BUG: Searching for files using Everything v1.5a resulted in a prolonged period of unresponsiveness.

[MianMianChan]

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• I am using the latest version of Flow Launcher.

• I am using the prerelease version of Flow Launcher.

Problem Description

flowlauncher: v2.0.3
everything: v1.5.0.1404a
I have set alpha_instance to false as per Add support for Everything v1.5a but the search takes a long time to load, and the settings interface freezes (becomes unresponsive).

To Reproduce

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Screenshots

Flow Launcher Version

2.0.3

Windows Build Number

10.0.22000.593

Error Log

15:31:26.4460+08:00 - INFO - Logger.SetLogLevel - Using log level: INFO.
15:31:26.5293+08:00 - INFO - App.OnStartup - Begin Flow Launcher startup ----------------------------------------------------
15:31:26.5300+08:00 - INFO - App.OnStartup - Runtime info:
Flow Launcher version: 2.0.3
OS Version: 22000.593
IntPtr Length: 8
x64: True
15:31:26.5865+08:00 - INFO - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loading plugins from https://fastly.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@main/plugins.json
15:31:26.6141+08:00 - INFO - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loading plugins from https://gcore.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@main/plugins.json
15:31:26.6141+08:00 - INFO - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loading plugins from https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@main/plugins.json
15:31:26.6141+08:00 - INFO - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loading plugins from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest/main/plugins.json
15:31:27.5710+08:00 - INFO - ImageLoader.InitializeAsync - Preload images cost <952ms>
15:31:27.5710+08:00 - INFO - ImageLoader.InitializeAsync - Number of preload images is <83>, Images Number: 83, Unique Items 71
15:31:27.7105+08:00 - INFO - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Loaded 292 plugins from https://gcore.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@main/plugins.json
15:31:27.7105+08:00 - WARN - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Failed to load resource https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest/main/plugins.json with response InternalServerError
15:31:27.7105+08:00 - WARN - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Failed to load resource https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@main/plugins.json with response InternalServerError
15:31:27.7105+08:00 - WARN - CommunityPluginSource.FetchAsync - Failed to load resource https://fastly.jsdelivr.net/gh/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest@main/plugins.json with response InternalServerError
15:31:27.7193+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <3ms>
15:31:27.7193+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <14ms>
15:31:27.7193+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <7ms>
15:31:27.7193+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <7ms>
15:31:27.7193+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <8ms>
15:31:27.7193+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <13ms>
15:31:27.7365+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <20ms>
15:31:27.7365+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <20ms>
15:31:27.7365+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <29ms>
15:31:27.7571+08:00 - INFO - Main.InitAsync - Preload programs cost <19ms>
15:31:27.7571+08:00 - INFO - Main.InitAsync - Number of preload win32 programs <147>
15:31:27.7571+08:00 - INFO - Main.InitAsync - Number of preload uwps <41>
15:31:27.7571+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <48ms>
15:31:27.7669+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <52ms>
15:31:27.7669+08:00 - INFO - PluginManager.InitializePluginsAsync - Total init cost for is <57ms>
15:31:28.7199+08:00 - INFO - App.OnStartup - End Flow Launcher startup ----------------------------------------------------
15:31:28.7199+08:00 - INFO - App.OnStartup - Startup cost <2325ms>

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🔗 Similar Issues

Possible Duplicates

• ISSUE-3835

Related Issues

• BUG: App crashing randomly and antimalware activity skyrocketing with Everything #3835
• BUG: Everything 1.5 Alpha not detected by launcher #3041
• BUG with Everything: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (2): An error occurred trying to start process #3270
• BUG: Explorer plugin does not work with Everything v1.5a #3602
• BUG: 使用everything报错 #3031
• BUG: Settings window will randomly become unresponsive #3731
• BUG: Explorer plugin unable to search for files and folders, both Everyrthing and Windows index #3605
• BUG: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. #3142

🔗 Related PRs

#3350 - Input Smooth & Search delay [merged]
#3399 - Support Querying Results When Query Text is Empty- Home Page Feature [merged]
#3412 - New API Function LoadImageAsync [merged]
#3467 - Fix Dialog Owner & Improve Window Exiting & Improve WindowsThumbnailProvider & Fix Warnings [merged]
#4009 - Code cleanup & Use Flow.Launcher.Localization to improve code quality [merged]

👤 Suggested Assignees

• Jack251970
• CoudPelle
• Zefa-161
• riverofjanuary
• Marlstar

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