diff --git a/src/common/textsplit.cpp b/src/common/textsplit.cpp
index 28f91c13..ae85127a 100644
--- a/src/common/textsplit.cpp
+++ b/src/common/textsplit.cpp
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static inline bool isdigit(int what, unsigned int flgs)
 #define STATS_INC_WORDCHARS
 #endif
 
-vector<CharFlags> splitFlags = {
+vector<CharFlags> splitFlags{
     {TextSplit::TXTS_NOSPANS, "nospans"},
     {TextSplit::TXTS_ONLYSPANS, "onlyspans"},
     {TextSplit::TXTS_KEEPWILD, "keepwild"}
diff --git a/src/index/exefetcher.cpp b/src/index/exefetcher.cpp
index ab6feb4c..8dda0208 100644
--- a/src/index/exefetcher.cpp
+++ b/src/index/exefetcher.cpp
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ bool EXEDocFetcher::makesig(RclConfig* cnf, const Rcl::Doc& idoc, string& sig)
 // Lookup bckid in the config and create an appropriate fetcher.
 EXEDocFetcher *exeDocFetcherMake(RclConfig *config, const string& bckid)
 {
-    EXEDocFetcher *fetcher = 0;
-
     // The config we only read once, not gonna change.
     static ConfSimple *bconf;
     if (!bconf) {
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclm_idx.cpp b/src/qtgui/rclm_idx.cpp
index c5fe9186..be186dda 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclm_idx.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclm_idx.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "rclmain_w.h"
 #include "specialindex.h"
 #include "readfile.h"
+#include "snippets_w.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -291,8 +292,20 @@ void RclMain::toggleIndexing()
     }
 }
 
+static void delay(int millisecondsWait)
+{
+    QEventLoop loop;
+    QTimer t;
+    t.connect(&t, &QTimer::timeout, &loop, &QEventLoop::quit);
+    t.start(millisecondsWait);
+    loop.exec();
+}
+
 void RclMain::rebuildIndex()
 {
+    if (m_indexerState == IXST_UNKNOWN) {
+        delay(1500);
+    }
     switch (m_indexerState) {
     case IXST_UNKNOWN:
     case IXST_RUNNINGMINE:
@@ -313,12 +326,24 @@ void RclMain::rebuildIndex()
 					 QMessageBox::NoButton);
 	if (rep == QMessageBox::Ok) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-            // Under windows, it's necessary to close the db here,
+            // Under windows, it is necessary to close the db here,
             // else Xapian won't be able to do what it wants with the
             // (open) files. Of course if there are several GUI
-            // instances, this won't work...
-            if (rcldb)
+            // instances, this won't work... Also it's quite difficult
+            // to make sure that there are no more references to the
+            // db because, for example of the Enquire objects inside
+            // Query inside Docsource etc.
+            //
+            // !! At this moment, this does not work if a preview has
+            // !! been opened. Could not find the reason (mysterious
+            // !! Xapian::Database reference somewhere?). The indexing
+            // !! fails, leaving a partial index directory. Then need
+            // !! to restart the GUI to succeed in reindexing.
+            if (rcldb) {
+                resetSearch();
+                deleteZ(m_snippets);
                 rcldb->close();
+            }
 #endif // _WIN32
 	    // Could also mean that no helpers are missing, but then we
 	    // won't try to show a message anyway (which is what
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclm_wins.cpp b/src/qtgui/rclm_wins.cpp
index 9594a72c..d506d6f5 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclm_wins.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclm_wins.cpp
@@ -451,13 +451,16 @@ void RclMain::newDupsW(const Rcl::Doc, const vector<Rcl::Doc> dups)
 
