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
    2023-12-19T04:54:46+00:00

    Having this problem too, it says paused but it still seems to be indexing so I'm letting it run. Crazy how this problem persists almost 2 years later, Microsoft should have stayed with Windows 10, 11 is worse in nearly every capacity

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-21T22:00:06+00:00

    Please see November 15 2023 workaround post.

    I no longer see "indexing is paused".

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