Windows 10: File Explorer Search no more instant results for files on Windows Server since Windows 10...

With the latest Windows 10 fall update (version 1909 / 19H2), instant search results no longer work for files that are on our small business Windows server.


To reproduce: navigate to a document folder on Windows server (we have 2012) in Windows Explorer. Write something in the search box. No search is performed in that directory or subdirectories, until you press enter.


We do not want to sync all our business documents to each client. That would be a great waste of disk space, and creates unnecessary sync issues. We do not want to move all our documents to Onedrive. But we do want to stay productive and get search results without pressing enter. It's a task that is performed hundreds of times every day.


Why make things less productive and more time intensive for businesses? In windows 7, you could search files indexed on the server from the start menu. That fantastic feature was removed in Windows 8 and never came back. And now, this penalty for all businesses using windows server.


Is there a way to return to the old file explorer search, or to enable instant results also for documents on the server (ie. that are indexed locally on the server)?

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Microsoft Windows Home Server Corrupts Files

Microsoft has warned Windows Home Server users not to edit files stored on their backup systems with several of its programs, including Vista Photo Gallery and Office's OneNote and Outlook, as well as files generated by popular finance software such as Quicken and QuickBooks. "When you use certain programs to edit files on a home computer that uses Windows Home Server, the files may become corrupted when you save them to the home server," Microsoft said in a support document posted last week. The document went on to list the software, which includes Windows Vista Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery, OneNote 2003, OneNote 2007, Outlook 2007, Microsoft Money 2007 and SyncToy 2.0 Beta. Others programs, however, may also corrupt files stored on a home server powered by Microsoft's operating system. "Additionally, there have been customer reports of issues with Torrent applications, with Intuit Quicken and with QuickBooks program files," the document said. "Until an update for Windows Home Server is available, we recommend that [you] do not use the programs that are listed to save or to edit program-specific files that are stored on a Windows Home Server-based system."

Source: Computerworld

 

Some files listed in Windows Explorer are blue font

I seem to have run out of room on a Windows XP Pro system. I tried to defrag but don't have but 7% room available. I looked in Windows Explorer to try to find some huge files that might be corrupt and I see a few that are listed in blue. What does that mean? I have not compressed anything on purpose. Thanks