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 ****?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-22T05:47:15+00:00

    It did not, unfortunately work for me. In the end, I had to reinstall windows 11 and it seem to have resolved 95% of the problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-21T17:15:02+00:00

    I did the SERVICES --> RESTART as described above. It worked well and resolved the issue immediately. Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-18T11:43:01+00:00

    Hi Greg,

    Rebuilding pauses, carries on and pauses...you get the picture...

    I am able to find folders with windows search, but not key words within word and excel files within the folders.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T08:50:30+00:00

    Rebuilding the index pre-sorts it so it finds search targets faster.

    Restarting the Search Service is something entirely different, done in Services control panel or Task Manager > Services tab, and is a way to fix pausing that is stuck.

    Follow the steps given until one of them works.

    Report back results so I know what else to suggest.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-01-13T08:23:57+00:00

    Hello Greg,

    Thank you for the response.

    Before I restart...what is the difference between rebuild and restart? 

    The indexing, after a rebuild starts, pauses. Wont restart do the same?

    Also...it has been indexing and pausing and indexing and pausing since yesterday. Will a restart start at zero again (like rebuilding)?

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