Windows 10: Minimizing Explorer windows returns them to old searches

Discus and support Minimizing Explorer windows returns them to old searches in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; There's a strange and very annoying bug in Windows 10 that's been around for the past year now or longer. Every time I minimize an explorer window that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Davwyn, Mar 2, 2022.

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    Minimizing Explorer windows returns them to old searches


    There's a strange and very annoying bug in Windows 10 that's been around for the past year now or longer. Every time I minimize an explorer window that has at any point in it's history ever done a search, it returns to that search no matter what.Steps to produce:1. Open an Explorer window, navigate to any folder, it's pick "Documents"2. Do a file search, doesn't matter what, let's say "dog"3. Navigate out of the search and go anywhere else. Let's pick C:\Users4. Minimize the explorer window to the taskbar5. For some reason the Window 'magically' is back to Documents with the same search result

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    Davwyn, Mar 2, 2022
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