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  1. SCOTTYSTEELE
    Scottysteele Win User

    Fixing the search in folders in Windows 10? It's literally terrible to use if you can use...


    Hi, when are you going to fix the search tool for folders in Windows 10. I see people have been complaining about this for years and it's still terrible and difficult to get to work if you can get it to work at all. What's going on please?


    Thank you.

    :)
     
    Scottysteele, Jun 23, 2020
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  2. ENSO
    enso Win User

    Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

    Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

    • I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.


    • Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.
    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

    Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.
     
    enso, Jun 23, 2020
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  3. AHHZZ
    Ahhzz Win User
    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.
     
    Ahhzz, Jun 23, 2020
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  4. SPACEMAN SPIFF
    Spaceman Spiff Win User

    Fixing the search in folders in Windows 10? It's literally terrible to use if you can use...

    FIXED!! Windows 7 sp1 never ends searching for updates

    Thanks for this and your step by step. My search for updates only took 10 minutes after your guide.
     
    Spaceman Spiff, Jun 23, 2020
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