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File Explorer Search Not Working
Recently, I have observed the Search feature of the File Explorer does not work (e.g., No items match your search). The folders I'm searching are indexed. I've tried rebuilding the index. I can even drill down to a folder I know contains the sought file and entering a search word in the file's name and search returns nothing.
For example, D:\Users\Clayton is indexed with no exclusions (all subdirectories included). I can search from D:\Users\Clayton\Books for 'code'. That folder has many subfolders with files containing 'code' in the filename/contents. Yet search returns nothing.
D:\Users\Clayton\Books is shared to my HomeGroup. I thought perhaps that might be a factor. However, even if I stop sharing, the results are the same. Most of my existing shared folders exhibit this behavior. However, if I add a folder to my Homegroup, search seems to work.
I just don't get it. I have successfully performed searches like this in Windows 7 all the time. Is Windows 10 just broken?
UPDATE: From my laptop (also Win10), I can search the Books HomeGroup share and find matches. However, going back to the desktop machine where the share resides, the same search fails.
UPDATE 2: On my desktop, if I remove D:\Users\Clayton from my indexed locations, searches work. This is repeatable. When indexed, search fails. When not indexed, search works. WTF?
Last edited by claytoncarney; 16 Dec 2015 at 12:44.