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Solved Search in windows explorer
Search in windows explorer does not work. Whatever I fill in in the box top right in the window, no search action takes place.
What to do?
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus
- OS
- Windows 7 Home premium 64 bits
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) II x4 640 Processor
- Motherboard
- Asus
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Sound Card
- Realtek 1708 S
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG
- Hard Drives
- 500 gb
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After you type in the box tick on computer and see what happens.
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Home made Desktop
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
- CPU
- Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3
- Motherboard
- ASUS X-99 Deluxe II
- Memory
- Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GTX 1070 OC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q
- Screen Resolution
- 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
- Hard Drives
- INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/
- PSU
- EVGA Platium 1200W
- Case
- Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator
- Cooling
- XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU
- Keyboard
- Das 4 Professional
- Mouse
- Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S
- Internet Speed
- 100 mbits
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS
- Browser
- I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum
- Other Info
- LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
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Search in Windows Explorer
nothing happens! Nothing is found
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus
- OS
- Windows 7 Home premium 64 bits
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) II x4 640 Processor
- Motherboard
- Asus
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Sound Card
- Realtek 1708 S
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG
- Hard Drives
- 500 gb
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Search does not work
Search does not work in W-Explorer. It also does not work in the Start Search. The last can only find programs.
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus
- OS
- Windows 7 Home premium 64 bits
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) II x4 640 Processor
- Motherboard
- Asus
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Sound Card
- Realtek 1708 S
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG
- Hard Drives
- 500 gb
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By chance have you been in Services and turned off Indexing? Have you turned off any Windows 7 Services?
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Home made Desktop
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
- CPU
- Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3
- Motherboard
- ASUS X-99 Deluxe II
- Memory
- Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GTX 1070 OC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q
- Screen Resolution
- 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
- Hard Drives
- INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/
- PSU
- EVGA Platium 1200W
- Case
- Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator
- Cooling
- XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU
- Keyboard
- Das 4 Professional
- Mouse
- Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S
- Internet Speed
- 100 mbits
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS
- Browser
- I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum
- Other Info
- LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
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Search does not work
I do not think so. How to check?
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus
- OS
- Windows 7 Home premium 64 bits
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) II x4 640 Processor
- Motherboard
- Asus
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Sound Card
- Realtek 1708 S
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG
- Hard Drives
- 500 gb
New member
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You can still search ...
By chance have you been in Services and turned off Indexing? Have you turned off any Windows 7 Services?
Turning "
Windows Search" off doesn't cause searches to fail (
on my PC).
I have it "
Disabled" and I can still search.
The same thing was true on my previous W7 installation.
I do not think so. How to check?
- Open the "Start Menu" and type "Services" in the Search box (no quotes).
- Choose "Services" from the results.
- Scroll down the list until you find "Windows Search" and check the "Status" and "Startup Type".
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- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- n/a
- OS
- W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II x6 1100T, 3.3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 (AM3)
- Memory
- 12GB DDR3 1333 G-Skill (4GB x 2), G-Skill (2GB x 2)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Sound Card
- Realtek?
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung S23B350
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- WD Green 2TB (SATA), WD Green 3TB (SATA), WD Blue 4TB (SATA), WD Blue 6TB (SATA)
- PSU
- Cooler Master
- Case
- Antec GX300 Tower
- Cooling
- 3x Antec TRICOOL 120mm Fans
- Mouse
- Wired Optical
- Internet Speed
- DSL
- Antivirus
- Avast
- Browser
- Pale Moon (64 bit)
- Other Info
- 2018-12-27 Upgraded HDDs
2015-12-10 Upgraded case, graphics card, storage
2015-08-15 Upgraded motherboard & RAM
2015-07-15 Upgraded LM17.1 to LM17.2
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Search problem
I changed Indexing. Now it works. Thanks
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus
- OS
- Windows 7 Home premium 64 bits
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) II x4 640 Processor
- Motherboard
- Asus
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Sound Card
- Realtek 1708 S
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG
- Hard Drives
- 500 gb
New member
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Interesting and Weird
I changed Indexing. Now it works. Thanks
Interesting.
It's weird how the same software works differently on different PCs.
You can see that I have "
Windows Search" set to "
Disabled", but I can still perform searches.
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- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- n/a
- OS
- W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II x6 1100T, 3.3 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 (AM3)
- Memory
- 12GB DDR3 1333 G-Skill (4GB x 2), G-Skill (2GB x 2)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
- Sound Card
- Realtek?
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung S23B350
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- WD Green 2TB (SATA), WD Green 3TB (SATA), WD Blue 4TB (SATA), WD Blue 6TB (SATA)
- PSU
- Cooler Master
- Case
- Antec GX300 Tower
- Cooling
- 3x Antec TRICOOL 120mm Fans
- Mouse
- Wired Optical
- Internet Speed
- DSL
- Antivirus
- Avast
- Browser
- Pale Moon (64 bit)
- Other Info
- 2018-12-27 Upgraded HDDs
2015-12-10 Upgraded case, graphics card, storage
2015-08-15 Upgraded motherboard & RAM
2015-07-15 Upgraded LM17.1 to LM17.2
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Glad it works for you now. My rule of the thumb is don't fool with Windows 7 Services. If you are happy please mark this thread Solved.
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Home made Desktop
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
- CPU
- Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3
- Motherboard
- ASUS X-99 Deluxe II
- Memory
- Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GTX 1070 OC
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q
- Screen Resolution
- 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
- Hard Drives
- INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/
- PSU
- EVGA Platium 1200W
- Case
- Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator
- Cooling
- XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU
- Keyboard
- Das 4 Professional
- Mouse
- Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S
- Internet Speed
- 100 mbits
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS
- Browser
- I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum
- Other Info
- LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
