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
    2019-11-16T19:23:22+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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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-16T23:47:55+00:00

    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.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-18T07:08:04+00:00

    I had to return to version 1903 too, 'cos of that. It is insane idea to remove paste into search explorer window with right click menu. Please MS restore this ability, unless it's a BUG !!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-11-18T19:35:03+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.

    Also, when using Control-V to paste, File Explorer search box stops working after a few searches (you can't even access it to type).

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