Thank you for the detailed response.

.lnk is checked as an extension in my indexer search properties.


Yes, because of slow search speeds I have removed many of the default folders from...

Version: Windows 10 Pro 21H1 (OS Build 19043.1348)

https://i.imgur.com/563fnz8.png
Why is the file ".lnk Link to the actual CHM file.lnk" not showing in my results? (see image)
When repeating...

Removing updates would make my PC less secure, so it's not a valid option to solve the problem.

Maybe a mouse driver or display driver is causing this?

Windows 10 Pro 21H1 (OS Build 19043.1110)

My cursor keeps resetting to the center of my screen.

Details:
- Occurs seemingly randomly in approximately 15 minute intervals.
- The entire taskbar...

I wouldn't be asking if I did, I'd just look at the code. There's a lot of it leaked around the internet but not for SearchApp.

Here is the source of the problem:...

Huh? Is that a bot?


I don't know what Agent Ransack is but if it's a program for windows then it uses the windows API as its underlying function to traverse the hard disk anyway.

After doing...

Using the official widows file API I traversed all of my HDDs and storage devices and used a case insensitive partial comparison and no such file exists that the search item refers to.

One thing...

I've created a new folder to test the indexer, and created a shortcut inside of it.
The indexer picked up the shortcut and after I deleted the shortcut file, it no longer displayed it in results....

After rebuilding the index, the items still show.

Now here is what I have done, I've removed all "included locations" I can, rebuilt the index again, and I still see the items.

The 2...

https://imgur.com/oxDUFDR
Imgur: The magic of the Internet

After uninstalling programs from windows 10 and deleting any associated files and links, the items persist in my windows 10 quick search...

Yes, and many others. Even old .lnk files I deleted still show. Why is this?

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Explorer.exe never even makes calls to CreateFile() on these 'ghost' items.
So I am guessing it...

https://i.imgur.com/oxDUFDR.png

Does anyone know how many places, and where this information is stored?

There is no action on left or right click. I have no idea how to get rid of this ghost...

I've played with general brightness and contrast. Surely there is a solution. What is the purpose of such a hard to see scrollbar? Is that an attempt to take on a more mobile phone esque modern look?

I've already maxed out my contrast!

https://i.imgur.com/v86YS6R.png

I'm already using the "dark" theme... But my scrollbars are still bright.

This is a problem for me because the background of the scrollbar is white, and the...