 void RclMain::showSnippets(Rcl::Doc doc)
 {
-    SnippetsW *sp = new SnippetsW(doc, m_source);
-    connect(sp, SIGNAL(startNativeViewer(Rcl::Doc, int, QString)),
+    if (m_snippets) {
+        deleteZ(m_snippets);
+    }
+    m_snippets = new SnippetsW(doc, m_source);
+    connect(m_snippets, SIGNAL(startNativeViewer(Rcl::Doc, int, QString)),
 	    this, SLOT(startNativeViewer(Rcl::Doc, int, QString)));
-    connect(new QShortcut(quitKeySeq, sp), SIGNAL (activated()), 
+    connect(new QShortcut(quitKeySeq, m_snippets), SIGNAL (activated()), 
 	    this, SLOT (fileExit()));
-    connect(new QShortcut(closeKeySeq, sp), SIGNAL (activated()), 
-	    sp, SLOT (close()));
-    sp->show();
+    connect(new QShortcut(closeKeySeq, m_snippets), SIGNAL (activated()), 
+	    m_snippets, SLOT (close()));
+    m_snippets->show();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp b/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp
index 41438f65..f61369ec 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.cpp
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ void RclMain::initDbOpen()
 	    connect(fidia.idxschedCLB, SIGNAL(clicked()), 
 		    this, SLOT(execIndexSched()));
 	    connect(fidia.runidxPB, SIGNAL(clicked()), 
-		    this, SLOT(toggleIndexing()));
+		    this, SLOT(rebuildIndex()));
 	    fidia.exec();
 	    // Don't open adv search or run cmd line search in this case.
 	    return;
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ void RclMain::initiateQuery()
 
 void RclMain::resetSearch()
 {
+    m_source = std::shared_ptr<DocSequence>();
     emit searchReset();
 }
 
@@ -974,8 +975,7 @@ void RclMain::docExpand(Rcl::Doc doc)
 void RclMain::showDocHistory()
 {
     LOGDEB("RclMain::showDocHistory\n");
-    emit searchReset();
-    m_source = std::shared_ptr<DocSequence>();
+    resetSearch();
     curPreview = 0;
 
     string reason;
diff --git a/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.h b/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.h
index d7add82e..1eedfc0f 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.h
+++ b/src/qtgui/rclmain_w.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "guiutils.h"
 #include "rclutil.h"
 
+class SnippetsW;
 class IdxSchedW;
 class ExecCmd;
 class Preview;
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ protected:
 
 
 private:
+    SnippetsW      *m_snippets{0};
     Preview        *curPreview;
     AdvSearch      *asearchform;
     UIPrefsDialog  *uiprefs;
diff --git a/src/qtgui/reslist.cpp b/src/qtgui/reslist.cpp
index cf662e9e..4b059cc4 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/reslist.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/reslist.cpp
@@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ void ResList::setDocSource(std::shared_ptr<DocSequence> nsource)
 {
     LOGDEB("ResList::setDocSource()\n");
     m_source = std::shared_ptr<DocSequence>(new DocSource(theconfig, nsource));
+    if (m_pager)
+        m_pager->setDocSource(m_source);
 }
 
 // A query was executed, or the filtering/sorting parameters changed,
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
index c7cb5093..76a86c19 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ using namespace std;
 #include "rclinit.h"
 #include "internfile.h"
 #include "utf8fn.h"
+#include "wipedir.h"
 #ifdef RCL_USE_ASPELL
 #include "rclaspell.h"
 #endif
@@ -255,6 +256,18 @@ void Db::Native::openWrite(const string& dir, Db::OpenMode mode)
     int action = (mode == Db::DbUpd) ? Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN :
         Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OVERWRITE;
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    // Xapian is quite bad at erasing partial db which can
+    // occur because of open file deletion errors on
+    // Windows. 
+    if (mode == DbTrunc) {
+        if (path_exists(path_cat(dir, "iamchert"))) {
+            wipedir(dir);
+            unlink(dir.c_str());
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+    
     if (::access(dir.c_str(), 0) == 0) {
         // Existing index
         xwdb = Xapian::WritableDatabase(dir, action);
@@ -874,7 +887,9 @@ Db::~Db()
     LOGDEB("Db::~Db: isopen " << m_ndb->m_isopen << " m_iswritable " <<
            m_ndb->m_iswritable << "\n");
     i_close(true);
+#ifdef RCL_USE_ASPELL
     delete m_aspell;
+#endif
     delete m_config;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/smallut.h b/src/utils/smallut.h
index d159f1f7..1ab958c0 100644
--- a/src/utils/smallut.h
+++ b/src/utils/smallut.h
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ private:
 
 /// Entries for the descriptive table
 struct CharFlags {
+    CharFlags(int v, const char *y, const char *n=0)
+        : value(v), yesname(y), noname(n) {}
     unsigned int value; // Flag or value
     const char *yesname;// String to print if flag set or equal
     const char *noname; // String to print if flag not set (unused for values)