Everything stopped working since the Windows 10 21H2

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able1214
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Everything stopped working since the Windows 10 21H2

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I recently did a fresh install of Windows 10 21H2 on my PC and Everything stopped working. The window is complete empty and left corner shows 0 objects. I've tried changing the settings and rebuilding the indexes indicated in other threads but had no luck :(
Now I'm starting to wonder if it's caused by the OS SKU. I have the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 installed on two of my PCs, Everything worked on neither of them. I previously had Windows 10 Enterprise 10 LTSC 2019 and Windows 11 Pro installed on these PCs, had no issues...Please help :?
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void
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Re: Everything stopped working since the Windows 10 21H2

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The Everything Service was most likely removed during the Windows update.

Please make sure Everything is installed correctly:
  • 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 (right click the Everything tray icon and click Exit).
  • Restart Everything.
Please try forcing a rebuild:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the Indexes tab on the left.
  • Click Force Rebuild.
  • Click OK.
Does Everything find your files now?
able1214
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Re: Everything stopped working since the Windows 10 21H2

Post by able1214 »

Nope, did everything above and didn’t work…
BTW, I did a fresh install not an update. Also just FYI, in Windows 11 or LTSC 2019, I always stored the settings data in installation folder, as well as checking the Run as Administrator option, not installing the service. It always worked fine until now.
void
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Re: Everything stopped working since the Windows 10 21H2

Post by void »

Maybe Automatically index NTFS volumes was unchecked in the installer?


Could you please make sure your NTFS volumes are included in your index:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the NTFS tab on the left.
  • For each NTFS volume:
    • Check Include in database.
  • Click OK.
able1214
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Re: Everything stopped working since the Windows 10 21H2

Post by able1214 »

Ok this does work. Weird, I didn’t have to do this step before and it worked… :shock:
M1000
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Re: Everything stopped working since the Windows 10 21H2

Post by M1000 »

void wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:45 am Maybe Automatically index NTFS volumes was unchecked in the installer?


Could you please make sure your NTFS volumes are included in your index:
  • In Everything, from the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the NTFS tab on the left.
  • For each NTFS volume:
    • Check Include in database.
  • Click OK.



This worked for me

Thank you ;-)
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