Windows 10: Windows File Explorer search not finding text in files that is obviously there

After looking at the numerous inquiries about how to make this work and being unsuccessful, and not wanting to waste a lot of time trying to make it work, I resorted to using the following MS-DOS command:FOR /F %i IN 'FINDSTR /M "string-to-be-searched" *.txt *.tmp' DO Notepad.exe "%i"This command will open each file containing the search argument with Notepad. Of course, it will only work if the target files contain plain text.Change "string-to-be-searched" to your desired search argument. You can use regular expressions by specifying the /R switch on the FINDSTR command. See Microsoft

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File explorer search not finding files that are obviously there

When in the file explorer normally I can find files easily by doing control-F then typing in a few letters or if looking for a specific type using type:.zip for example. On my new Windows 10 machine (purchased just a few weeks ago) this doesn't work. See
the video below for an example. Even when there is obviously a file right there visible in the folder when I type the start of the filename in the search box it doesn't show it at all.

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What I have done so far:

I went through some steps found in other posts and checked to make sure that services.msc had the Windows Search running (you will see me check this in the video linked above).

Ran the troubleshooter as suggested in another post but it said that no problems were found.

How can I get this fixed?

 

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.

 

Searching Within Files

I have tried searching within files in Windows 10 for a string. However, through testing, it seems that when the string being searched for does not have a space in front, it ignores it. E.g. if the text in the file is 'The quick brown fox' and I search
for 'quick', it will list the file. But if the search string is 'ick', then the file will not be listed despite the text obviously being there. Any suggestions?

Matt