Windows 10: Windows File Explorer Search Bar lost various functions since November 2019 Windows update...

Since the last windows 10 update the search bar is not content sensitive anymore. As an example: When looking for a folder name, I would see a list of results as soon as I started typing. When I reached the 4th or 5th letter the list of results would usually be short enough to pick out the folder I was looking for. Now I have to type the complete search term AND click on the search button (or press enter) to start a search. No changes in the search options menu seem to impact that behavior. A reset to default settings doesn't either.

Once the search is underway, Windows seems to index the search location (green progress bar) even if it just did that a moment ago on another search term for the same folder. This is adding waiting time to every single search. Over the course of a day this is a notable amount of wasted time.

Also it has become impossible to use the right click menu with the search bar. The menu doesn't even open. This is not as much an issue as the search behavior but it shows that some bigger issue is going on here..

Does anyone have an idea how restore the search behavior short of uninstalling the last windows update? Thanks!

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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.

 

HyperSLI (Enabling SLI on non-sli motherboards)

To turn off windows updates in windows 7 follow these steps:

Click the start button, in the search box type in 'windows updates', click on 'windows update'
in the search results list, in the left side of the windows update window click 'change settings'
then in the option bar select 'Never check for updates'.

 

Search Function on File Explorer is not Working

Hi,

In response to your questions:

1. Did you make any changes to your PC prior to this issue?

Not that I am aware of.

2. Can you type in the search bar when you do not click on the Start button?

The search button on the task bar works - it is the search box on file explorer that is not functioning





3. What troubleshooting steps have to tried to fix the issue?

Confirmed file explorer options are set to default

Indexing Options - the only exclusion is against OS(C and that is Data; AppData; AppData

4. Does the issue occur when you are performing or running certain specific in the background?

The issue occurs even when only 1 File Explorer Window is open and task manager is not showing other programs running.

Re Method One - the search box in the control panel does not work. I opened via viewing as icons

and used both the default Files don't appear in search results and Search Function on File Explorer is not working as both a user and an administrator which led to explore additonal information which led to this website.

Re Method Two - response was

• 
  Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.
  

Windows Updates show the device is up to date.

Previously, as I typed into the search box, it would start searching at the first keystroke and now nothing.

Any more help will be appreciated.