Indexing Broken in Windows 11 (Painfully Slow At Best)

Anonymous
2021-12-05T01:10:52+00:00

Hello

I have upgraded to Windows 11 Pro on two different laptops, and both have the same issue with indexing. It is painfully slow and then usually resets itself after a couple of weeks.

Both PCs are high-end laptops with Core i9 mobile CPUs (1 x 6 core and the other 8 core). Both run 2 x NVMe 1TB drives. Both have 64GB RAM.

Both run MS Office and I use Outlook for email connected to same IMAP accounts on both. My docs, pics, music and work-related files are all stored on OneDrive and accessed from both PCs (OneDrive is set to keep local copies on both PCs for fast access).

Windows is being asked to index around 250,000 files and 80,000 emails and calendar appts. Windows 10 used to accomplish this task in 6-8 hours max.

Windows 11 takes nearly two days just to index the emails. It can take up to three weeks to index the lot and then some folders simply refuse to be indexed. Then, after a couple more weeks it will eventually lose the lot and indexing has to start from scratch again (on both PCs)

I have tried:

Disabling backoff via registry so indexing never pauses

Only adding one location at a time to let it slowly build up (e.g., add only Outlook and when that finishes add a folder)

Rebuilding the index

Storing the index in different location

Search and Indexing Trouble-shooter

Nothing fixes the issue

Any help appreciated.

Cheers

Mick

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-07-28T04:55:39+00:00

    Yeah, I can confirm that the PluginResourceData is now back in the registry, along with lots of subfolders. However the indexing still seems to be working well. 113,963 items indexed since deleting the registry folder yesterday.

    I also installed the July 2022 Windows 11 Updates (KB5015882) today. I now have the "Show Search Highlights" switch in the "Search Permissions" settings. My computer is Azure AD joined and I'm logged in with my Azure AD/Office 365 account. I now see my company's org chart in the search menu, as well as search results from SharePoint Online.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-28T00:01:33+00:00

    Thanks Tony, this worked for me. The indexing fixed itself immediately after the delete. I didn't need to restart any services.

    12 hours later and the PluginResourceData folder hasn't been recreated in the registry.

    Prior to deletion, it looked like this registry folder had +100,000 subfolders.

    Now, for the first time, I can see results from SharePoint Online and OneDrive when searching from the file explorer search box. I wasn't expecting that

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-07-25T13:40:31+00:00

    Deleting the PluginResourceData key worked for me. Thank you very much!!! F MS

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-01-03T00:24:18+00:00

    I also lost indexing with the Windows 11 update, and rebuilding the index was painfully slow. I re-installed Windows 11 from USB keeping apps and data hoping to fix the slow index rebuild. However, I have seen no difference in the re-indexing speed. I have been re-indexing for three days and, at this speed, it is going to take several more days.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-12-10T02:02:46+00:00

    thank you so much, "pura vida" its working now. Best regards

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