thank you. I'll try to reach the windows team
Missing search tab - File Explorer (Windows 10 - 1909)
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Anonymous
Hello,
I have installed the latest update of windows 10 (home and pro).
Windows 10 Pro - 1909 (v. 18363.476)
Now the "search" tab is no longer in the folders and I can't clear the search history either. Where is this tab?!
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage
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Anonymous
2020-09-28T17:59:48+00:00 -
Anonymous
2020-10-01T15:37:59+00:00 For those looking for a work around to search by date, (which I do a LOT of) try the following. I keep a note pad on my desktop with information I frequently need so I can just copy and paste stuff instead of typing it out repeatedly. I've added this bit to my collection.
datemodified:9/22/2020 .. 9/25/2020
or for a single day
datemodified:9/9/2020
If you replace the numbers with the date range you want to search, you can paste that directly into the search box (for those of us lucky enough to still HAVE a search box) and it will search just like it used to (at least on my computer). Maybe some day Microsoft will actually fix something, but I'm not holding my breath. I hope these will help someone out in the meantime.
Here's some of the other codes. Not sure if these ones still work, having tried them
size:empty
size:tiny
size:small
size:medium
size:large
size:huge
size:gigantic
type:
name:
folderpath:
tags:
kind:=document
kind:=email (you get the picture, I'm not going to list all these out.)
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Anonymous
2020-10-12T18:53:58+00:00 Thanks for these cheater notes. Microsoft Search, please fix this bug.
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Anonymous
2020-10-28T20:04:05+00:00 Do search for anything and search tab pops up.
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Anonymous
2020-11-10T13:03:11+00:00 Me too. I click in the "search" box and the Search tab does not appear. I type in the search box, and the Search tab does not appear. I have tried everything to get the Search tab to appear. It doesn't.
Dear Microsoft -- this "appearing/disappearing tab" thing is a loser. Just pin the "search" tab. Turn it on. Always.