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I frequently open a new tab, and Everything (1.5a) starts populating, well, everything, and I have to wait for that. If I try and do anything, it then asks if I want to stop the query. I'm wondering if there's a way to have new tabs just do/display/search for nothing when opening, until I put something in the search bar?

Please try enabling hide empty search results:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Results tab on the left.
• Check Hide results when the search is empty.
• Click OK.

This will work best if you set your home search to an empty string:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Home tab on the left.
• Change Search to: Custom
• Make sure the text box to the right of Custom is empty.
• Click OK.

The initial empty search should be instant.

Enabling Index -> "Enable Result Omissions" can making an empty search slower.

That did it.
As always, thank you for your constant and timely support and the work you do.