Stop scanning

[JosephWebber]

Is there a way to stop Everything scanning so that I can carry out a search? Ideally I would like not to update indexes but to force rebuild whenever it is convenient.

[therube]

Options | Indexes | NTFS -> Monitor changes, uncheck for the drive(s) you want to manually update.

[void]

Another way to have more control over when Everything updates its indexes is to pause monitoring:
If you would like to start Everything without updating the indexes, run Everything.exe with the -monitor-pause command line option.

NTFS, ReFS and folder index monitoring can also be paused from in Everything:

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

To resume monitoring:

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

[voidme]

/monitor_pause Will also wipe the search results which are already made.
Is it possible to pause the search (via a command) without wiping the results which are already made?
Maybe a pause button would be nice?

[NotNull]

/monitor_pause Will also wipe the search results which are already made.
Is it possible to pause the search (via a command) without wiping the results which are already made?

Yes:
- Press CTRL+N to open a new Everything search window (or Menu:File > New Search Window)
- type /monitor_pause in the address bar of the new window (and press ENTER)

[voidme]

Thanks!