Should a stale instance Update or Rebuild?
As it is, if you have an instance that you have not used in a long time, when you open it, it does an Update.
The Update can be quite time consuming (I'm thinking) compared to a Rebuild.
Would it make sense for it to say, heh, I have not been here in a long time, Rebuild! (rather then Update)?
Should a stale instance Update or Rebuild?
Re: Should a stale instance Update or Rebuild?
What should happen is:
The USN Journal would have filled with changes.
Everything will try to read the changes since it was last run.
This should fail as the journal entries have been deleted/overwritten.
Everything will do a fresh rebuild automatically.
Typically a 32MB USN Journal will hold a couple days to a week worth of changes.
You can check your USN Journal size from Tools -> Options -> NTFS -> Select Volume -> Maximum Size.
If you have a larger USN Journals with less changes to your file systems than normal, this can hold months of changes.
What usually happens is the USN Journal still has a record of all changes since Everything was last run, Everything 1.4 will take a long time to process these changes before it is usable.
Consider starting Everything with the -reindex command line option to start with a fresh index:
Everything.exe -reindex
Updating the database in the background is in development for Everything 1.5, allowing you to search while the database is updated.
The USN Journal would have filled with changes.
Everything will try to read the changes since it was last run.
This should fail as the journal entries have been deleted/overwritten.
Everything will do a fresh rebuild automatically.
Typically a 32MB USN Journal will hold a couple days to a week worth of changes.
You can check your USN Journal size from Tools -> Options -> NTFS -> Select Volume -> Maximum Size.
If you have a larger USN Journals with less changes to your file systems than normal, this can hold months of changes.
What usually happens is the USN Journal still has a record of all changes since Everything was last run, Everything 1.4 will take a long time to process these changes before it is usable.
Consider starting Everything with the -reindex command line option to start with a fresh index:
Everything.exe -reindex
Updating the database in the background is in development for Everything 1.5, allowing you to search while the database is updated.