Windows 10: Edge shows up in windows search but not Firefox

under start menu then advanced it now says 'c user' was that a mistake?

if i made a mistake changing it, can i set index back to whatever its default was?

currently the index location says 'C:\Users" it didnt say that earlier

 

Well, what I have is



- if that's what you mean..

And to confirm whether your setting is meaningful see



- in the right hand window I can see some of my Start Menu (with iconised folders in my case).

 

yep exactly what I am talkng about.

i searched to C but cant find Program data

 

Literally paste this into file explorer's address bar
C:\ProgramData

Have you at some time modified Indexing Options?

 

apologies. I mean i cant enter it into the field in the index where your says ' C:\ProgramData/Microsoft'

i cant type or paste into that field. It forces me to use a tree but I dont see ProgramData


yes i did modify them at some point

 

This all seems like a lot of trouble!
Why not just put a Firefox shortcut in the task bar? Simple. Guaranteed to work since 1995.

 

thanks for the idea but i like a naked task bar

 

was able to make 'c programdata/mcrosoft show up in the indexing tree by showing hidden files. that issue is solved.

 

Use 'Modify'.
The path is shown as follows for Start Menu:

 

It seems the problem may have been self-inflicted by modifying default settings in Indexing Options. We'll see.

If so, the search index won't generally reflect the start menu- a more general problem than just FF.

 

the modification i made has been reset back to its original setting. Regardless, the issue of installed apps not coming up in search as i type persisted, before I made any changes to indexing.

 

can anyone think of a reason why an app wold be visible in the start menu but not show up when i search apps in the start menu?

 

Yes. When it is in the user's personal Start menu. By default only the 'all users' Start gets indexed.

To find out which Start menu holds the shortcut, click Start, find the app and right-click on it. Select More > Open file location. If you end up in C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs then it's on your personal Start menu.

To add this location in indexing, look for it under Users.

 

Notice what you said in your post #12..

 

Yes, and just ticking Users in indexing isn't enough because AppData is specifically excluded. You have to go down through the folders list and tick...
Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs