| Windows 7: Windows Search not working |
31 May 2012
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
Windows Search not working recently i've been unable to search for folders, files, etc. that are located in "Computer"... for example I search for something I know is there and all I get is "No items match your search." I am however, able to search in libraries, homegroup, custom..., and internet and they also make a sound whenever I click on them, but when I click computer it yields no response.
screenshot; | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
02 Jun 2012
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#2 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1 |
Welcome to SF Empyreal
Have you seen this this tutorial- Index - Rebuild | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1 CPU Intel Pentium(R) E5200 @ 2.50GHz Motherboard Intel Corporation DG41WV (PROCESSOR) Memory 4096 MBytes Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 398MHz Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5450 (ASUStek Computer Inc) Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays DELL E170S on ATI Radeon HD 5450 Screen Resolution 1280x1024 pixels Keyboard Logitech PS/2 Keyboard Mouse A4 Tech Co Ltd/Logitech PSU 400W Case Nothing Fancy Cooling Fans Hard Drives 466GB Western Digital WDC Internet Speed 512 Kbps Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials & Malwarebytes Browser Chrome & Internet Explorer 9 Other Info Imation 8 GB USB, 6 GB Seagate External Hard drive, ASUS DVD-E818A7T ATA Device |
02 Jun 2012
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
Just finished rebuilding it, but i'm still unable to search in
"computer" though I am able to search in local disk c: | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
02 Jun 2012
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#4 | | x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem Penn's Forest |
@empyreal: try the same search in C:\ and then in Computer - hint, you can navigate to Computer and select the search item from the drop down search list.
What are the results? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Laptop: Pavilion dv6-6c10us OS x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem CPU AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1805 Memory 6.00 GB Graphics Card AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) IDT High Definiti Monitor(s) Displays HP W2072a 20" LCD (1600 x 900) @ 60 Hz Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives ST640LM0 00 HM641JI SATA Disk Device Internet Speed 15/5 | 54 MB Wireless 'n' Antivirus Realtime: Avast | On-demand: Malwarebytes, ESET Browser IE9 Other Info Media..........| Gimp | Audacity | VLC |
Comm..........| WEmail 2012 | Skype |
Productivity..| OpenOffice | Textpad |
Utils............| MS: Sysinternals | Piriform: cCleaner, Speccy, Defraggler | |
02 Jun 2012
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#5 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by Slartybart @empyreal: try the same search in C:\ and then in Computer - hint, you can navigate to Computer and select the search item from the drop down search list.
What are the results? I get results in C:\ but not computer | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
02 Jun 2012
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#6 | | x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem Penn's Forest |
that's a shame.
I can't really see the info on your images, could you try again, one image at a time and so a snip of the window, not the whole screen (on the snipping tool, down arrow on new - select window, then use the hand to select one window, save it, then the same thing for the next)
Thanks | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Laptop: Pavilion dv6-6c10us OS x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem CPU AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1805 Memory 6.00 GB Graphics Card AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) IDT High Definiti Monitor(s) Displays HP W2072a 20" LCD (1600 x 900) @ 60 Hz Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives ST640LM0 00 HM641JI SATA Disk Device Internet Speed 15/5 | 54 MB Wireless 'n' Antivirus Realtime: Avast | On-demand: Malwarebytes, ESET Browser IE9 Other Info Media..........| Gimp | Audacity | VLC |
Comm..........| WEmail 2012 | Skype |
Productivity..| OpenOffice | Textpad |
Utils............| MS: Sysinternals | Piriform: cCleaner, Speccy, Defraggler | |
02 Jun 2012
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#7 | | x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem Penn's Forest |
Have you tried the Microsoft Mr. Fixit?
Fix Windows Desktop Search when it crashes or not showing results | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Laptop: Pavilion dv6-6c10us OS x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem CPU AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1805 Memory 6.00 GB Graphics Card AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) IDT High Definiti Monitor(s) Displays HP W2072a 20" LCD (1600 x 900) @ 60 Hz Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives ST640LM0 00 HM641JI SATA Disk Device Internet Speed 15/5 | 54 MB Wireless 'n' Antivirus Realtime: Avast | On-demand: Malwarebytes, ESET Browser IE9 Other Info Media..........| Gimp | Audacity | VLC |
Comm..........| WEmail 2012 | Skype |
Productivity..| OpenOffice | Textpad |
Utils............| MS: Sysinternals | Piriform: cCleaner, Speccy, Defraggler | |
02 Jun 2012
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
edited the image.. should be able to see the text if you zoom in on it, and yes i've tried Mr. Fixit but it didn't help :/ | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
02 Jun 2012
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#9 | | x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem Penn's Forest |
ok, it would be helpful if I didn't have to down load the image, but I did and I see Search results in C:, but only an explorer window for the computer - no search results.
Too bad about the Mr. Fixit, sometimes the fix is for a different problem - same area, but different
Sorry about the small images - but I had to work with what you provided. See the two snips of you images.
--> it's almost as if you didn't hit the return key... can't tell from here though. I would expect to see the "No items match your search" msg
Last edited by Slartybart; 02 Jun 2012 at 04:56 PM..
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| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Laptop: Pavilion dv6-6c10us OS x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem CPU AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1805 Memory 6.00 GB Graphics Card AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) IDT High Definiti Monitor(s) Displays HP W2072a 20" LCD (1600 x 900) @ 60 Hz Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives ST640LM0 00 HM641JI SATA Disk Device Internet Speed 15/5 | 54 MB Wireless 'n' Antivirus Realtime: Avast | On-demand: Malwarebytes, ESET Browser IE9 Other Info Media..........| Gimp | Audacity | VLC |
Comm..........| WEmail 2012 | Skype |
Productivity..| OpenOffice | Textpad |
Utils............| MS: Sysinternals | Piriform: cCleaner, Speccy, Defraggler | |
02 Jun 2012
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#10 | | x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem Penn's Forest |
I emulated what I see in your images - see the difference
two are Search results
one is just an explorer window | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Laptop: Pavilion dv6-6c10us OS x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem CPU AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1805 Memory 6.00 GB Graphics Card AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G Sound Card (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) IDT High Definiti Monitor(s) Displays HP W2072a 20" LCD (1600 x 900) @ 60 Hz Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives ST640LM0 00 HM641JI SATA Disk Device Internet Speed 15/5 | 54 MB Wireless 'n' Antivirus Realtime: Avast | On-demand: Malwarebytes, ESET Browser IE9 Other Info Media..........| Gimp | Audacity | VLC |
Comm..........| WEmail 2012 | Skype |
Productivity..| OpenOffice | Textpad |
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