Windows 10: search box option missing and folder spacing

the search box option is missing and the folders in Windows Explorer are missing

:)

 

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That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date.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.

 

Windows 10 Search box

Which instructions are you suggesting I missed? There is no search icon. Right clicking the taskbar shows no search option. The "small characters" or icons trick did nothing. The regedit thing:
Follow these steps to turn on the hidden search box:

• Open regedit
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
• Inside the search key, create the new DWORD value named EnableSearchBox and set it to 1
• Restart your computer or simply Explorer Shell

Did not give me a search option that I can find.

So in at least MY version of windows 10 there is no search box I can find that will allow me to search my own computer to find possible misplaced files.

So what are the instructions?

 

Miss the New Search Options in Windows 10 Build 1809.

Hey Guys,

I had a post in the Feedback Hub that suggested the Search Box have an option to search for Folders, so I was thrilled for about a month when Microsoft changed the Search option to include Folders, Videos, and Music icons with a simple click!

However, seemingly, with last Tuesday's patch update for 1809, (maybe earlier.) the search has gone back to the way it was before those folders were added. You can still DO folder searches, but they, along with Music and Videos don't show up anymore. We
are back to the following:

Present are:

• Apps
• Settings
• Documents
• Photos
• Web

Gone are:

• Music
• Folders
• Videos

The separate "Folders" search is the one that I miss the most!

Jack