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Is there a specific way to set up windows search?
I'm having problems with searching for files and folders in windows search and would like to know if there is a specific way to set things up to make searching easier.
At the moment searching for files is pretty much non-functional and unless I know the location of a file I am unable to find it.
For example I've just done a basic search through the search bar in file explorer in which I searched for my girlfriends name - a 5 letter word which is the title of numerous folders and photos on my computer that are in an easy to find location (the photos folder and the desktop) - something that should be extremely easy to find and I suspect would represent a common thing to search for. However the search returns only 1 text document with this name in the title. Files plainly visible to me on the desktop are not returned in the search as are many many other files I know contain the search term. Search is simply not functional.
Can anybody explain to me what I am doing wrong and what the correct method is to find files and folders by name in windows 10?
Windows 10 pro
Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042