Missing search tab - File Explorer (Windows 10 - 1909)

Just installed update KB4556799 Cumulative Update, search in file explorer still not working.  I did find that if you carry out a dumb search such as "a" in a drive or big folder you will have a Search History all date and size criteria are working properly, the first search may take a very long time.  Come on Microsoft get this sorted or have you forgotten that one of the really good things a computer can do is store, sort and find files!!!!!. 

Sorry should have said use the History tab on File Explorer Home tab.

Seems like the obvious answer is to have the Search tab ALWAYS be there just like File, or Home, or Share, or View. I mean is it THAT hard to do?

I have the same frustration but just found something amazingly simple that works! Click in the search box top right and TYPE something in there. The search tab appears in the ribbon but what you typed sticks in the search box and that makes things nasty. Now right-click any of the icon/buttons in the search tab and add it to the quick access bar. From now on Explorer still opens without Search tab, but WITH that icon in the quick access bar. As soon as you use such an icon, the search tab will appear in the ribbon. Presto. For me this works.

It is rubbish amongst other things.  It's a big joke.

As mentioned several times in this thread, if you type something into the search box (eg *) and hit enter or click the arrow, then the search options including date calendar will appear on the ribbon. 

It is annoying, I think we all agree. Microsoft does not seem to want to fix it so it may be a deliberate act of sabotage by them on our sanity!