Windows 10: Can Windows 11 index the contents of image and video files?

I've been getting frustrated with how slow Windows search is. I recently learned about indexing, and I've added a few directories of mostly image and video files. I was looking around the advanced settings and noticed you can have the system index Properties Only or Properties and Contents.I understand the benefit of indexing the contents of file types that have text... but is there a benefit to indexing the contents of image and/or video files? What additional info could the system index?

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Search Content of MHT files

Hi David,

Most probably, this is a problem with the search and indexing of your Windows 10 computer. For us to provide the best resolution possible, we would like to clarify the following:

• Are you trying to search the content of MHT files using Cortana?
• Have you tried searching it using the File Explorer?
• Are you using a third-party app to search for the content of MHT files?

As an initial troubleshooting step, we suggest that you run the troubleshooter for search and indexing. To run the Search and Indexing troubleshooter, follow these steps:

• Click the Start button and select the Settings
  icon.
• Choose Update & Security from the list.
• Click Troubleshoot in the left pane of the window.
• Under Find and fix other problems.
• Select Search and Indexing and click Run the troubleshooter.

We'll keep an eye out for your response.

 

Windows Explorer not searching docx file contents

Hi all,

Recently Windows Explorer stopped finding .docx files when I search for a specific word. I know that these files contain the words that I am searching for, and I have tried lots of things:

• "Search in file contents" is enabled
  
• .docx files are set to have names and contents indexed
  
• I've tried rebuilding the index
  
• I tested the search on other file types, and it returns results for seemingly everything except .docx files
  
• I tried upgrading to Windows 11 to see if this would fix the issue, but it did not
  

I would really appreciate any suggestions, as being able to search file contents is very important for my studies.

 

Excel 2016 and O365 Excel file contents do not index when saving to a network drive

Hello Jon Hof,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I would suggest you in Rebuilding Windows 10 Indexing Options by following the steps mentioned below:

• Open Indexing Options from
  Control panel.
  
• Click on Modify and put a check mark on the required network drive and press
  OK.
  
• Click on Advanced, select
  File types and select Index Properties and File contents. Click on
  OK.
  

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking 'Yes or No'.

Mala.S

Microsoft Community – Moderator