the application package somewhere you're comfortable with (e.g. I use D:\Utils\EverythingDopus). Please avoid folder where you require Administrator permissions to run (i.e. avoid Program Files!)

Once you have the application in a directory in your computer, open it in Directory Opus and enable toolbar customization mode:

Drag the file EverythingDopus.dcf to your toolbar:

Close the Customize dialog in Directory Opus.

Copy the file EverythingDopus.osp to /scripts. If you have trouble accessing that folder, that is just a shortcut for: %AppData%\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\Script AddIns

And you're done!

The first time you attempt to search using the new toolbar button, it will ask for the location of ed.exe, just choose it from the directory you previously extracted the files.

If for some reason you need to change the selected executable (e.g., you pick the wrong one), hold shift and click the button, and it will ask again for the executable path.

(Optional) If you plan to use EverythingDopusCLI straight from the command line, you can add it to your path environment variables.

ed searchstring

ed /searchstring/

After trying SearchEverythingCoreCLI, I decided to write a similar application that suit my needs, seamlessly integrating Everything and Directory Opus - so this project is heavily inspired by it.

The Directory Opus script also uses a utility function by Wowbagger to aid the selection of the executable from the toolbar.