Windows 10: Windows Explorer Search Massively slow after updating to 20H2

I have a problem with windows explorer after updating my PC to 20H2

When I search using the search box it requires a lot of time to get the result or even sometimes it doesn't show anything at all
Tried to rebuild the windows search indexing but it didn't work nor windows clean installation

I have another pc that runs windows 8.1 pro and it worked perfectly there without any problem, I used an external HDD too that isn't even indexed it worked as well too!

what is the problem? any suggestion?


Thanks.

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File explorer/search very very very slow

Green search bar takes 10+ minutes to complete its progress across the bar .. working on it ... ..... it says - really i think!!

Since 20H2 'update' the whole OS seems slow to respond and react, with all apps very slow - obviously suspect the file access an search as the culprit. Tried Microsoft - reinstall the whole OS ... great. Did this, not better. Have tried several options including

1. stopping network connection

2. stopping cloud access/services - OneDrive

3. clearing search registries

4. rebuilding search index

5. disabling windows search in system config ...

6. Clearing File Explorer History

7. other 'tweeks' for suggestions

PS Have 100+Gb free on disks; 64G RAM; Xenon Quad processor - system is powerful

.... any other suggestions or anyone else having such issues without resolution?

 

File explorer search box history dispears after click Quick access

Windows 10 version 20h2

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open file explorer

2. type something in search box

3. clear search box

4. click search box again, you will see a drop down list showing recent search history

5. click the Quick access which is located at the top of file explorer Navigation pane

6. click search box again, it does not show the history list anymore

I have to close file explorer and open it again to get the search history back.

 

setting default view for Winodws Explorer Search Reasults

Thank you for the detailed response. To change the search result's view from content to list, we suggest following the steps below:

• Open the File Explorer and try to search for files.
• In the toolbar, open the View tab and click List
  to change the view.
• Once changed, close the File Explorer.
• Open the File Explorer again and try to search to see if the setting has been retained.

After performing the steps above, reply back to us so we can provide additional help.