Windows 10: Autocomplete in File Explorer in Windows 11

Back when the first Windows 11 came out a few years ago, you used to be able to type a few letters in Explorer to look up a file. I would type in Sim to look up a file called Simple and it would automatically fill in the word. It also used to have it when you could click on the blank space in Explorer when doing a search and it would bring up a history of words you previously looked up. It doesn't do that anymore. Did they get rid of those features? Autocomplete is clicked on, but it still doesn't fill out the word.

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Edit metadata autocomplete list for pictures/music files

I cannot find a way to delete/edit the autocomplete list displayed when editing the metadata on pictures. I get a list of previous entries (some of which are just plain junk) and would like to delete those as suggestions. I tried the steps with the following
link and did not have any success. I do not have a AUTOCOMPLETE listing under "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer".

The locked thread for a similar question under Windows Vista:

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Thanks,

Brian

 

Autocomplete Tags in Windows Explorer Incomplete?

Hi,

I'm currently reorganising several thousand photos, and use the 'tags' feature in Windows Explorer a lot. On my old laptop (Windows 8), I used the autocomplete / tag suggestions, in which previous tags are shown in a drop down list as I type - this saved
a lot of time for me. However, on this computer (Windows 10) it seems to be incomplete - some tags are showing up in the drop down list, but ones I know I've used are not showing up. The missing tags include ones I entered weeks ago, with many restarts since
then. The tags are still present on the files to which they were added and the files do correctly show up in search results when searching for those tags, but I still can't get the tags to show up in the suggestions. I've tried changing settings to allow the
contents of the folder to be indexed, but this hasn't made a difference. I've also tried rebuilding the search index, again this didn't help. I've searched online looking for a solution, but haven't found anyone with this problem.

What should I do in order to get the autocomplete tag suggestions to refresh or update to show the missing tags? Or is there a setting I should change?

Thank you

 

Autocomplete Tags in Windows Explorer Incomplete?

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



Please note that in Windows 10, the autofill option is different from Windows 8.1. You should be able to see the suggestion in the drop down and choose it. If you are not able to see the options, please follow the methods mentioned below:

Method 1: Run the fix. You can download the tool from: Automatically
diagnose and repair Windows file and folder problems



Method 2: Check the option Inline autocomplete option.

1. Open run dialog box and then type:
   Inetcpl.cpl
   
2. Then go to Advance tab and check the option
   use inline autocomplete for file explorer and run dialog box.
   
3. Click on Apply.
   

Method 3: Create a new user account. You can follow the steps mentioned in article:
Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10.



If you need any additional assistance, please reply with the following information:

1. Is the issue specific to photos in a particular folder or drive?
   
2. Could you please
   post a screenshot of the issue so that we are
   able to understand it better?
   

Regards,