feature: Everything 1.5a support by VictoriousRaptor · Pull Request #4370 · Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher

VictoriousRaptor · 2026-03-21T17:07:39Z

🚀 Description

This PR introduces native support for Everything 1.5a (Alpha) within the Explorer Plugin.

Currently, Everything 1.5 Alpha operates on a separate named instance (1.5a) and utilizes different IPC pipes to prevent conflicts with stable 1.4 installations. Because of this, Flow Launcher fails to detect the service out-of-the-box. Previously, the only way to resolve this was by asking users to manually add alpha_instance=0 to their Everything-1.5a.ini config file.

This update refactors the Everything connection logic in the Explorer Plugin to actively detect and bind to the 1.5a IPC pipe, ensuring seamless file searching without requiring end-user configuration hacks.

🔗 Related Issues

Resolves Add support for Everything v1.5a #1716 - Add support for Everything v1.5a
Resolves BUG: Incompatibility of plugin Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer with Everything (1.5a) #1769 - BUG: Incompatibility of plugin Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer with Everything (1.5a)

🛠️ Changes Made

Instance Detection: Implemented logic to intelligently connect to the Everything 1.5a IPC named pipe if the standard 1.4 instance is not found.
Code Refactor: Cleaned up the Everything SDK integration and background service detection to accommodate multi-version environments.
UX Improvement: Removed the false-positive "Everything service is not running" warning for users who are running the 1.5a alpha natively.

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<file name="Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingApiV3.cs">

<violation number="1" location="Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingApiV3.cs:111">
P2: Destroy the Everything3 client after incrementing run count; the current code leaks unmanaged client handles.</violation>
</file>

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<file name="Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingAvailabilityService.cs">

<violation number="1" location="Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingAvailabilityService.cs:29">
P2: Use the standard “Everything is not running” message in the non‑1.5 path; the current string reports a 1.5‑specific unavailability even when 1.5 support is disabled.</violation>
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cubic-dev-ai · 2026-04-08T11:03:31Z

+                        throw new EngineNotAvailableException(
+                        Enum.GetName(Settings.IndexSearchEngineOption.Everything)!,
+                        Localize.flowlauncher_plugin_everything_15_resolution(),
+                        Localize.flowlauncher_plugin_everything_15_unavailable(),


P2: Use the standard “Everything is not running” message in the non‑1.5 path; the current string reports a 1.5‑specific unavailability even when 1.5 support is disabled.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Everything/EverythingAvailabilityService.cs, line 29: <comment>Use the standard “Everything is not running” message in the non‑1.5 path; the current string reports a 1.5‑specific unavailability even when 1.5 support is disabled.</comment> <file context> @@ -20,12 +20,26 @@ public async ValueTask EnsureAvailableAsync(IEverythingApi api, CancellationToke + throw new EngineNotAvailableException( + Enum.GetName(Settings.IndexSearchEngineOption.Everything)!, + Localize.flowlauncher_plugin_everything_15_resolution(), + Localize.flowlauncher_plugin_everything_15_unavailable(), + Constants.EverythingErrorImagePath, + ClickToInstallEverythingAsync); </file context>

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Localize.flowlauncher_plugin_everything_15_unavailable(),

Localize.flowlauncher_plugin_everything_is_not_running(),

jjw24 · 2026-04-08T11:03:50Z

Do we still use x86? Maybe these can be removed?

Do we still use x86? Maybe these can be removed?

maybe.

VictoriousRaptor · 2026-04-20T04:49:37Z

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VictoriousRaptor · 2026-04-23T00:51:54Z

@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

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Copilot · 2026-04-23T00:54:09Z

@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

Done in f940414. The only conflict was .github/actions/spelling/expect.txt (deleted in dev when spellcheck was removed, modified in this branch) — resolved by accepting the deletion. The branch is now up to date with dev.

VictoriousRaptor added 2 commits March 21, 2026 23:18

Add Everything 1.5 SDK

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Merge branch 'dev' into everything-1.5-sdk

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Fix LoadLibrary return type to IntPtr and use Win32Exception for erro…

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Extract Everything3 functions

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Add option for Everything 1.5 support

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Allow customizing Everything 1.5 instance name

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VictoriousRaptor added 6 commits April 4, 2026 01:11

Move default alpha instance name to Everything Search Manager

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