Windows 10 1909 File Explorer Search issue

Anonymous
2019-10-22T08:53:25+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 ?!

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T18:13:54+00:00

    Yeah!  I just removed 1909 and installed Windows 10 version 2004 AKA 20H1. Everything looks more stable than 1909.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T14:32:37+00:00

    You're right about that.  This is seriously bad quality control.  My understanding is that Microsoft cut their testing staff by a significant amount and this is leading to the lack of product quality we've been seeing in Windows 10.  As far as quality and reliability, Windows 7 was definitely the better product.  It's too bad because I do like Windows 10 but the fact a different part of it breaks as often as it has been lately makes Microsoft look like a company that's struggling.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T11:43:45+00:00

    1909, I have the same problem, File Explorer search stops working after a few searches.

    I cannot access it to type, just hover the mouse over it, but my history of searches (e.g. *.exe) does not appear and the box itself is not an editable field anymore.

    The fix is to go to task manager, kill Explorer.exe and restart it.

    I've been using WIndows since Windows 3.0 in 1991 and I NEVER EVER saw such a Priority 1 bug (I was SW System Tester for many years in Siemens) being shipped out this way, and not being corrected after weeks of worldwide reports (just google...or bing it!)

    Absolutely disgraceful.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-12-08T09:46:08+00:00

    have you tried using the 1909 search abbility in the title/ locations bar insteah of the designated search bar/ i can copy paste erase history and search all through what used to be the file name or locations bar to the left of the search. click to highlight then delete :c/ This PC and right click to copy or paste or delete search history

    It's not title/location bar, it's the address bar you are talking about... It doesn't have the same history as the search bar and you can't delete anything in the address bar.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-12-08T08:56:24+00:00

    have you tried using the 1909 search abbility in the title/ locations bar insteah of the designated search bar/ i can copy paste erase history and search all through what used to be the file name or locations bar to the left of the search. click to highlight then delete :c/ This PC and right click to copy or paste or delete search history

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