Windows 10: Windows 10 search not finding "Best Match"

Discus and support Windows 10 search not finding "Best Match" in Cortana to solve the problem; Within the last couple of days, Windows search Best Match has become defective. For instance, when I used to type "scree", my screenshots folder would... Discussion in 'Cortana' started by RickB624, Jan 1, 2019.

  1. RickB624 Win User

    Windows 10 search not finding "Best Match"


    Within the last couple of days, Windows search Best Match has become defective. For instance, when I used to type "scree", my screenshots folder would be at the top of the best match results. Now I type "scree", and it gives me the Best Match of Screenshot (181).png, and it also shows it in the search space, as if it finished typing it for me, but everything after "scree" is faded. Furthermore, when I type "screen", it shows my Best Match as "Lock Screen settings", and still doesn't list my Screenshots folder. In fact, the only way I can get it to show my Screenshots folder at all is if I type "screensho" or more. This never used to happen. The only change to my laptop recently was the installation and uninstallation of Malwarebytes free trial. I uninstalled it with IObit, ran CCleaner, AND restarted, and the Best Match is still wonky.

    :)
     
    RickB624, Jan 1, 2019
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  2. grschinon Win User

    Mobile Search will not find all matching contacts

    That's an interesting find.

    I can confirm that on the N96 at least, if a contact has multiple numbers that match the search pattern, only the first one will be listed in the search results.
     
    grschinon, Jan 1, 2019
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  3. enso Win User
    Quick Access not searching Pictures folder


    Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

    • I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.


    • 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    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date.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.
     
    enso, Jan 1, 2019
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  4. Windows 10 search not finding "Best Match"

    Where is "Find partial matches" in Windows 10 Search options?

    In Windows 7 and 8 "Find partial matches" could be switched off, so one was able to search for exact matches only in Windows Explorer. This option could be found in "Folder and search options" --> tab "Search". I don't see this option in Windows 10. So now
    by default searching in Windows 10 is always partial, but that's not what I want. I want it to be switched off.

    Has this function disappeared from Windows 10? (Btw, I don't mean searching using double quotes, as this wil not always find the exact term).

    Thanx!
     
    Raymond Westerik, Jan 1, 2019
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