Windows 11 File Explorer no longer remembers search history; how to reenable?

Hi,

Follow the instructions here to reinstate the Windows 10 File explorer:

How to permanently restore old File Explorer in Windows 11 - Neowin

Click on Recent searches to see search history:

I always had display as you type but also had search history. So I don't think that is what caused the change. Again, regardless of the cause, bottom line: make it a feature one can turn on or off as they see fit for their profile and use. The lack of search history has hindered productivity for many people.

If it's a privacy issue, it's probably because of shared computers in a school, library, etc...

In any case, there should be an easy way to just disable the keeping track of historical searches for such computers.

I suspect the reality is... someone accidentally "disabled" (effed it up), and couldn't figure out how to get it back... the developer that implemented the search, probably retired, so no one in Microsoft is smart enough to re-add the feature... HAH !

It's encouraging to see more people are still replying to this thread and voicing their dissatisfaction with the removal of this feature. Keep it up, guys. Let's make this thread go viral lol. It's bad enough that Microsoft basically has a monopoly and now forces updates on their operating system that in many cases cause more problems than they solve. Microsoft needs to be held accountable and have a channel where they actually respond to customers about issues and work with them to resolve them, rather than giving ****responses and then going completely silent.

For what it's worth I did rebuild the search index on my desktop since it did have the issue of not finding a file that it definitely should have picked up. The rebuild did fix the issue with finding the file that was being missed but the problem with the search box history still remains.