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Discus and support windows 10 file explorer recursive file search not working porperly in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; on my 64 bit windows 19 laptop I performed a file search looking for all "*.xml" files under a directory. It correctly found the 3 files I expected to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by barrykimelman, Apr 5, 2019.

  1. BARRYKIMELMAN
    barrykimelman Win User

    windows 10 file explorer recursive file search not working porperly


    on my 64 bit windows 19 laptop I performed a file search looking for all "*.xml" files under a directory. It correctly found the 3 files I expected to find but it also found another XML file which does NOT exist under the directory tree. I used my favorite windows searching utility and scanned my entire hard drive. There was only 1 hit on that "extra" XML file and it was not under the tree I was searching. Also for the 3 files it properly found, when I hover the mouse over the icons one of the attributes that is displayed is the fully qualified path to the file. For this "extra" file no path was shown.


    I rarely use file explorer but sometimes, such as when I have my smartphone connected to my laptop I have no choice but to use windows 10 file explorer to search for files.


    Why does windows 10 file explorer find this extra file ?

    :)
     
    barrykimelman, Apr 5, 2019
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  2. MAESTRO2711
    Maestro2711 Win User

    File Explorer Search Not Working


    I am trying to search in File Explorer (Windows Explorer, My Computer) and it will not find anything. I can copy text from a name in the list and paste it in the search box and it still finds nothing. I have looked at the suggestions that have been posted and nothing I find that is relative to this works. Anyone have any suggestions? I am running Win 10 Pro on an I3 coustom desktop computer.
     
    Maestro2711, Apr 5, 2019
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  3. AHHZZ
    Ahhzz Win User
    Windows 10 Tweaks

    Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

    Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

    • Open a new Explorer window.
    • Click View in the ribbon.
    • Click Options.
    • Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
    • Click OK


    credit to Lifehacker.
     
    Ahhzz, Apr 5, 2019
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  4. DR SALEEM SIDDIQI
    Dr Saleem Siddiqi Win User

    windows 10 file explorer recursive file search not working porperly

    Windows 10 File Explorer search tool not working

    I have tried all the above steps but I am unable to find and search a file with email address as search key.

    Please help.

    Regards

    Dr. Saleem Siddiqi
     
    Dr Saleem Siddiqi, Apr 5, 2019
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