On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 08:38:42 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On 12/9/2019 6:45 AM, slate_leeper wrote:
Windows search has always been problematic on this computer. Through
various updates the problem remained the same: after a reboot
sometimes the search box (Windows key) would simply turn white if any
character was entered. Other times after a reboot it worked just fine.
When it didn't work, it would most often start working again, on it's
own, a few hours or days later.

Now, version 1909: When first installed and after each of two reboots,
the Winkey search worked fine. After rebooting again, now pressing any
character produces a larger black box with what looks like an icon of
a magnifying glass in the center. Any further key presses are simply
ignored. The same non-functioning box is produced by Winkey+S.

Any ideas?


Yes, I have an idea. Stop using Windows search; it's terrible. Instead
download and install both these two free programs: Search Everything and
Agent Ransack. They are much better. Use Search Everything to search for
file names; use Agent Agent Ransack to search for file content.

I use both where appropriate but I have a huge number of image files,
most of which are identified only by the image number given to them by
the camera.Windows search is the best one for those. Fortunately mine
works.

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Eric Stevens

There are two classes of people. Those who divide people into
two classes and those who don't. I belong to the second class.