Windows search is acting up

[OllieWille]

Hello my fellow humans! I have encountered a problem with my Windows 10 Home search feature. It almost works. I can open it, I can search for things like 'controlpanel' and 'system information' an it works all fine and dandy but I can't search anything that I have installed myself, it just doesn't show up. I have tried doing the Index-properties thing and all that but it just doesn't seem to work. Anyone got any tips on how to fix this?

[themctipers]

ive had this problem with windows 10 aswell, but not with windows 7

 

who knows..

[m0k]

win10 search is the most useless thing ive ever had the displeasure of using

it cant even search a simple word doc thats on my desktop

[paddy-stone]

You could always look through your programs list instead and either pin them to the start menu or taskbar to find them easier next time.

You could aslo use the search function of explorer too, so from within folders.

[OllieWille]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

You could always look through your programs list instead and either pin them to the start menu or taskbar to find them easier next time.

You could aslo use the search function of explorer too, so from within folders.

It's just that I have so goddamn many programs so that would just be a hassle...

 

3 minutes ago, mok said:

win10 search is the most useless thing ive ever had the displeasure of using

it cant even search a simple word doc thats on my desktop

It has worked fine before, it is really handy once it does.

[Streetguru]

23 minutes ago, OllieWille said:

 

So just install windows 7?

[OllieWille]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

So just install windows 7?

I meant it worked fine before, in Windows 10. And I actually never used the search function in Windows 7.

[paddy-stone]

2 hours ago, OllieWille said:

It's just that I have so goddamn many programs so that would just be a hassle...

 

It has worked fine before, it is really handy once it does.

I personally think it's more of a hassle to search for programs every time you want to use them. Pin them to your desktop/taskbar or start menu to make it easier to find is better IMO. That's how I have mine, and make good use of the multiple screens too, the one good thing about windows now that linux has had for a long time IMO.