Same problem here. But you can still use Ctrl-V to paste into search. Although I keep having to go into Task Manager and restart Windows Explorer periodically. This is a really annoying Version 1909 bug.
Windows 10 1909 File Explorer Search issue
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What happened to explorer search? Unable to paste the copied
file name to search for as it was in previous versions. I have to
manually type the file name and press Enter. This is terrible! Why does Microsoft only make things worse with each new version ?!
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2019-11-16T19:23:22+00:00 What happened to explorer search? Unable to paste the copied
file name to search for as it was in previous versions. I have to
manually type the file name and press Enter. This is terrible! Why does Microsoft only make things worse with each new version ?!
I have the exact same problem: When I right-click on the explorer search box I get nothing, No paste no copy. All I get when I click is the history of my past search words that I cannot even delete!
Right-click paste in explorer search box is an essential feature and it would be really silly to take it away.
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Vijay A. Verma 104.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2019-10-22T10:21:07+00:00 Please work with other experts on this. Somebody will respond to you who has better understanding of this issue.
Please ignore my previous suggestions.
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