Windows 11 Indexing is paused

Anonymous
2022-01-13T06:55:55+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-14T13:27:49+00:00

    I do notice that the WSearch service is set to Automatic (Delayed Start) instead of just Automatic, I wonder if that is a factor.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-14T13:06:00+00:00

    Thanks. Yes, that solution does work for me also.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-14T06:22:32+00:00

    Correction - the transitory solution that worked for me was posted by MarcellusBuchheit above.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-29T08:43:42+00:00

    Default 2022

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-03-25T23:46:09+00:00

    thank you..restarting the windows search service paused the index option.... worked for me..it ungreyed the paused button in the index.

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