Everything opens in debug mode on startup

[rl88]

I've used everything for years without any issues, but recently needed to use debug mode to work out an issue I was having with network drives failing to scan. I've since resolved that issue, but now whenever my computer starts up, everything opens in debug mode by default, showing all of the activity in the quick-scrolling cmd window.

Now it seems I have to type "/debug" to close this window on every startup, and I can't find any setting that would appear cause this behavior. Does anyone have any idea why this would happen?

[NotNull]

Check until you find the command entry that contains "-debug" or "-console"

Check 1:
- In the Everything search bar, type or paste the following:

Code: Select all

shell:startup

- If there is an Everything-related shortcut there, edit it and remove -debug from the command line.

Check 2:
- Start Registry Editor )regedit.exe) elevated ('Win +R', regedit.exe, 'Ctrl + Shift + Enter')
- Go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- Find the Everything entry in the right pane and edit it to remove -debug from the command


Check 3
- Download autoruns.exe from Microsoft/SysInternals website.
- Run it
- Activate the Everything tab (all; not the program )
- Search for everything (the program, this time) using the Filter in the toolbar.
- check all found entries

[rl88]

1. No everything-related files found with that search.
2. The entry here only says ""C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" -startup"
3. Only 2 found, one running with "-startup" and the other with "-svc"

I also did a search for any everything.ini files to check that, and found one at the directly below with the following entries. Whether I edit it to say "debug=0" or leave it as "debug=1", it still opens in debug mode when I restart.

"C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\Everything\Everything.ini"

debug=1
debug_log=0
verbose=0

[void]

Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:

/debug=0

Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
If successful, debug=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

Restart Everything (File -> Exit)

[rl88]

This fixed it! Thank you!

[therube]

I also did a search for any everything.ini files to check that, and found one at the directly below with the following entries. Whether I edit it to say "debug=0" or leave it as "debug=1", it still opens in debug mode when I restart.

You need to close Everything first, if your going to manually edit the Everything.ini file.
Otherwise, your manual changes will be overwritten when you do close Everything.


Doing what void described allows you to interactively make changes to the .ini without needing to first close Everything.