Kassowen Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Of all the issues I consistently have with windows, the indexing feature seems to always falter the most. Anywhere from not finding a file next to another, to it completely stop working one day with no apparent reason why with no settings changed in it. Hell, even at times if I am typing into it, it will literally stop accepting input and cease to work. Any suggestions? I am in LTSC 2021 IOT. Is there maybe some 3rd party program that does better? Or is there a way to have indexing work properly? I keep setting it to enhanced, giving it all the time to build index, with nothing lmportant left out of indexing, and it usually works fine, but I dont know. Maybe it was a latest update, but I have found it to not work well even if updates where not an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron44126 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I've never found Windows Search to be especially reliable... I use Directory Opus as an alternate file manager / File Explorer replacement, and it has its own file search function that doesn't seem to rely on Windows indexing. Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2023 (personal) • Dell Precision 7560 (work) • Full specs in spoiler block below Info posts (Windows) — Turbo boost toggle • The problem with Windows 11 • About Windows 10/11 LTSC Spoiler Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2023 (personal) M2 Max 4 efficiency cores 8 performance cores 38-core Apple GPU 96GB LPDDR5-6400 8TB SSD macOS 15 "Sequoia" 16.2" 3456×2234 120 Hz mini-LED ProMotion display Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3 99.6Wh battery 1080p webcam Fingerprint reader Also — iPhone 12 Pro 512GB, Apple Watch Series 8 Dell Precision 7560 (work) Intel Xeon W-11955M ("Tiger Lake") 8×2.6 GHz base, 5.0 GHz turbo, hyperthreading ("Willow Cove") 64GB DDR4-3200 ECC NVIDIA RTX A2000 4GB Storage: 512GB system drive (Micron 2300) 4TB additional storage (Sabrent Rocket Q4) Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 15.6" 3940×2160 IPS display Intel Wi-Fi AX210 (Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3) 95Wh battery 720p IR webcam Fingerprint reader Previous Dell Precision 7770, 7530, 7510, M4800, M6700 Dell Latitude E6520 Dell Inspiron 1720, 5150 Dell Latitude CPi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalybion Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I've had a good experience so far with Powertoys (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/) Run utility. Within a second, it provides results from all files on my computer. Precision 7520 / Xeon E3-1535m v6 / 32 gb DDR4 2666 MHz CL15 / GTX 1650 Mobile / LP156QHG-SP(V1) Precision 7540 / i9-9980HK / 32 gb DDR4 2666 MHz CL15 / RTX 4000 / LP156QHG-SP(V1) / Delta Fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptorddd Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 theres also everything https://www.voidtools.com/es-es/ 1 dell precision m4600 i7 2760QM 8GB ram MX500 crucial SSD 500GB. win 10 21H2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassowen Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 On 1/22/2024 at 1:13 PM, raptorddd said: theres also everything https://www.voidtools.com/es-es/ Thank you, how would you say it compares to power toys or opus directory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassowen Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 On 1/22/2024 at 7:07 AM, Aaron44126 said: I've never found Windows Search to be especially reliable... I use Directory Opus as an alternate file manager / File Explorer replacement, and it has its own file search function that doesn't seem to rely on Windows indexing. Alright thanks. For me it just seems to random not work at all, or switches to classic instead of enhanced, so I am not sure what to do. It usually works fine otherwise, though I think it might also be latest updates. And this is on LTSC of all operating systems... this said, is there perhaps some way to get indexing to work right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassowen Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 On 1/22/2024 at 2:22 PM, Chalybion said: I've had a good experience so far with Powertoys (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/) Run utility. Within a second, it provides results from all files on my computer. which one is it? There doesnt appear to be one specific to indexing and finding files via that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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