High disk activity when fast scrolling the results window

[cata_solo]

I have 2 SSDs and 4 HDDs. I indexed them in full to test Everything. There are around 1.3 million objects in the results and the Everything application consumes memory around 210 MB and the background process takes 22.6 MB.

I sorted the Path column then I quickly scrolled the window from top to bottom and heard the HDDs screeching. Repeating the movement fast I found that depending on the path displayed in the window, a device has activity around 50% - 60%.

Why is this happening? Why there is high activity on the devices since Everything should use the database found on one of them (C:)?

[void]

What columns are you showing?

Unindexed information is gathered when displayed.

You can control what information is indexed under Tools -> Options -> Index.



Everything will try to gather icons for the displayed files/folders.

Depending on what icon handlers you have installed, this might cause Everything to read the file for an icon.

To disable icon shell extensions:

Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
/icon_shell_extensions=0
Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
If successful, icon_shell_extensions=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.

icon_shell_extensions

[cata_solo]

@void - I don't have an issue with consumed resources. I wanted to test how it is to fully index all storage devices. Later I will index only certain directories.

The option you recommended gave me results in version 1.4. Now the HDDs no longer hums when I scroll the results quickly up and down. I have no activity on any device.

Thank you. Wonderful piece of software when we have so many options!

[cata_solo]

This option icon_shell_extensions=0 has no effect in version 1.5. It works in 1.4 only. Scrolling through the results window, the HDDs hum and have intense activity.

[cata_solo]

This option icon_shell_extensions=0 has no effect in version 1.5, but it works in 1.4.

Scrolling through the results window, around 450.000 objects the HDDs hum and have intense activity.

[void]

Everything 1.5 also gathers the file attributes for displayed files.

Hidden files are normally shown transparently.

Please try disabling icon_blend_hidden:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  /icon_blend_hidden=0
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, icon_blend_hidden=0 is shown in the status bar for a few seconds.
  This will prevent Everything from reading the attribute information for displayed files.

An alternative here is to index attribute information under Tools -> Options -> Indexes -> Index Attributes.

[cata_solo]

I confirm this new option stops disks activity when scrolling fast up and the down the results window. Both should be used.

Thank you.