Windows 10: Why Does File Explorer's "word count" never work?

When you select word count to be displayed for file properties in File Explorer, it never, or barely works, as you can see from this screenshot.

How is it possible that such a basic feature doesn't work. Isn't both Windows 10 and MS Office made by the same company?

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Word Count Column in File Explorer

I work primarily with RTF documents. I came across the option in Windows File Explorer to add a "Word Count" column to the File Explorer display. The "Word Count" does display but it gives no count for any of the documents listed in the File Explorer.
From top to bottom no word count is displayed for any file created in any of the word processors I use. To date my search on the internet has not found a solution to the lack of word counts.

 

I have added the file count column to my folder in File Explorer. However, the actual file count is not displaying.

Hi Loren,

I appreciate if you could answer a
few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

• How did you added file count column for folders in File Explorer? What are the steps did you followed?
• When you say, "actual file count is not displaying" is this issue specific to any folder or happening with all folders?
• Have you installed any third party anti-virus on your system?

Meanwhile, I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if this helps.

• Open File Explorer.
• Click on View from navigation pane and choose Detail pane.

Write to us with the above information and status of the issue to assist you further.

Thank You.

 

Word Count Column in File Explorer

Thank you for your answer. My mistake was thinking the presence of the word column option applied to any word processor file as, say, the KB and MB count columns. Another responder to my question informed me the Word Count only applies to files created
in MS Word. Most of my word processing documents are created in the Atlantis word processor. My error. You and the other replier have given me a better understanding of the matter.