Everything freezes for while when opening an executable file

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Is this a windows thing or there is something I can do on the Everything side
Every time I try to open a program that was not run yet since restart or not started for a while and maybe windows removes it from memory,everything freezes for 1-2 seconds while maybe windows is scanning the excutable(just a guess)

You cannot move\minimize\interact the everything window for a short time

[void]

What Anti-Virus are you using?

I wonder if this is a stall in Everything launching or an update after the launch..
Could you please capture a debug log:

• In Everything, from the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, click Start Debug Logging.
• Launch an new executable from Everything.
  --Make sure Everything hangs for a couple seconds.
• From the Tools menu, under the Debug submenu, click Stop Debug Logging.
  --This will open your %TEMP%\Everything Debug Log.txt
• Could you please send this file in a bug report.

Some ideas..
Please try disabling shell_execute_invoke_id_list:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  execute
• Select: shell_execute_invoke_id_list
• Set the value to: false
• Click OK.

This will prevent the system from building a context menu and invoking the default item which might be causing the trouble.

shell_execute_invoke_id_list



Please try disabling shell_execute_id_list:

• In Everything 1.5, from the Tools menu, click Options.
• Click the Advanced tab on the left.
• To the right of Show settings containing, search for:
  execute
• Select: shell_execute_id_list
• Set the value to: false
• Click OK.

Disabling shell_execute_id_list will make Everything fallback to a simple system call to execute files by filename.

shell_execute_id_list

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I am using Windows Defender
I tried disabling both options and restart Everything
I am running the file by double clicking

Do you see anything suspicious

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2026-07-21 09:00:41.660: exec: first expr "%1"
2026-07-21 09:00:41.661: exec: command "%1"
2026-07-21 09:00:41.661: exec: fullfilename D:\Data\mpv\mpv.exe
2026-07-21 09:00:41.661: exec: "D:\Data\mpv\mpv.exe"
2026-07-21 09:00:41.661: exec: shellexecute file:D:\Data\mpv\mpv.exe param:
2026-07-21 09:00:41.661: shellexecute pidl 0000000000000000
2026-07-21 09:00:41.662: Directory 'D:\Data\mpv'
2026-07-21 09:00:41.662: File 'D:\Data\mpv\mpv.exe'
2026-07-21 09:00:41.662: Mask 00000100
2026-07-21 09:00:41.662: Enter ShellExecute
2026-07-21 09:00:41.663: UI 0000004e 0000000000000000 0000000000efc958
2026-07-21 09:00:41.663: NOTIFY 0 -9
2026-07-21 09:00:44.849: PIPE READ 8

During that 3 seconds delay,Everything is inresponsive and exactly at that time(after the 3 seconds),the mpv window appears
As I said,it happen once when I run processes I did not run yet or not run in a while
If I try to run the same process after running it and then closing it,there is no freeze at all

[void]

Nothing looks suspicious here.

Everything is stuck waiting for the OS to execute the file.

I will look into adding an option to execute files in a separate thread.

[therube]

What version of Everything?
Is this a new issue or an ongoing issue?
If new, was there a particular Everything version where it manifested?


(On my end, Win7, I run mpv.net all the time. I have no A/V, rarely restart.
Everything, & most everything I use is always open.
There are certainly times when I might not use a particular program for an extended period of time, but I've never run into issues on opening said program.)

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2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: COMMAND 41512
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: exec: first expr $exec("C:\WLIB\PLAYERS\mpv.net\mpvnet.exe" %*)
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: exec: command $exec("C:\WLIB\PLAYERS\mpv.net\mpvnet.exe" %*)
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: exec: fullfilename "C:\out\o4jzt9.aac.m4a"
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: exec: depth 0 
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: exec: exec "C:\WLIB\PLAYERS\mpv.net\mpvnet.exe" %*)
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: exec: depth 1 
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: exec: "C:\WLIB\PLAYERS\mpv.net\mpvnet.exe" "C:\out\o4jzt9.aac.m4a"
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: exec: shellexecute file:C:\WLIB\PLAYERS\mpv.net\mpvnet.exe param:"C:\out\o4jzt9.aac.m4a"
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: Parameters '"C:\out\o4jzt9.aac.m4a"'
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: Directory 'C:\WLIB\PLAYERS\mpv.net'
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: File 'C:\WLIB\PLAYERS\mpv.net\mpvnet.exe'
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: Mask 00000100
2026-07-21 12:09:13.780: Enter ShellExecute
2026-07-21 12:09:13.800: ShellExecute OK
2026-07-21 12:09:13.800: set 1 run history in 0.000105 seconds

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I am using the latest 1.5 version
As far as I can remember,it was always like this but I can be wrong
What i have noticed is the bigger the executable file,the longer it make everything to be inresponsive

If I run something like this

#IfWinActive,ahk_exe Everything.exe
$NumpadEnter::
KeyWait,NumpadEnter
ControlGetFocus,Ctrl,A
If ( Ctrl = "SysListView321" )
{
ControlGetText,File, EVERYTHING_RESULT_LIST_FOCUS1, A
SplitPath, File,,Dir
Run,% File,% Dir
}
Else
Send,% A_ThisHotkey
Return

There is no freezing at all

[Herkules97]

I have noticed this too, but I haven't updated the program for the instance where it started happening.
Some shortcuts I run freeze the window. Mostly for 2 seconds.
In my case it's applied to 2 recently installed video games.

It may always be 2 seconds?

The only possible lead I have is that the device those games are on takes about 2 seconds to start running ever since I made it an external device and nothing is touching it. It used to not happen because I used to run OBSS's output to it I assume.
It's an M.2 SSD so it doesn't have to spin up. Maybe that's why it can consistently be 2 seconds.

Might be a separate issue if your last reply suggests it doesn't happen through other means.