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

found it in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

looks like this now

 

Bree, would you be willing to work with me on this issue?

 

I'm already subscribed to this thread, I'll do what I can.

The first thing to do would be to ask if you have changed any of the default locations, such as moving User's folders to another drive.

Also, is it just Firefox that's missing from Search results? If not, how many others? Which ones? And how many third-party apps DO appear? I believe you've already said that CCleaner does.

 

I have not changed any user folder locations i wouldn't know how. This is a fresh install as well.

Firefox now shows when i search for it after i clean installed the OS again.

Ccleaner, Steam, WUMT, does not show when i search start menu and others.

thanks, Bree

 

I have not changed any user folder locations i wouldn't know how. This is a fresh install as well.

Firefox now shows when i search for it after i clean installed the OS again.

Ccleaner, Steam, WUMT, does not show when i search start menu and others.

thanks, Bree


if you would like to connect to my system I am more than happy to show you that there are many programs listed in the start menu that arent searchable in teh start menu. Im not sure what sets them apart

 

Well, that's an improvement...

...oh dear, and CCleaner used to be one you could find *Sad

I don't have Steam or WUMT, so let's just compare Firefox and CCleaner. Look in the All apps list for each one. Right-click on it and select .More > Open file location'. For each one, is it in ...ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (the all users start menu) or ...AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (your personal start menu)?

If both are in the All Users start menu then the default indexing should find them. Check that indexing has completed. Try rebuilding the indexing.

 

CCleaner is located - C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (for the record CCleaner still shows when I search the Start menu, it just has to be fully typed out whereas Firefox I can type 2 characters and it pops up. Might as well just navigate to CCleaner manually)

FIrefox is located - C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

these are all shortcuts by the way that located in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

reset indexing and it has completed at 179,742

 

That can change with time, the more you use CCleaner from the Search results the less you have to type for it to appear as 'Best match'.

For this to happen you must turn on 'Let Windows track app launches to improve Start and search results' in Settings > Privacy > General. I suspect you may have turned it off along with the other more intrusive settings there.

 

I have enabled 'Let Windows track app launches', thanks!

I guess I will give it a few days and report back, hopefully it learns more best matches.

 

It's a quick learner, should only take two or three launches of CCleaner from 'search' to just need 'CC' to find it.

 

oh wow because I have launched it dozens of times and i still need to type ccleaner in full for it to be a best match. any ideas?

 

i run ccleaner and Disk Cleanup often, do you think it erasing info that would cause this issue?

 

So do I. These are the CCleaner settings I use (and have just tested) - CCleaner still comes up for me after typing just 'CC'.





Another possibility is that 'CC' is not enough to uniquely identify CCleaner in the search. Do any other Start menu entries that begin with 'CC...' appear in your search?

 

when i type 'C' 'Control Panel' pops up but that's it. i have to fully type ccleaner

 

When I type 'C' I get...
Best matchControl PanelAppsCalculator
Command Prompt
After launching Calculator twice from a search for 'C' it becomes 'Best match' and Control Panel is relegated to 'Apps'. Search for 'C' and launch Control Panel and it becomes ' Best match' again. This is how the 'learning' is supposed to work, does it do that for you?

A second 'C' gets just CCleaner.