Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

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kumar
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Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by kumar »

Hi All - Everything on my PC crashes every time I search for the word "Price", without quotes. This is very odd. Can someone tell me what could be happening here and how to fix it? I am using version 1.5.0.1537a, 64 bit portable version.
Thanks.
void
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by void »

Please try disabling icon shell extensions in Everything:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    icon
  • Select icon_shell_extensions.
  • Set the value to: false
  • Click OK.
Does the issue persist?
kumar
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by kumar »

Sorry, that didn't resolve the issue. Any other ideas?
void
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by void »

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.
Does the issue persist?
kumar
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by kumar »

yes, did that too and it still persists. It is so odd that only this particular word is crashing it.
void
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by void »

Are you viewing as thumbnails?
-Please try disabling Thumbnails (View -> Details) to see if stability improves.

Could you please send your Help -> Troubleshooting information.

Thumbnails crashing Everything
therube
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by therube »

If you test with Everything 1.4, does the crash also occur?
void
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by void »

Please try disabling icons:
  • In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Advanced tab on the left.
  • To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
    icon
  • Select icons.
  • Set the value to: false
  • Click OK.
Does the issue persist?
therube
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by therube »

Does Everything rely on Windows "icon cache"?

In that "clearing" (rebuilding) the Windows icon cache might alleviate the issue (without disabling the display of icons in Everything)?
void
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Re: Everything crashes when I search for a specific word

Post by void »

Yes, you can try deleting your icon cache: C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Local\IconCache.db

Same for thumbnail cache: C:\Users\<your-user-name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_256.db
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