File Explorer search Current folder option doesn't work

Anonymous
2020-04-21T13:54:00+00:00

Good morning,

I am having a problem with my Windows 10 file explorer searches.  When I search for an item, it brings back results in for the current folder and all subfolders as it should.  When I click on "Current folder" in the search tools, however, it does nothing.  I still see all results from all subfolders.  

I believe this problem started after installing NVIDIA GeForce Experience and the latest NVIDIA driver.  I tried to do a system restore, but it seems I dont have any restore points.  That is another problem I will have to fix.  

Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-10T11:02:55+00:00

    amazing, that did the trick, this should be posted on top as it's the solution.  Thanks Matthew!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-26T21:02:07+00:00

    Thanks Tokarii93,

    This ridiculous tweak you describe does the job. I still don't know why MS cannot solve the problem in a proper manner. For me it suddenly occured after my last big update last summer - see my other posts. I didnt' have it before. Back before then I could still select first. I (sort of) accepted that even this official forum wcouldn't resolve it and lived with until the lastest update, 20H2 19042.746, hoping that that would fix it. As it didn't I returned and found your tweak.

    Super! Thanks again.

    Lets see if MS fixes it so that the search tab becomes available with the two options actually functioning again, before you search.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-11T02:09:40+00:00

    Hi Lance,

    Thank you for your response.

    We are researching on this issue and we would like you to create a new user administrator account on the PC for troubleshooting purpose, later you can remove/delete the account. Then create some test files and folders in different default locations (Ex: Desktop, Downloads, Documents) and check.

    Please refer this article to create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10, then check and let us know the status.

    Regards,

    Aditya Roy

    Microsoft Community – Moderator

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-07T12:17:55+00:00

    Hi Aditya,

    Thanks for continuing to work on this with me.  

    The problem with the current folder button not working happens with all drives and all folders.  This includes local drives, network drives, and all subfolders.  

    Regardless of this, I tried the two methods you mentioned in your last reply and neither helped.  

    Thanks

    Lance

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-05-07T02:42:28+00:00

    Hi Lance,

    Sorry for the delay in response as we were researching on this issue.

    We would like to know some information about the issue.

    • Does this issue occur on a specific drive or all the drives (local and mapped)?

    We would suggest you to perform these methods and provide us the outcome after performing each methods.

    Method 1: Refer this article for troubleshooting the issue: Automatically diagnose and repair Windows file and folder problems

    Method 2: Rebuild Indexing

    1. Click on Start Menu and type control panel.
    2. Now change View by category to large icon
    3. click/tap on the Indexing Options icon
    4. Click/tap on the Advanced button
    5. In the Index Settings tab, click/tap on the Rebuild button under Troubleshooting
    6. Click/tap on OK to confirm

    Regards,

    Aditya Roy

    Microsoft Community – Moderator

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