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Search Everything closes often!!!
Win 10 22H2 Build 19045.3448

I am using Hotkey to bring search windows - It happens 2 on 10 times after i press Hotkey windows will not appear!
Executing Search everything and i am getting a window to Install as admin, service, etc. Why is it shutting down by itself?

Thank you for the issue report formingus,

Please make sure Everything is installed correctly and running as a standard user:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

Please let me know if the Everything Service stays square-checked.



Could you please send some debug output:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /debug_log
• Wait for your hotkey to no longer work.
• Could you please send your %TEMP%\Everything Debug Log.txt to support@voidtools.com
  (%TEMP% should expand to: C:\Users\<your-username>\AppData\Local\Temp )

Apologies for the late reply, was on the road... Yes, it still closes sometimes. Here is the info that you ask from me.





If you need anything else, let me know. Regards

Thank you for the debug logs.

It's not immediately clear what is causing Everything to crash.



If you have any Everything dmp files under C:\Users\<your-username>\AppData\Local\CrashDumps could you please send them to support@voidtools.com

While I was answering this post I wanted to find crashdump with Everything, but it was crashed again

In the crash dump folder, there was nothing related to Everything



What is this ?
Could you please send your Help -> Troubleshooting information to support@voidtools.com

In version 1.5, Help

Please try disabling any shell extensions to see if stability improves:

Disable third party icon handlers:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /icon_shell_extensions=0
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, icon_shell_extensions=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Please try showing results as details (instead of thumbnails):
From the View menu, check Details.

Please try hiding the preview pane (if shown):
From the View menu, uncheck Preview.



Disable hotkey_explorer_path_search: (select the folder from Windows Explorer when you hit your hotkey)

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /hotkey_explorer_path_search=0
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, hotkey_explorer_path_search=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Please try forcing a rebuild:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Indexes tab on the left.
• Click Force Rebuild.
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

Please try resetting your keyboard shortcuts:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Keyboard tab on the left.
• Click Restore Defaults.
• Click OK.

Please let me know if the issue persists.

I am using Hotkey to bring search windows

Are you sure that it is not just the hotkey that is failing, rather then Everything not actual being there (any longer)?

When Everything disappears, check Task Manager & see if Everything shows up.

Normally (though not certain what shows in Windows Task Manager, per se) there are 2 "Everything's".
One, is the Everything Service (that uses only a few MB of RAM).
The other is the Everything (GUI) Program itself (& uses 100 MB+ of RAM, depending).

horst.epp wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:51 pm In version 1.5, Help
Screenshot - 19.11.2023 , 21_50_22.png

I don't have that, I use lastest version from the site

Please try disabling any shell extensions to see if stability improves:

Never Was enabled, I don't use shell

Disable third-party icon handlers:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /icon_shell_extensions=0
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, icon_shell_extensions=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Please try showing results as details (instead of thumbnails):
I always use Details.

Please try hiding the preview pane (if shown):
I don't use preview pane



Disable hotkey_explorer_path_search: (select the folder from Windows Explorer when you hit your hotkey)

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /hotkey_explorer_path_search=0
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, hotkey_explorer_path_search=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Please try forcing a rebuild:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Indexes tab on the left.
• Click Force Rebuild.
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

I will do this and let you know



Please try resetting your keyboard shortcuts:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Keyboard tab on the left.
• Click Restore Defaults.
• Click OK.

This can be part of problem, I use plenty of software with hotkeys - I will remove hotkey and post results after few days



Please let me know if the issue persists.
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therube wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:15 pm

I am using Hotkey to bring search windows

Are you sure that it is not just the hotkey that is failing, rather then Everything not actual being there (any longer)?

When Everything disappears, check Task Manager & see if Everything shows up.

Normally (though not certain what shows in Windows Task Manager, per se) there are 2 "Everything's".
One, is the Everything Service (that uses only a few MB of RAM).
The other is the Everything (GUI) Program itself (& uses 100 MB+ of RAM, depending).

This can be part of problem, I use plenty of software with hotkeys - I will remove hotkey and post results after few days!
Maybe hotkey create some conflict - Will do and post results hear after some time

Does Everything disappear from the system tray when the hot key doesn't work?



Is a window shown, but not brought into view?
Please try enabling set_foreground_window_attach_thread_input:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /set_foreground_window_attach_thread_input=1
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, set_foreground_window_attach_thread_input=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Before i do this let me write tested results

Removed hotkey but it still disappeared
After that, uninstalled with Revo uninstaller to remove all leftovers installed again, and now does not disappear for 3 days
But noticed that after I put hotkey it will not remember, probably some software uses that hotkey
I will put some other hotkey and replay again after the test

Regards