HowTo file search via Everything? about pinpoint

[andekande]

In addition: application search like Excel also does not bring up anything, even though there is a link on my Desktop and in Startmenu.

[dkgv]

Sounds strange, do you not have Everything running in the background?

The app search plugin is not dependent on Everything and should work out of the box. Could you check what the file extension of the Excel shortcut on your desktop is? It currently indexes "*.appref-ms", "*.lnk", "*.exe" in the following locations: https://github.com/dkgv/pinpoint/blob/master/Pinpoint.Plugin.AppSearch/StandardAppProvider.cs#L8-L12

[andekande]

The desktop has classic .lnk Links.

I have a uncommon setup though:
%USERPROFILE% -> C:\Users\<user>
%PUBLIC% -> C:\Users\Public
%APPDATA% -> C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders:
Desktop -> E:\Profiles\Windows\<user>\Desktop
Personal -> E:\Profile\Windows\<user>\Documents
My Music -> E:\Profile\Windows\<user>\Music
My Pictures -> E:\Profile\Windows\<user>\Pictures
My Videos -> E:\Profile\Windows\<user>\Videos
Programs -> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Those can be retrieved via SHGetKnownFolderPath API: https://ss64.com/ps/syntax-knownfolders.html

So while its clear why Desktop Items are not found, its still unclear why Start Menu Items aren't either. I have C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Chromium.lnk pointing to E:\Internet\ChromeUngoogled\Chrome.exe - but it isn't found.

[andekande]

do you not have Everything running in the background?

Erm, just uderstood now what you tried to explain me. No I didn't download Everything.
However, I did today - portable - and had it installed as System-Service.
As long as Everything is in the Tray, Pinpoint shows Search results.
If Everything is shutdown, Pinpoint shows the most recent (outdated) Everything Search result, no matter which term I input. (bug)
So I may not assume, having it installed as Service lets Pinpoint communicate with it, even though its UI is not loaded...

[andekande]

@dkgv looks the implementation should find the deviating locations.
However even with 0.3.4 I'm not getting AppSearch results.
AppSearchPlugin is not in the Plugin List either, but I guess thats by intention.
I have downloaded the standalone package by the way.

[andekande]

@dkgv I'm not getting AppSearch results with 0.3.6 either. Can I provide logs somehow?