freeze crash

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znlangel
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Joined: Thu Dec 25, 2025 5:45 am

freeze crash

Post by znlangel »

The search filtering function of the software only searches for images. After restarting the software and loading the database, all image file thumbnails can be displayed. However, when the mouse scrolls the slider, it will freeze and keep spinning, forcing the software to exit
I saw in a post that the bug was caused by abnormal icons, because by default, the homepage interface opened by searching for images is also full of thumbnail images, which may cause display problems due to abnormal icons in the search path, resulting in software freezing. I don't know if this is the reason
void
Developer
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Joined: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:31 pm

Re: freeze crash

Post by void »

Some thumbnail handlers will crash and bring down Everything if the path is longer than 259 characters.

Please try enabling shell_max_path:
Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
/shell_max_path=1
Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
If successful, shell_max_path=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.



Please make sure you are using the x64 version of Everything.
Help -> About Everything -> Version



To disable thumbnails:
Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
/icons_only=1
Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
If successful, icons_only=1 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

To re-enable thumbnails:
Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
/icons_only=0
Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
If successful, icons_only=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Repeat the above to try and find which file is causing the crash.