Windows 10: Windows 10 Search Index keeps rebuilding itself

Every month or so I'll notice that my search isn't finding stuff that I know is there. A quick check of the Search Index shows that it is rebuilding itself from scratch. Given that I have a lot of stuff, that usually takes a full day to rebuild completely. Which is somewhat annoying as I then can't search outlook for emails, or of course for any files on the hard disk. And I search quite a lot.


I've noticed that when this happens I get the following events in the system log and application log all around the same time -


0****:15:19 Application Information 1004 "The Windows Search service is creating the new search index {Reason: Index Corruption}. "


Followed by a few more entries about the new index being started etc.


ok, so it apparently got corrupted and decided to rebuild itself. But does anyone have any idea WHY it keeps happening, or how to stop it?


Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern, and any more is just an annoying pain in the ****.

:)

 

Windows 10 search index keeps rebuilding

Greetings,

I have had Windows 8, in which the search index used to complete then soon after its completion, it deletes and rebuilds itself!

I have then upgraded to Windows 10, the search index worked fine for few days, then it again stated to delete itself every few days. I.e. the search builds the index and finishes in couple of days, it says the indexing complete, then after few days it deletes
itself and starts rebuilding the index again, again and so forth.

What could be the problem?

Kind regards,

 

Windows 10 Windows Search / Indexing Stops Completing

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps

• Press Windows key + R.
• Type Services.msc In the search box.
• Select Windows Search
• Restart the services and set the service as Automatic

If the issue persist try performing Rebuilding Index again.

To rebuild the index follow the steps below:

• Open the Control Panel from the Start menu.
• Open Indexing Options in the Control Panel.
  
• Select the Advanced button in the Indexing Options window.
• Select Rebuild in the Troubleshooting section of the Advanced Options window.
• Select OK when it asks if you’re sure you want to re-build the search index.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

Rebuild Search Index in Windows 10


Hi Shawn, I've not found how to reset Indexing Options to default in the tutorials- may have missed it. This seems comparatively obscure, and is a question asked a number of times when I looked generally on the internet.

I found this:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/re...-fix-problems/

- in particular

I've not tried it personally as I don't wish to do that- suppose I could on a dummy user account!

Suggest it could be worth adding to the tutorial if valid.