Windows 10: I reinstalled windows and reindexed but now I cannot search the C drive only other folders

Not wildly inconvenient but strange

:)

 

Windows Explorer doesn't find files (even when searching in the folder the file is in, with the exact file name and after reindexing all drives)

Windows 10 OS Build 17134.523

Set for all drives and folders to be indexed (except program files).

I've selected Windows Update, Recovery and Backup as the Windows Topic because I found information about why Reindexing is sometimes required after updates.

1. I'm trying to find a file. I have the exact file name.
2. I search using Windows Explorer I get no file found.
3. I know the file exists. I have a vague idea of where it might be.
4. I search manually for the file and find it.
5. I re do the search in just that folder, with the exact file name.
6. I re try looking for another file I know is in that folder, in case it's a problem with the file.
7. Still no luck
8. I search for info on Windows Explorer not finding files, see it may be an indexing issue.
9. I find the reindexing instructions.
10. Reindex the whole computer.
11. Indexing completes.
12. Still can't "find" the file. Or other files in the same folder or other folders. Sometimes the search completes and displays no files found. Sometimes the search doesn't complete just displays 'working on it'

Is there any other advice on how I can get Windows Explorer to find files?

Thanks in advance for any assistance

 

C windows installer folder - Delete?

He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink
Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

Like:
First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
Then type this in command mode as admin
mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.

 

Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

• I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.

• Then I tried to remove the Pictures folder with option one at Add or Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials. Even after rebooting, the Pictures folder remained.
• So I tried using option two. Same thing: reboot >> Pictures folder still there.

• 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.