Issue Description:
When searching for .doc or .docx files in Everything, right-clickng a file and moving the mouse cursor to a specific context menu item causes Everything to freeze and then exit after a few seconds.
Steps to reproduce:
1 Search for the .doc or .docs files in Everything, like, *.doc
2 Right-click on any search result.
3 Move the mouse cursor to menu item "Convert to PDF/Image"(which has two sub-items: "Word to PDF" and "Word to Image" for converting Word files)
4 After the full context appearing, as soon as the cursor hovers over this menu item, the mouse pointer turns into a spinning circle, and Everything hangs. After 3-5 seconds, the application exits automatically.
Additional Information:
The menu is provided by Microsoft Offic Home and Student 2021-zh-cn.
In "Program and Feature", I found that both OfficePLUS PDF and Microsoft OfficePLUS are installed. They share the same icon as the context menu, so I suspect they provide the menu.
When testing the same context menu on a .doc fiel in WIndows File Explorer, it works fine.
Testing the same context menu in third-party file managers like Total Commander and UltraSearch works without issues.
This seems to rule out problems caused by file encryption or preview handler.
I tried lauching Everyting from cmd.exe with the -debug flag, but did not see any valuable output(or perhaps I did not understand the logs)
I also tried setting /context_menu_shell_extensions=0 as suggested in another post, but it helps little, I still need other context menu.
Assumption & Request
Since the menu comes from Microsoft Office, which has a long version history and complex product family, the reproduction path may be subtle.
Are there any alternative ways to capture more usefule debug information or further diagnose this issue?
System Information:
Windows 11 家庭中文版 24H2
Everything Version: V1.4.1.1027 (x64) | V1.4.1.1024 (x64). I tried both.
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2021-zh-cn
OfficePLUS PDF and Microsoft OfficePLUS installed
Thank you for your attention. Everything is really cool and I love it.
Everything Crashes When Accessing Specific Context Menu for .doc/docx Files
Re: Everything Crashes When Accessing Specific Context Menu for .doc/docx Files
Thank you for the detailed issue report and feedback.
OfficePLUS is throwing an exception when Everything requests the help text for this menu item.
Everything doesn't handle this exception and dies.
The next Everything update will catch exceptions when requesting the help text.
I will have an update shortly..
OfficePLUS is throwing an exception when Everything requests the help text for this menu item.
Everything doesn't handle this exception and dies.
The next Everything update will catch exceptions when requesting the help text.
I will have an update shortly..
Re: Everything Crashes When Accessing Specific Context Menu for .doc/docx Files
Everything 1.4.1.1028 and Everything 1.5.0.1396a fixes a crash when getting help text from a context menu item that throws an exception.
Please let me know if you have any troubles with Everything 1.4.1.1028.
Please let me know if you have any troubles with Everything 1.4.1.1028.
Re: Everything Crashes When Accessing Specific Context Menu for .doc/docx Files
It works! 1.4.1.1028
Now the mouse can smoothly move past the context menu.
Everything is truly great again! It's incredibly high-quality piece of software, from design to implementation to speed. The UI is simple and elegant, which really highlights your excellent taste as a developer.
Thank you again for your quick fix and outstanding work!
Now the mouse can smoothly move past the context menu.

Everything is truly great again! It's incredibly high-quality piece of software, from design to implementation to speed. The UI is simple and elegant, which really highlights your excellent taste as a developer.

Thank you again for your quick fix and outstanding work!
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Re: Everything Crashes When Accessing Specific Context Menu for .doc/docx Files
Thank you for your feedback and for testing 1.4.1.1028 and letting me know it fixed the issue.