Windows 10 1909 File Explorer Search issue

KB4532695 (Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1909, released January 28, 2020) resolves this issue.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4532695/windows-10-update-kb4532695

KB4532695 (Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1909, released January 28, 2020) resolves this issue.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4532695/windows-10-update-kb4532695

It would appear as though this update resolves the issue.

I will however continue over the next few days to determine if this is the case.

I will however report that while I can paste search parameters into the Explorer Search Bar using CTRL+V or SHIFT+INS, I cannot do so using a mouse right-click. All I get is the system menu with Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize & Close:

I would expect that a standard text popup menu containing Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Select All would appear...

You need to left-click in the search box (you should see the blinking caret) before you right-click + paste. Otherwise it doesn't work and you get the System restore/resize options.

You need to left-click in the search box (you should see the blinking caret) before you right-click + paste. Otherwise it doesn't work and you get the System restore/resize options.

I do that, and I see the blinking cursor:

Taking a screenshot unfortunately does not include the mouse pointer.

However, if I left-click the search box first, then I get no popup menu at all when I right-click, even when the search box has input focus.

It does appear as though KB4532695 has resolved the primary Explorer Search Box issue. But this problem of the context menu not showing correctly on right-click or not at all, while not breaking the search functionality, does present a usability problem that should not exist.

One would expect at the very least that when a user performs a right-click on the search box that it would receive input focus and then immediately display the appropriate context menu with Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Select All commands.

In the above Windows 7 Screenshots (from WMWare Workstation), it can clearly be seen that the main file list has input focus, and that the context menu displays immediately upon right-clicking the search box, without the requirement of first left-clicking.

This is I think also the search box behavior expected from Windows 10 users.

I documented some of the remaining bugs in this thread https://twitter.com/WithinRafael/status/1222244770698809345

It's not likely we'll see any further changes until the next release.