Issue with Win11 Searching

I am not getting instant search results for my files & folders even after turning on indexing to enhanced mode


RuN this command in CMD admin & got this


Also, when I click on this, the windows settings app is closing /crashes automatically,


how to fix all this so that I can type & get any of my files & folders store in my local D drive instantly like Windows 10?

What happens if you attempt to run the Indexer troubleshooter? Does it crash as well?
If yes, I would start by opening a command prompt as administrator and running sfc /scannow
When System File Checker completes make note if it found and fixed anything. If it found problems it could not fix,
also from command prompt type dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Hopefully that will get search indexer to working again. If it doesn't, the only other thing I can suggest is to do a repair install

Not a fix like Glasskuter suggested but I had trouble in the early days and now use "Everything" I think it is a far better search tool, justa right click on the desktop, maybe worth a look

glasskuter said:

What happens if you attempt to run the Indexer troubleshooter? Does it crash as well?
If yes, I would start by opening a command prompt as administrator and running sfc /scannow
When System File Checker completes make note if it found and fixed anything. If it found problems it could not fix,
also from command prompt type dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Hopefully that will get search indexer to working again. If it doesn't, the only other thing I can suggest is to do a repair install

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tried the troubleshooter, that didn't fix the issue

The-Hive said:

Not a fix like Glasskuter suggested but I had trouble in the early days and now use "Everything" I think it is a far better search tool, justa right click on the desktop, maybe worth a look

Downloads - voidtools

www.voidtools.com

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just tried, its working fine but am more inclined to use the search from start feature in Windows, works perfectly in Win10, not sure what is breaking the indexing option or what, maybe someone can share some reg tweaks to check on

Have you rebuild indexing, you can also try the batch script i have attached to Reset Windows Search in Windows 11.

FreeBooter said:

Have you rebuild indexing, you can also try the batch script i have attached to Reset Windows Search in Windows 11.

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I used your batch file, still, the issue persisted.

Please run: (requires Ten Forums logon)



Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:

net user test /add
shutdown /r

Logon with the new user named test > report findings with windows search

The-Hive said:

Not a fix like Glasskuter suggested but I had trouble in the early days and now use "Everything" I think it is a far better search tool, justa right click on the desktop, maybe worth a look

Downloads - voidtools

www.voidtools.com

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that's a nice alternative although the UI is dated, do you or anyone know any other better alternatives? with modern dark theme UI?

UPDATE:
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Now after updating to the latest version 22000.652 today via LCU KB5012643, the search indexing options is fixed, i.e. if I click on that option now, it won't crash, & showing the relevant pop-up window. So I believe something was broken during the time of modding the ISO as I've tested this with several systems for the last one month & more, same result everywhere from the very first boot after clean installation. So the issue is not any system-specific isolated issue.

More on that, the search issue is also resolved now,

Today, after the LCU KB5012643 was successfully installed & the system updated from 22000.613 to 22000.652, I checked the advance indexing option & noticed unlike earlier, that doesn't crash /automatically close the windows settings window & inside the advance indexing option, my two HDD drives ain't listed/showing over there, so I manually modified & added/allocated those drives

after that, now everything seems to be ok i.e. local files are showing in search from the START.

Is this behaviour normal? AFAIK, if the user selects the enhanced search option in the find my file section (2nd screenshot), then all the local drives should be automatically checked & selected under the indexing option.