The Everything service helps Everything index NTFS volumes and monitor USN Journals.
Everything can run as a standard user when the Everything service is installed.
On XP or earlier the Everything service is not required.
On Vista or later with a standard user account you will need to install the Everything service to use NTFS indexing.
On Vista or later with the true administrator account the Everything service is not required.
The Everything service is installed by default on Windows Vista or later when the installer is run with a standard user account.
Check the Install Everything Service option when running the Everything installer.
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In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the General Tab.
Check Everything Service.
Uncheck Run as administrator.
Click OK.
Windows automatically starts the Everything service on system start-up.
The Everything service is always running and generally does not need to be stopped.
However, you can start or stop the Everything service from Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services. Right click the Everything service and select Start or Stop.
Everything.exe -install-service [-install-service-pipe-name <name>] [-install-service-security-descriptor <sd>]
Everything.exe -uninstall-service
Everything.exe -start-service
Everything.exe -stop-service
In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the General Tab.
Check or uncheck the Everything service to install or uninstall the Everything service.
Click OK.
To launch the Everything service as a normal administrator application, run the following:
Everything.exe -svc
To specify the pipe name, use the -svc-pipe-name <name> command line option, for example:
Everything.exe -svc -svc-pipe-name "my Everything pipe name"
Running the Everything service this way does not modify the system.
The Everything service has no interface.
Use Task Manager to terminate the service application when it is no longer needed.
You can close the portable service application easily by making a batch file that runs Everything.exe -svc
Simply close the console window to terminate the service application.
The Everything service will use about 1MB of RAM and will have none to very little CPU usage.
Any local user can use the Everything Service to create a list of all NTFS filenames.
Note: The Everything Service can not be used to access files, only filenames.