Add a delay after program is launched on computer startup

[krzysiobal]

Can you please distinguish when the program is started manually from when the program is started automatically on computer power-up and if the latter - add a few minute delay between program startup and scanning all disks?
Because now, when Windows starts, all programs are launched at one moment plus the Everything wants to scan all disks and it makes the computer unusable for the few minutes after power-up and it also causes the hard-disk wear as 100 things wants to access hard disk at once in that moment.

[horst.epp]

In my installation which runs the service and starts Everything with system-startup
I never see such delays or large CPU loads.
On shutdown Everything stores its database and reads it on startup.
Then it uses the USN Journal and the MFT to update the database in Memory.

Do you use folder indexing or why does it rescan all your drives ?
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Windows 11 Home x64 Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.819)
Everything 1.5.0.1327a (x64)

[krzysiobal]

Good question. I've just closed the everything and started it again and indeed it says on the status bar
"Loading database" and then "updateing database" and after 2 seconds it is ready.

But after power up, in says " Scanning disk c:", and hangs for a couple of minutes.
Is the "indexing option" something related to the everything's settings or windows'?

[void]

Everything shouldn't be scanning your disks on startup.

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. (if unchecked, Everything could be unable to save its database to disk)
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Check Everything Service. (Please make sure this is tick-checked and not square-checked)
• Click OK.
• Exit Everything (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
• Restart Everything.

For the best experience, please make sure Everything is running in the background:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the UI tab on the left.
• Check Run in background.
• Click OK.

This will help keep your indexes up-to-date so you don't see a rescan on startup.



A common cause for rescanning on startup is a stuck Windows update.
Some Windows updates can cause millions of file system changes.
Please make sure there are no stuck Windows update.



Please try increasing your maximum USN Journal sizes:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the NTFStab on the left.
• Select your C: drive.
• Change Maximum size to: 131072 KB.
• Click OK.

Please let me know if the issue persists.



-load-delay

[krzysiobal]

This problem still manifests sometimes ocassionally on power-up.

What I suspect is that if the computer is restarted abnormally (because of blue screen of death for example), Everything scans all disks on next power-up.

[void]

Thank you for your reply krzysiobal,

Please see if Everything 1.5 helps.

Everything 1.5 will periodically save your database to disk to prevent the rescan after a crash.

Everything 1.5 will also update in the background, allowing you to search immediately on startup.