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
    2022-03-22T16:36:35+00:00

    I have a similiar issue: In my Windows 11 system (upgraded from Windows 10) the search index is paused after each Windows system restart. The "Windows Search" service (WSearch) has status "Running" but the "Indexing Options" dialog box shows "Indexing is paused". Restarting the WSearch solves the problem until to the next system restart.

    Two things are annoying:

    (1) My restart problem

    (2) A missing "Resume" button in the "Indexing Options" dialog instead a grayed-out "Pause"

    The fastest way to restart WSearch:

    (1) Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), be sure More details in the bottom is clicked (or Fewer details is shown there)

    (2) Select Services Group, sort by Name

    (3) Find "WSearch" in the Name column and select with right mouse button and select "Restart"

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

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-30T08:16:00+00:00

    Yes.. its working after service restart. But its not the permanent solution . After couple of hours its getting paused again.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-04-02T20:13:10+00:00

    Thank you, that is very helpful. I hope Microsoft will fix this bug soon. As of April 2022, it appears this problem has existed for at least 5 months. I am fulling updated on all windows updates. I purchased my laptop in January and it came with Windows 11 and I upgraded to Windows 11 Pro. This search problem keeps me from finding recent emails on my laptop outlook or recent new files on my laptop until I restart the search service like you described.

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