Windows 10: Bug in File Explorer's search box

I just reinstalled Windows 10 from scratch, wiping the SSD because it was crashing with BSODs and other errors; I was in the 20h2 build, now I'm in the stable 2004.


In the new install, as always, I set the search in the File Explorer to "automatically type into the search box".


I go to a folder that have a lot of files and folders and start typing. The first letter is automatically selected and just as I continue typing, the word gets incomplete, because the first letter is deleted and, consequently, the search returns an incorrect query.


I tried to use the "troubleshoot search and indexing" option, but got the error "Incorrect permissions on Windows Search directories".


I tried all the steps in the following pages:


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...s-search/74035009-d4f2-4308-bed5-15c3cd675856


https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-incorrect-permissions-on-windows-search-directories-issue/



None of the troubleshooting steps worked. I even did a new clean install of the OS with a USB stick, wiping the SSD, again.

I don't know what else I can do. It was working fine before, in both builds 20h2 and 2004.

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When I start to type into the 'search' box on File Explorer on the right side of the address bar, if I type at normal speed the first one or two characters do not appear or are overwritten as I type.

I have File Explorer set to automatically start in the 'search' box.

To enter in the 'search' box, I must enter ONE character or hit the space bar and then wait about a second for the display to stabilize before I can enter the remaining characters into the 'search' box. This delay or overtyping problem seems to have started
six or more months ago and I was hoping that future updates would correct this. I have not been able to locate any reference to this problem with numerous 'google' searches on the Internet. I suspect that it has something to do with the list of files that
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When I start to type into the 'search' box on File Explorer on the right side of the address bar, if I type at normal speed the first one or two characters do not appear or are overwitten as I type.

I have File Explorer set to automatically start in the 'search' box.

To enter in the 'search' box, I must enter ONE character and then wait about a second for the display to stabilize before I can enter the remaining characters into the 'search' box. This delay or overtyping problem seems to have started six or more months
ago and I was hoping that future updates would correct this. I have not been able to locate any reference to this problem with numerous 'google' searches on the Internet. I suspect that it has something to do with the list of files that now appears below
the 'search' box as I type in the characters. Thank you!