Network Path Indexing Stuck at 75% (Previously Working)

[Michael_88]

Hi,

I'm encountering an issue where Everything (version 1.5.0.1360a x64) gets stuck at 75% while indexing a specific network path (as shown in Figure 1).
This is a recent problem. In the past few days, indexing and re-scanning this particular network path worked perfectly fine. Now, it consistently halts at 75% and the status message "Sorting file names..." is displayed at the bottom.
The network path configuration is shown in Figure 2 (I've redacted the specific path for privacy, but it's a standard network share).
Interestingly, Everything is working correctly on other computers on the same network, which are also indexing network locations.

Any suggestions on what I could try to troubleshoot this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,

[void]

Everything should only be indexing once.

Let Everything sit for a few minutes and see if the sorting completes.



Please make sure Everything is installed correctly and running as a standard user:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the General tab on the left.
• Check Store settings and data in %APPDATA%\Everything.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (from the File menu, click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

How much memory is Everything using?
-This will help determine the number of files Everything is trying to index and sort. (roughly 100MB = 1million files)
-If everything is paging to disk (using more memory than physical RAM) it will take a very very long time to sort.

How much CPU is Everything using?
-If Everything is only using one CPU, there might be a CPU throttling issue.



Please try a fresh index in case something is wrong with your current index:
Terminate Everything (Task Manager -> Details -> Everything.exe (running as a standard user) -> End task)
Delete your %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything\Everything.db
Restart Everything.



Please try removing your local NTFS volumes under Tools -> Options -> NTFS.
Maybe there's millions of files locally causing the long sort times.



Disable fast sorts under Tools -> Options -> Indexes to improve performance.

Disable property indexing under Tools -> Options -> Properties to help performance

[Michael_88]

I followed all the instructions but the problem seems not to be solved.

After 18 hours the sorting does not complete (previously it took a maximum of 1 hour).

When I restart the PC, I open Everything and it remains stuck in ‘Loading database’ for hours and nothing happens.

I cannot understand what is happening.

[void]

1343a is pretty old.

Please see if the latest alpha helps.
A lot has changed since 1343a.



or, Please try a fresh index in case something is wrong with your current index:
Terminate Everything (Task Manager -> Details -> Everything.exe (running as a standard user) -> End task)
Delete your %LOCALAPPDATA%\Everything\Everything.db
Restart Everything.



If the issue persists, please send your Help -> Troubleshooting information.

[Michael_88]

I reinstalled Windows and the latest version of Everything.
Now it seems to be working properly, but I wanted to point out a behavior of the software that I find quite frustrating:
Is it normal that, after the indexing process is completed (which takes a very long time due to the large number of files), if I exclude just a single folder or add a specific path, the entire indexing process restarts from scratch and re-indexes all files?
This results in a huge waste of time.
Isn't there a way to index only the newly added or modified paths, without having to start the entire process over every time?

[void]

Thank you for your feedback Michael_88,

I understand the frustration.
I will address the property reindexing issue in Everything 1.6.

For Everything 1.5, Everything will require a full rescan to keep the memory usage efficient.



Everything shouldn't be re-indexing your properties when you add an exclude under Tools -> Options -> Exclude.
Everything will re-use your existing indexes and re-use your indexed properties.

Everything shouldn't be re-indexing your properties when you add or remove a volume or folder under Tools -> Options -> FAT/NTFS/ReFS/Folders/Network-drives/Network-indexes.

Everything shouldn't be re-indexing your properties when you add an indexed property exclude filter.



The following will require a full reindex where all properties will need to be regathered:
Remove an exclude from Tools -> Options -> Exclude
Remove or change an indexed property exclude filter from Tools -> Options -> Properties
Enable a basic index property from Tools -> Options -> Indexes (eg: enable date created indexing)
Add a property to your index from Tools -> Options -> Properties



After a reindex where all your properties need to be regathered, Everything will keep your existing property indexes.
You should be able to search and view your existing properties immediately after the reindex.
Everything will regather all the invalidated properties in the background.

[nevertoomanybackups]

I also use a NAS - gigabit from PC directly into gigabit on NAS (its an older synology [fuck synology, they are terrible now ]).

Just wanted to share some of my stats, in case it helps with any future builds etc.

i havent been having any issues with Search Everything 1.5a ( Version 1.5.0.1391a (x64) )
i use it so many times daily it is macro'd lol.

I havent had to change any settings to get the NAS to work. it builds pretty quickly and things do seem to update just fine.
I have it added via NETWORK DIRVES, and not via FOLDERS.
I do have Attempt to monitor changes checked.


