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I don't know if I have a unique configuration on my Windows 11 machine besides having several OneDrive and SharePoint folders mapped to various places on disk (

I don't know if I have a unique configuration on my Windows 11 machine besides having several OneDrive and SharePoint folders mapped to various places on disk (with every folder always downloading everything so it's available offline) but the Windows 11 file explorer has a completely borked search function which: A: will reset the text content of the search bar as I'm typing when it finishes a search from 3 keystrokes ago and B: doesn't show exact string matches, "no results found", but when I delete a few letters from the query, the exact match suddenly appears So my favorite tweak and usability improvement is that you can pull up Control Panel and type "Desktop" into the address bar and it will transmogrify into the classic windows 7 file explorer that doesn't have a broken search box. Wish I had a way to map this to be my default file explorer.

muststopmyths 2y ago
I gather that File Explorer in Windows 11 was re-written from scratch and that's why it was missing basic features and UI patterns from previous versions when it launched. Not to mention abysmal file copy performance. They claim to be adding things back over time but it probably depends on the college timetables of the Mac-native interns that apparently work on the Shell team these days. edit: some ways to get back to the old explorer. I haven't tried doing this myself. https://www.elevenforum.com/t/restore-classic-file-explorer-with-ribbon-in-windows-11.620/ https://www.elevenforum.com/t/restore-classic-file-explorer-...
Saris 2y ago
Have you tried Search Everything? It's much better and searches instantly without indexing.
- dspillett 2y ago
  > searches instantly without indexing Though note that this is only on local NTFS volumes, as it does it by scanning the MFT instead of walking the directory tree long-hand. It can still search everything else (network connected filesystems, FAT/exFAT volumes) of course, just not with the extra speed.
TheJoeMan 2y ago
It’s not you, search is completely broken for me. Also, the address bar changes when displaying search results, and then gets stuck randomly. Only thing I can’t figure out is this must be affecting all Microsoft employees? Why has management not thrown a fit?

muststopmyths 2y ago

I gather that File Explorer in Windows 11 was re-written from scratch and that's why it was missing basic features and UI patterns from previous versions when it launched. Not to mention abysmal file copy performance. They claim to be adding things back over time but it probably depends on the college timetables of the Mac-native interns that apparently work on the Shell team these days. edit: some ways to get back to the old explorer. I haven't tried doing this myself. https://www.elevenforum.com/t/restore-classic-file-explorer-with-ribbon-in-windows-11.620/ https://www.elevenforum.com/t/restore-classic-file-explorer-...

Saris 2y ago

Have you tried Search Everything? It's much better and searches instantly without indexing.

dspillett 2y ago
> searches instantly without indexing Though note that this is only on local NTFS volumes, as it does it by scanning the MFT instead of walking the directory tree long-hand. It can still search everything else (network connected filesystems, FAT/exFAT volumes) of course, just not with the extra speed.

TheJoeMan 2y ago

It’s not you, search is completely broken for me. Also, the address bar changes when displaying search results, and then gets stuck randomly. Only thing I can’t figure out is this must be affecting all Microsoft employees? Why has management not thrown a fit?