Everything freezes

[iamjoosy]

Well, not everything, but Everything
Joking aside, When I start Everything it is
1) scanning
2) sorting files
3) Showing 1.686.598 objects
4) freezing
Until recently it worked like a charm, and since I cannot live without it, any help would be appreciated very much.
I am running Windows 8.1 64 bit
I recently installed Acronis True Image as my backup solution, maybe this one interferes ?
What is suprising is, that I cannot find the Evyrething.db database it's not in %Appdata%/Everything nor anywhere else that I can see (Cannot use Everything to search for it unfortunately).

TIA
Markus

[NotNull]

The database is located in the %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything folder. Enter this in File Explorer's address bar and press ENTER to go to that folder.
You can delete Everything.db when Everything is not running (right-click the Everything icon in the system tray and choose Exit)
When you start Everything after that, it will re-scan all files and rebuild tha database.

Questions:
- After: 3) Showing 1.686.598 objects , are there any files shown?
- Which version of Everything are you running? 32-bit or 64-bit?

[iamjoosy]

Hi thanks for the quick reply.
There is no Everythingfolder in %LOCALAPPDATA%\
However there is an Everything folder in %Appdata% but in it there is only an Everything.ini file
So I don't see the db nowhere.
To your questions:
No after three, nothing is shown.
I am running the 64bit version.

I will now try to run Filemon - maybe this gives me a better view on what is going on.

Markus

[NotNull]

There is no Everythingfolder in %LOCALAPPDATA%\

Everything writes the database to disk only when you exit Everything "clean".

I will now try to run Filemon -

Old skool! I still say that from time to time too instead of procmon
Everything has an embedded debug function (start Everything with command everything.exe -debug) that will give you a better idea what is going on.
Or:

• Make sure Everything is not running.
• Start Everything with command

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  everything.exe -debug-log

• Let it run for about 3 minutes (keep an eye on Everything's statusbar)
• Completely exit Everything (if possible) by right-clicking the Everything icon in the statusbar adn selecting Exit
  If not possible: end the everything.exe process in Task Manager.
• Post the (zipped) debug log
  This file, "Everything Debug Log.txt", can be found in the %TEMP% folder.

[void]

Please try preventing Everything from indexing your Acronis volumes:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFS tab on the left.
• Uncheck Automatically include fixed volumes.
• Uncheck Automatically include removable volumes.
• Select any Acronis volumes and uncheck Include in database.
• Click OK.
• Restart Everything.
• Does the freezing persist?

[iamjoosy]

Thanks for all your help,
it no runs again smoothly and I am rescued.
And thanks for the helpful debug information - I hope I will not need them in the future, but being a software developer myself, I know it will be handy just in case.
Have a wonderful day,
Markus