OneDrive search not working

Anonymous
2019-01-18T18:32:33+00:00

The search function in the top left doesn't return any results. It used to return results if the given search term appeared in either a file name or the body of a file.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-17T22:45:29+00:00

    Option 2 does not work. I am using OneDrive installed on my computer and trying to use the search bar in File Explorer and it returns nothing. It does not work at all. I can type in the exact file name and it will return no results. OneDrive and file searching is obviously broken and has been for months. Come on Microsoft, this is a ridiculous problem to leave broken for this long as it destroys the functionality of file searching for those of us who migrated all our files into OneDrive. This is how competing products start to beat you in the market place. A previous poster has already noted he mirrors to Google Drive which solved this problem. If Google drive gives him this functionality and OneDrive does not, how long do you think he will keep using both products?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-18T04:55:58+00:00

    I'm still waiting on a reply from Microsoft

    I came to a solution to this problem. You can synchronize onedrive to your local hard disk. And you can search the file name without store the real file.

    My problem is I have lots of files, so this sync will slow down my hard disk. And it can not burn into a .ISO file.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-18T05:04:25+00:00

    Microsoft told me they fixed the problem. I tried the Search function and it seems to be working ok now.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-19T00:19:28+00:00

    I still have the problem. But I use everything(a software) to search the local disk and find the file which I want.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-19T01:37:07+00:00

    Besides using the "everything" software the search, I find another way.

    After you sync:

    1\ write : dir /s [sync] >file into a new txt file.

    for example: dir /s E:\Save\ >1.txt

    2\ change the txt file into a bat file

    3\ run the bat file and you will get 1.txt which include all the file name on the onedrive.

    4\ Open 1.txt and search the file which you want.

    5\ you can delete the sync fold on your local disk

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