Losing run counts on Win10 Pro

[bruce656]

I use Everything 1.5a on two systems, Win7 and Win10 Pro. I have absolutely no issues on Win7, but the Win10 machine keeps losing the run counts.

I really have no idea where to start with this. Is this a known issue? Are there any fixes?

[void]

Please make sure Everything is installed correctly:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
• Click OK.

Are you using a third party tool that might be deleting your %APPDATA%\Everything\Run History.csv ?

[bruce656]

Thank you for the prompt reply! I have confirmed that the setting "Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything." IS checked.

Also, I am not using any third party cleaning tools such as CCleaner which might be deleting this. Would using Microsoft One Drive for cloud backup be interfering somehow?

[therube]

Might you be restoring old data - from the cloud, overtop newer data (on disk)?

Physically check %APPDATA%\Everything.

Verify that the .csv is dated current.
Verify that there are no incrementally created files; like Run History-1.csv, Run History-2.csv, Run History-3.csv ...

[bruce656]

One Drive should be backing this file up TO the cloud, not over writing old versions FROM the cloud though. I'm not sure how I would check that to be the case though.

There are no incremental files as you mentioned. There is Run History-1.5a created today at 1pm, and Run History-1.5a.backup created on 7/13. It is a very small file, only 70 entries, which is bizarre because I have been using 1.5a on this machine since January.

[horst.epp]

One Drive should be backing this file up TO the cloud, not over writing old versions FROM the cloud though. I'm not sure how I would check that to be the case though.

There are no incremental files as you mentioned. There is Run History-1.5a created today at 1pm, and Run History-1.5a.backup created on 7/13. It is a very small file, only 70 entries, which is bizarre because I have been using 1.5a on this machine since January.

It can only count if you start files from Everything, not with any other way.

[bruce656]

Yes, I start most files from Everything. The fact there are only 70 items on the run list is extremely inaccurate.

[therube]

Do a search, you can use a program named Everything for that, for

run history- .csv

& see what might turn up, perhaps elsewhere?

I've got 100K entries in mine (& virtually all are superfluous at that).
(BTW, should have looked first, & never should have tried to open it in my text editor [as it isn't made to handle some so big, 11 MB] .)

I've got 100K entries in mine (& virtually all are superfluous at that).

In that regard, does the fact that Everything displays "icons" ("thumbnails" or whatever it may be), does that then cause Everything to see that as a "Run" & hence a record is created of that "Run"?
And if so, should it do that?

[void]

Maybe a wild guess... Do you have Tools -> Options -> History -> Keep run history for xx days enabled?
Does your system time change?



Everything saves run history to disk when you exit Everything.

Maybe Everything is not shutting down correctly..

Run something from Everything, exit Everything and see if your Run History updates:

• In Everything, search for: calc.exe
• Run C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe
• Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
• Open your %APPDATA%\Everything\Run History.csv
• Check for an entry for calc.exe

[bruce656]

Maybe a wild guess... Do you have Tools -> Options -> History -> Keep run history for xx days enabled?

Ahhh! That was it! I don't know how that got checked, but hopefully that clears up the problem. Makes sense why my run history was completely deleted after I went on vacation for a week Thank you!