Showing the context menu for 1000+ items will take a long time.
Everything calls the OS to get the context menu.
The OS wants a list of PIDLs (items)
To do this, Everything converts filenames to PIDLs.
This is slow and progress is shown in the status bar.
The OS call to get the context menu with 1000+ PIDLs is slow.
There's no progress feedback, it's done on the UI thread and it cannot be cancelled.
I'll look into moving this to another process in a future version of Everything.
For now, avoid right clicking 1000+ items unless you really want the OS context menu.
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Use the main File menu to avoid the slow OS call to get the context menu.
Everything calls the OS to get the context menu.
The OS wants a list of PIDLs (items)
To do this, Everything converts filenames to PIDLs.
This is slow and progress is shown in the status bar.
The OS call to get the context menu with 1000+ PIDLs is slow.
There's no progress feedback, it's done on the UI thread and it cannot be cancelled.
I'll look into moving this to another process in a future version of Everything.
For now, avoid right clicking 1000+ items unless you really want the OS context menu.
-or-
Use the main File menu to avoid the slow OS call to get the context menu.
Statistics: Posted by void — Sun Jul 12, 2026 11:51 pm
