Windows 10: Search for files within folders always returning no results. Drive is "selected" for...

When I search for files within a folder I always get "No items match your search" despite them being obvious matches:When I go to indexing options I can see that my C drive is checked as an "Indexed Location" but not listed as an "Included Location" below like the other drives. I'm not sure if this is the problem but it seems weird:

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Windows 7 search returning more results than files in folder

I have a folder in Windows 7 (Professional, 64 bit). When I right click the folder on a network drive it says it has 424 files. (The folder supposedly contains Outlook calendar items saved as msg files.) Running one search returned over 4,000 items, some
which don't appear in the file list, but the location shows the same folder I am searching. When I remove files from the search result (cut and paste into a different folder). The number of the items in the folder doesn't change, but when I search the items
I removed no longer show up in search. When I cut and paste the folder to my desktop, the search only returns items in the folder. When I cut and paste the folder back to the network drive, search returns items not showing in the folder. What gives?

Thanks!!

 

WIN10 search not returning results from indexed drive

Greetings

Windows 10 taskbar (Cortana) search is not returning results from an indexed drive. Both the C and D drives are indexed (specific Locations) and task bar search returns results from everywhere but the D drive. However, if I search via file manager search
returns all the results.

I have tried

• rebuilding the index
• stating and stopping the service
• running the troubleshooter (find a permissions problem)

The machine is fully patched with the latest release.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

THX Paul

 

Windows Search returning no results


Windows Search returning no results on one of my external harddrives.

I've trawled through pages of Google's advice and I have already:

• Tried indexing the HDD and rebuilding.
• Non-indexing and rebuilding.
• Indexing only specific folders on the HDD and rebuilding.
• Specifically disabling indexing for this drive in the drive's properties.
• Checked that I have the appropriate permissions on the drive (they are identical to my other HDDs).

Crude example of my problem:

• I am looking for the following file, A:\Example\test.txt.
• I am inside the A:\Example folder.
• I search for "test", "*" or "txt".
• It says there are no results.

And it says "no results" instantly - it doesn't appear to even try.

I do not have a second drive with sufficient space to move the contents to do a format - so I'm looking for non-destructive solutions.

Based on solutions I've been proposed since posting this thread:

• Does the HDD work on another computer? Yes. While searching on that computer it says "searching non-indexed locations will be slow", as I would expect. The issue must be with my computer and not the HDD.
• Does outright disabling Windows Search in the Services do anything? Yes - I can now search the drive, but it is painfully slow.