Use Indexer Diagnostics App for Windows Search Issues in Windows 10  

Brink said:

Still shows available for me. Must be regional.

I was able to install it a while back in US region, but right now shows "Indexer Diagnostics is currently not available." - is it still available for you Shawn?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/in...s/9n25lzczwgs4 - link I got "Indexer Diagnostics is currently not available." from link which is in OP.

steve108 said:

I was able to install it a while back in US region, but right now shows "Indexer Diagnostics is currently not available." - is it still available for you Shawn?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/in...s/9n25lzczwgs4 - link I got "Indexer Diagnostics is currently not available." from which is in OP.

I'm seeing the same thing.

It's availability rather fits this comment (from a foreign site):

The search in Windows 10 is not known for reliability. The Start search has always been a problem for many users.

https://websetnet.net/download-searc...or-windows-10/

I did once manage to grab a copy. I can't find it in the Store.

I always feel so sad that a tool that works well- but only if you configure it properly- has such a poor reputation, largely because its default configuration is wrong, and what MS has done with it from 1909 has made it worse.

Further, it's incompletely documented.

steve108 said:

@brink and @dalchina,

Thanks for your responses.

I found the tool to be useful when I used it a few times, but unfortunately we can't recommend it to other people if it's not available via Microsoft Store (no other way I know of to get it either )

Too bad it's no longer available.

Given that the ribbon and Search tab are not available to specify a search with file explorer until you've DONE a search (ever since MS messed up search from 1909) - same in Win 11- it seems clear Windows search, so often discounted and derided, isn't any sort of a priority to MS.

Perhaps it's actually more of an embarrassment given the way a giant computer company can't manage to make that a user-friendly readily used tool. It's not even fully documented.

I've managed to get instant results for content or file search on C: even if I open file explorer at My PC or C: - without completely indexing C: - I have about 18000 items indexed. I doubt anyone else experiences other then a green progress bar. Try it!

I posted about this utility back in June of this year, I need Windows Indexing to index and search all contents
Still have it on my Win10 system, but on Win11 it is not available.

Indexer Diagnostics - MSStore seems to be available again. It's still described as a Beta release.



Denis

Try3 said:

Indexer Diagnostics - MSStore seems to be available again. It's still described as a Beta release.

Seems to have vanished again...