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Windows 11 Search Slow: Very, Very Slow!
Windows 11 26200.7922 indexing is excruciatingly slow. I'm averaging between 900 and 2000 files indexed per 12 hour period.
Is there a bug? Is this the new normal? Has indexing been vibe coded?
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Windows Search (WSearch) is a resource-intensive process that can consume a significant amount of CPU and memory resources, especially when indexing a large number of files.
I have a AMD MAX+ 395 with 128 Gb RAM.
Spasmodically, Task Mgr reports .01% CPU. Across all instances a total of 110MB RAM used
I wish it would take up some of the resources available to it!
Try upgrading to a newer preview build, see if it helps.
Additionally, I suggest to drop a feedback to Windows engineering team via Feedback hub app.
On the latest build available for my channel
I've provided feedback via Feedback Hub ... that doesn't seem to help ... certainly no replies from MS
The problem, which has taken three days to fix, was caused by a lack of a PDF iFilter. As there was no iFilter, Search was using a PDF reader to do the indexing. The solution, then, is to install a PDF iFilter.
I have a few questions:
Where is the Microsoft Windows Search PDF iFilter?
Where is the Microsoft Windows Search documentation?
Where are the error messages, warnings, clues related to fixing issues/problems with Microsoft Windows Search?
Thanks very much
