REM Protect an app from Copernic indexing interference "F:\Program Files\Copernic Desktop Search - Home\DesktopSearch.exe" /stop_indexing REM do some critical work that indexing might interfere with REM ... "F:\Program Files\Copernic Desktop Search - Home\DesktopSearch.exe" /start_indexing REM O&O Defrag requires you to shut down Copernic altogether, not just stop indexing, while it works. "F:\Program Files\Copernic Desktop Search - Home\DesktopSearch.exe" /close REM bring up the GUI so you can do searches "F:\Program Files\Copernic Desktop Search - Home\DesktopSearch.exe" /activate REM I could not find a reindex command. You must do that from the GUI.