manual "save/export session" option, and an option to turn off the automatic search query after reopening

[elcato]

Hi there, I would like to suggest an option to manually save and export the session to a file. I know that everything is saving the session automatically, but it will be helpful to save it manually and export it to a file for later use.
For example, There are some operations which may lead to a system hang or a failure or a crash, and it would be useful to save the session and export the session as a file before running these operations. So you can be sure that if something bad happens and the program crashes, you can load the session file manually and resume your work.

The second suggestion that I would like to present is to add an option to turn off the "Current search query" that runs automatically when the program crashes and reopened. Because when the program has a lot of tabs and the program crashes, then when you open the program one more time, the program will freeze for a long time until you press "Cancel current query" box for a lot of search windows/tabs.

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If I may also suggest adding an option to quickly backup and load all the "Settings - Bookmarks - History - Filters - Sessions - the Database" with one option that will immediately save all these settings into a predefined folder, where the folder name is the current date, in this format "12-04-2025", with a keyboard shortcut like "Ctrl+Alt+B" . So If you fear of a crash, or you are not sure if something wrong could happen during your testing, or you want to test a new update to Everything, you can simply press the shortcut, then install the new update, or even restore all you setting with one option very quickly and efficiently.

I know you can back every one of those settings "except the Sessions and Database" by going to their respected menus, but a one click solution is far more superior and faster that going through all these windows and settings one by one to backup. Especially if it saves to an automatic folder names by the date .

Best regards

[therube]

Cancel Current Query, you don't actually have to interact with (as it/they will go away on its/their own).

Saving "sessions", depending on what you mean by a "session"...

You can export your .db with the -save-db switch.
(After saved, written to disk, you can copy the .db to have a point in time version of the .db, or whatever).

"Sessions" (in Everything 1.5a) are stored in Session.json (which I'll suppose ? is only updated on program Quit) but if you make a copy of it, you will at least have a backup of that, at the time of its' last write.

[elcato]

hi therube, thank you for the reply.

Cancel Current Query, you don't actually have to interact with (as it/they will go away on its/their own).

you have it wrong, you have to interact with it. If you don't, you cant touch the UI in anyway, the UI freezes completely until you press those boxes. and if you tried to interact with the UI before stopping them, the program will crash.

Saving "sessions", depending on what you mean by a "session"...

saving session means .. saving sessions , what is not clear about that . And because we don't know the internals of the program, then an option to save it manually will remove the guessing and supposing game.

Best regards

[elcato]

maybe it is a bug .. I will write it in the bug section

[NotNull]

an option to manually save and export the session to a file

Support!

I currently have sessions disabled as it adds entries to the debug log (as it should), which moves the lines I am reading.
(I know ... this definitely must be the biggest problem the world has seen lately )
A manual saving option would help here.