VoidTools Everything 1.4.1.1017
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Author: Tim Mangan
Date: October 22, 2022

Repackaging tips and silent install information for VoidTools Everything 1.4.1.1017. This App Tip provides comprehensive details for conducting a silent installation of Everything. It includes additional insights, such as user environment specifics, extra installation parameters, and repackaging tips.

About

Everything is a freeware desktop search utility for Windows that can rapidly find files and folders by name. While the binaries are licensed under a permissive license, it is not open-source.

General Information

Vendor Information

VoidTools

Application Name

Everything

Application Version

1.4.1.1017

Download Link

License Needed

No

Vendor Install

Installation Type

Setup.exe

Architecture

x86/x64

Description

Application Configuration/Settings

Registry

File

AD/GPO

AAD/GPO

User Environment Data

Registry

File

%APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini

Other

Infrastructure Dependencies

Description

ODBC

Connection Name

Driver

Parameters

Setup.exe parameters

/S /D="C:\Program Files\Everything" -install-options "-app-data -install-service -install-start-menu-shortcuts -install-efu-association -install-url-protocol -install-language 1033"

MSI Public Properties

Installation Commands

Silent Install Command

Silent Uninstall Command

Repackaging Score

MSI

Unknown

MSIX

Full Functional
The software was packaged on Windows 10 21H2 using Microsoft MSIX Packaging Tool 1.2022.512 without the PSF.

App-V

Unknown

ThinApp

Unknown

Citrix App Layer

Unknown

VMWare App Volumes

Unknown

Other

Unknown

Repackaging Tips

Typical Configuration Items

The installer does not allow for setting of what they consider to be user options. To silently set those, the program may be run with command line arguments. For example: "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -disable-update-notification -uninstall-quick-launch-shortcut

The settings are under %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini and may be used as a preconfig file.

This identifies the most commonly interesting configuration items in the application.

There are a lot of options on how this product is configured and used in the enterprise, including the possibility of organizing the data through an external server. Beyond the simple things covered above, other options will be customer specific.
The app adds a Run key to start the app up in the background in order to speed up getting results when the user launches the app. This may not be wanted.

Installed Components worth noting
The application install may be limited to one shortcut.
The application has an optional Protocol handler and optional service. The service seems to avoid the need for elevation of the app so you probably want that in an enterprise environment.
The application uses the AppData Roaming folder for storage by default.

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