Windows 10: Writing on start menu doesn't find start menu programs

Hi All,


Maybe I'm wrong, but if I click "Start" and i type for example "sync", I expect it to find all programs I would see scrolling in the start menu with word "sync" in it.


More precisely, when I click "start", I have a list of programs, starting from "recently added" and "#", "A".. etc


I scroll and I go in the folder "Backup and Sync from google", in this folder I have 4 icons apps one of them is "Backup and Sync from google".


Well, if I click start and type "sync" this "app" never appears in the results, instead there is garbage a lot of times, searching for an application, the unistaller appear as the best match instead! the best match 99% of times is actually garbage


This search returns even files I have in download folder, but still, not the apps in my start.

I see this behavior on 3 different PCs with windows 10 and my colleagues too know they can't search through start.


Am I wrong? Is this the new "expected behavior" of start search? Can I force the search only in a folder I like or at least tweak "my best match"?

Maybe searching on the start folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs


Thanks


Riccardo

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