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DBP-User
Nov 07, 2021Brass Contributor
Windows 11 - File Explorer - Search Contents fails
Yesterday I updated my 3 day old laptop to Windows 11. Today I moved some files into the My Documents folder, then I went to the upper right corner of File Explorer and entered the word I wanted to ...
AlbertRG
Mar 06, 2023Brass Contributor
Well several updates later and not much improvement. I did find that clearing the search memory after each search did bring some improvement. Furthermore searches in One Drive also seemed to work. Alas One Drive does not allow content search. But after the most recent update (last week) I turned off indexing and lo behold content searching seems to work. Search is somewhat slower than in the past but finally I can search my work for references again. Why this had to take 18 months I don't know, but there you go.
leehsoonyahoocom
Mar 06, 2023Copper Contributor
Thank you for your kind reply. However, DocFetcher is doing a great job solving my problem, and I like the way it gives me a preview of the files that has met my search criteria.