Everything crash repeatedly

[maurie13]

Everything crash repeatedly after typing 2 letters (win 10 home edition).
Uninstalled and re-installed ....... again the same
Any ideas what are wrong?
Thanks for help

[void]

Please try deleting your Everything.db:

• Completely exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• In Windows Explorer, navigate to:
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything
• Delete your Everything.db
• Restart Everything
• Does the issue persist?

[maurie13]

Thanks for your quick answer, but the problem persist...

[NotNull]

Please update to the most recent version (currently: 1.4.1.904), which can be found here

If that didn't work either: create a debug log.
Do you see suspicious activity/errors in that log?


BTW: what do yo mean by crash? Does Everything get unresponsive? Does it close itself? What do you see on screen?

[maurie13]

uninstalled and reinstalled (newest version 1.4.1.904)
problem persist...
yes, it close itself after typing the second letter, but works when I paste text from folder/document etc.
It´s crazy.. I´m using Everything a lot of years, but I have never had similar troubles...
it started suddenly a day ago

[NotNull]

uninstalled and reinstalled (newest version 1.4.1.904)
problem persist...
yes, it close itself after typing the second letter, but works when I paste text from folder/document etc.
It´s crazy.. I´m using Everything a lot of years, but I have never had similar troubles...
it started suddenly a day ago

Might be a keyboard error. Is the second charactr you type by any chance a "Q"? (a stuck Ctrl key would cause a Ctrl-Q = exit Everything).

BTW: If you want to test this, you can attach multiple USB-keyboards to one system. Try your "deadly combination" (what did you type?) on the other keyboard

Could you post a screenshot of your Everything homescreen? (before typing those 2 'deadly' keys )

[maurie13]

Keyboard isn´t reason for the crash.
Never mind what I write (any letter or combination of letters), the problem persist
I send you the screenshot

[therube]

Try opening Everything in Read Only mode & see if you're able to "read" data successfully (assuming you have not yet deleted your .db).

Or try with a new, separate instance of Everything.

[maurie13]

it's crazy, no advice help ....

[NotNull]

I send you the screenshot

Thanks for posting!
I was particularly interested in what was on the statusbar (number of objects + what is shown on the right side). Could you tell me what is on the statusbar? (you can enable it with Menu:View > Statusbar)

This is very weird all in all. I don't have a logical explanation (yet), but this is intriguing enough to get to the bottom of it ....

First step: could you post your (zipped) Everything.ini? It should be located in c:\users\your name\\AppData\Roaming\Everything (about 20kb size)
Furthermore: that debug log could be really useful, but it might contain sensitive data (if you named a file "how to kill my neighbour.doc" it might show up in the log ( but not it's contents)). So check that before posting.

[void]

Please try isolating the problem drive:

• Completely exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• In Windows Explorer, navigate to:
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything
• Delete your Everything.db
• Open your %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini
• Change the following line:
  auto_include_fixed_volumes=1
  to:
  auto_include_fixed_volumes=0
• Delete the following line:
  ntfs_volume_guids="\\\\?\\Volume{01234567-0123-0123-0123-012345678901}",...
  \\\\?\\Volume{01234567-0123-0123-0123-012345678901} might look a bit different for you.
• Save changes and restart Everything.
• Does Everything crash with no volumes indexed?
• Please try enabling one volume at a time and see if Everything is stable:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the NTFS tab.
  • Select a volume
  • Check Include in database.
  • Click OK.

Please check your volumes for errors:

• Please backup anything important on your drive before checking it for errors.
• In Windows Explorer, right click your drive and click Properties.
• Click the Tools tab.
• Click Check now...
• Click Start
• If prompted to schedule a scan on the next restart, click Yes.

[maurie13]

I send you the screenshot

Thanks for posting!
I was particularly interested in what was on the statusbar (number of objects + what is shown on the right side). Could you tell me what is on the statusbar? (you can enable it with Menu:View > Statusbar)

This is very weird all in all. I don't have a logical explanation (yet), but this is intriguing enough to get to the bottom of it ....

First step: could you post your (zipped) Everything.ini? It should be located in c:\users\your name\\AppData\Roaming\Everything (about 20kb size)
Furthermore: that debug log could be really useful, but it might contain sensitive data (if you named a file "how to kill my neighbour.doc" it might show up in the log ( but not it's contents)). So check that before posting.

Hi,
I´m sorry for late reply, I don´t know how, but it´s works now again without fixing..... windows are full of miracles
Thanks for your advice!

[maurie13]

Please try isolating the problem drive:

• Completely exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• In Windows Explorer, navigate to:
  %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything
• Delete your Everything.db
• Open your %APPDATA%\Everything\Everything.ini
• Change the following line:
  auto_include_fixed_volumes=1
  to:
  auto_include_fixed_volumes=0
• Delete the following line:
  ntfs_volume_guids="\\\\?\\Volume{01234567-0123-0123-0123-012345678901}",...
  \\\\?\\Volume{01234567-0123-0123-0123-012345678901} might look a bit different for you.
• Save changes and restart Everything.
• Does Everything crash with no volumes indexed?
• Please try enabling one volume at a time and see if Everything is stable:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the NTFS tab.
  • Select a volume
  • Check Include in database.
  • Click OK.

Please check your volumes for errors:

• Please backup anything important on your drive before checking it for errors.
• In Windows Explorer, right click your drive and click Properties.
• Click the Tools tab.
• Click Check now...
• Click Start
• If prompted to schedule a scan on the next restart, click Yes.

Hi,
I´m sorry for late reply, I don´t know how, but it´s works now again without fixing..... windows are full of miracles
Thanks for your advice!

[NotNull]

Thanks for taking the effort to report back. Appreciated!
(And glad things are working again ..)