Everything Amnesia

[helmanfrow]

I just opened (Everything as I do multiple times a day) and noticed that I had to double-click on the systray icon (I have it set to single-click).
When it opened I was greeted with a dialog asking if I'd like to run the service or run as admin.
Then it proceeded to update the database as though it was scanning my drive for the first time.

I've had Everything installed for years. There have been zero changes to my system. This is very strange.

Any ideas?

[void]

Please make a backup of your %APPDATA%\Everything folder before making any changes to Everything.

Did you accidentally run Everything.exe from another location?


To show the command line used to launch Everything:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /debug
  ---this will show a debug console---
• At the top of the console you should see the following line:
  cmdline: "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -startup

Do you see something similar?



To close the debug console:

• In Everything, type in the following search and press ENTER:
  /debug

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

• Please make a backup of your %APPDATA%\Everything folder before making any changes to Everything.
• 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 (File -> Exit).
• Restore your "%APPDATA%\Everything" folder from the backup above.
• Restart Everything.
• Is Everything back to normal?