Database
Location: C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\Everything\Everything-1.5a.db
Indexed file properties: Name, Path, Size, Date Created, Date Modified, Date Accessed, Attributes
Indexed folder properties: Name, Path, Size, Date Created, Date Modified, Date Accessed, Attributes
Fast sorts: Name, Path, Size, Date Created, Date Modified, Date Accessed, Attributes, Extension
Folder count: 528,876
File count: 7,648,113
Total item count: 8,176,989
FAT index count: 0
NTFS index count: 16
ReFS index count: 0
Network drive index count: 1
Folder index count: 0
File list index count: 0
Network index count: 0
Total index count: 17
Folder data size: 35,409,451 bytes
File data size: 521,320,051 bytes
Total data size: 556,729,502 bytes
Average folder data size: 66 bytes
Average file data size: 68 bytes
Folder index size: 29,617,056 bytes
File index size: 489,479,232 bytes
Total index size: 519,096,288 bytes
Total size: 1,075,825,790 bytes
Folders created: 201,128
Folders modified: 24,968,537
Folders deleted: 185,969
Folders moved: 10,455
Files created: 4,804,917
Files modified: 15,790,026
Files deleted: 4,516,422
Files moved: 1,023,777

Journal
Enabled: Yes
ID: ***64a*
Size: 51,527 bytes
Max size: 9,240,576 bytes
First item ID: 1
Next item ID: 509
Item count: 508

Build
Count: 44
Total duration: 43:22
Minimum duration: 2.005727 seconds
Maximum duration: 997.454826 seconds
Average duration: 59.138147 seconds
Last duration: 14.314496 seconds
Last build date: 6/27/2025 4:24 PM
Last rebuild reason: Remove remote volume.

Update
Count: 6,856,217
Total duration: 19:38
Minimum duration: 0.000000 seconds
Maximum duration: 2.515248 seconds
Average duration: 0.000171 seconds
Last duration: 0.000016 seconds
Last update date: 6/27/2025 4:29 PM

Load
Count: 85
Total duration: 02:37
Minimum duration: 0.836609 seconds
Maximum duration: 17.726761 seconds
Average duration: 1.856406 seconds
Last duration: 2.461609 seconds
Last load date: 6/27/2025 12:57 PM

Save
Count: 111
Total duration: 04:58
Minimum duration: 1.024703 seconds
Maximum duration: 12.571056 seconds
Average duration: 2.686589 seconds
Last duration: 4.714262 seconds
Last save date: 6/26/2025 10:43 PM
Next scheduled save date: 6/28/2025 4:00 AM
Total bytes written: 37,822,071,228

Query
Count: 2,769
Total duration: 01:42
Minimum duration: 0.000005 seconds
Maximum duration: 1.809541 seconds
Average duration: 0.037151 seconds
Last duration: 0.126663 seconds
Last query date: 6/27/2025 4:24 PM
Total result count: 1,260,162,508
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Average result count: 455,096
Last result count: 1,306,047

Sort
Count: 0
Total duration:
Minimum duration:
Maximum duration:
Average duration:
Last duration:
Last sort date:

NTFS Index
Volume name: \\?\Volume
Path: C:
Root:
Include only:
Drive type: Fixed
Label:
Index number: 0
Date indexed: 6/26/2025 12:56 PM
Out of date: No
Online: Yes
Disk device index: 8
Multithreaded: Yes
Folder count: 84,267
File count: 440,964
USN Journal ID: ...c3
Next USN: 0000000322a9f708

NTFS Index
Volume name: \\?\Volume
Path: D:
Root:
Include only:
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Label: ..._1
Index number: 1
Date indexed: 6/13/2025 9:02 PM
Out of date: No
Online: Yes
Disk device index: 0
Multithreaded: Separate device thread
Folder count: 25,169
File count: 561,641
USN Journal ID: ...e7
Next USN: 000000001dd64098

NTFS Index
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Root:
Include only:
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Label: ..._2
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Date indexed: 6/13/2025 9:02 PM
Out of date: No
Online: Yes
Disk device index: 1
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Folder count: 15,586
File count: 401,099
USN Journal ID: ...2c
Next USN: 0000000011b71210

NTFS Index
Volume name: \\?\Volume
Path: F:
Root:
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Drive type: Fixed
Label: ...ST
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Date indexed: 6/13/2025 9:02 PM
Out of date: No
Online: Yes
Disk device index: 2
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Folder count: 10,353
File count: 118,212
USN Journal ID: ...e7
Next USN: 0000000028870ab0

NTFS Index
Volume name: \\?\Volume
Path: G:
Root:
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Label: ...TB
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NTFS Index
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Root:
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NTFS Index
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Path: I:
Root:
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Online: Yes
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NTFS Index
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NTFS Index
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NTFS Index
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Root:
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NTFS Index
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NTFS Index
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NTFS Index
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NTFS Index
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Root:
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NTFS Index
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Root:
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NTFS Index
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Root:
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Network Drive Index
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Root:
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Date indexed: 6/27/2025 3:50 PM
Out of date: No
Online: Yes
Disk device index:
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Last rescan date: 6/27/2025 4:06 PM
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Last successful rescan duration: 00:15:16.594
Next scheduled rescan date: 6/28/2025 3:00 AM