yes, this update fixed it for me :)
Windows 11 Indexing is paused
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Anonymous
What the hell is up with Windows 11 and the indexing being paused?
I was told by customer help to rebuild, which I did. And it took forever to index a few thousand files (because "indexing is paused") and was still not finished when...
Yesterday, windows took it upon itself to start rebuilding without discussing it with me first, and now I am back at square one - its taking like a bazillion years because "indexing is paused".
All search results return as not found !!!!!!!!!!
Does anybody know how to fix this ****?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
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Anonymous
2022-07-25T18:33:49+00:00 -
Anonymous
2022-07-25T14:47:38+00:00 KB5015882
Addresses an issue that causes index rebuilding to be slow. This helps devices that have local search issues, including searching for recent emails in Outlook.
Is this the fix???
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Anonymous
2022-07-07T12:25:01+00:00 The group policy changes are also working for me!
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Anonymous
2022-07-07T05:06:40+00:00 The July 1 2022 Edit group policy post worked for me.
BTW, it's cumbersome, but I've been able to obtain Microsoft support via https://support.microsoft.com/contactus
It begins with chat and if the first level folks cannot resolve it, I've been escalated up to more technical folks and they have even called me and remoted into my computer.
It's a time consuming process, and sometimes, but not always, resolves the problem.
For this "Windows 11 Indexing is paused" problem that prevented me from finding recent files or Oulook emails, I had to figure out the July 1 2022 Edit group policy work around on my own.
The July 1 2022 work around continues to work for me- a big relief.
I wish there were a way to link directly to the July 1 post, but I'm not aware of a way to do that.
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Anonymous
2022-07-05T19:07:35+00:00 This is very frustrating. I trued several of the suggestions but none have worked. Microsoft help is useless, either you can't talk to someone or their suggested fix, does nothing. Can't speak to a person either. Can't even email someone for help.
Not sure what else to do, maybe switch to a Mac.