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
    2022-10-02T04:36:44+00:00

    The latest update broke search!!! Honestly, nothing since windows 7 pro they have produced has been any good. Ridiculous UI, and search is constantly breaking. oh, and don't even get me started on the "recent folders" - they don't actually show anything recent.

    so frustrated with microsoft. are y'all asleep at the wheel or what?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-04T17:45:27+00:00

    THIS IS THE SOLUTION <3

    thank you

    So far, this workaround has worked for me for the past month-

    1. Bring up the “Edit group policy” control panel by typing ‘group’ in the search bar.
    2. Enable 'Disable indexer backoff':

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    1. Disable 'Prevent indexing Microsoft Office Outlook':

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    1. Disable 'Prevent indexing when running on battery power to conserve energy'':

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    For me, I believe all three were necessary to work around this problem.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-13T08:44:22+00:00

    Can someone please help me find this Edit Group Policy on Windows 11 laptop? I apparently do not have it installed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-13T09:49:12+00:00

    Try entering "group" into your windows search bar, then select "Edit group policy".

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-14T01:24:32+00:00

    Yep tried that, all I have is shown below.

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