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Old December 9th 19, 02:45 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
slate_leeper[_2_]
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

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?


-dan z-



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Old December 9th 19, 04:36 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

On 09/12/2019 13:45, slate_leper wrote:

Any ideas?



It's prompting you to hire a competent IT Technician who can fix all
your problems. Windows 10 requires some intelligence and over the
years you have demonstrated that you lack this considerably.






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  #3  
Old December 9th 19, 04:38 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

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.


--
Ken
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Old December 9th 19, 05:14 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

On 2019-12-09 9:38 a.m., 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.



+2

Rene

  #5  
Old December 9th 19, 08:29 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

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?


-dan z-


The Windows search service has to start, before some
of that stuff will work. Normally, the "box to type into"
wouldn't even appear, if not enough of the OS is up.

It's hard to say from your symptoms, seeing as you
"got further than you were supposed to", what that is indicating.
(I.e. Lots of your graphics came up, and then it decides
it is broken.)

Would EventViewer have any info ? eventvwr.msc

I have had an event with Win10, where just about everything
was blocked at startup, and it was something really stupid
which was blocking it. But now I've completely forgotten
what that was :-/

OK, one symptom from that episode, was clicking the
Cortana circle, helped "initialize" Search. So if the
search box isn't working, click Cortana and then look
for additional activity on the TaskBar.

Paul
  #6  
Old December 9th 19, 08:37 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
slate_leeper[_2_]
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

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.



Actually I only use it to quickly find a settings command or other
executable on my system. For finding files, etc, I do use Agent
Ransack.

BTW, as before the 1909 update, Win-search did start working a few
hours later. I did nothing that should have made a difference.

I can live without it, but it is sometimes a quick way to find
something that I want to run.

-dan z-


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Old December 9th 19, 08:47 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
slate_leeper[_2_]
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

On Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:29:43 -0500, Paul
wrote:

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?


-dan z-


The Windows search service has to start, before some
of that stuff will work. Normally, the "box to type into"
wouldn't even appear, if not enough of the OS is up.

It's hard to say from your symptoms, seeing as you
"got further than you were supposed to", what that is indicating.
(I.e. Lots of your graphics came up, and then it decides
it is broken.)

Would EventViewer have any info ? eventvwr.msc

I have had an event with Win10, where just about everything
was blocked at startup, and it was something really stupid
which was blocking it. But now I've completely forgotten
what that was :-/

OK, one symptom from that episode, was clicking the
Cortana circle, helped "initialize" Search. So if the
search box isn't working, click Cortana and then look
for additional activity on the TaskBar.

Paul



Hi Paul,

As with Win-1803 before I updated, the search function did begin to
work hours later. First it showed the letters I typed in a white box
at the bottom of the black box. It still ignored them. More hours and
it functioned completely.

After a system reboot it does one of three things, apparently
randomly:
1) Works just fine.
2) Starts working after a few hours.
3) Doesn't work for days, but eventually does.

If something is being delayed on startup, it is a little schizoid on
the delay time grin.

-dan z-



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Protect your civil rights!
Let the politicians know how you feel.
Join or donate to the NRA today!
http://membership.nrahq.org/default....ignid=XR014887

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Old December 9th 19, 08:48 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
slate_leeper[_2_]
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 15:36:57 +0000, ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

On 09/12/2019 13:45, slate_leper wrote:

Any ideas?



It's prompting you to hire a competent IT Technician who can fix all
your problems. Windows 10 requires some intelligence and over the
years you have demonstrated that you lack this considerably.






I appreciate your response and will give your suggestions the
attention they deserve.




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Let the politicians know how you feel.
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Old December 9th 19, 10:23 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

slate_leeper wrote:
On Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:29:43 -0500, Paul
wrote:

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?


-dan z-

The Windows search service has to start, before some
of that stuff will work. Normally, the "box to type into"
wouldn't even appear, if not enough of the OS is up.

It's hard to say from your symptoms, seeing as you
"got further than you were supposed to", what that is indicating.
(I.e. Lots of your graphics came up, and then it decides
it is broken.)

Would EventViewer have any info ? eventvwr.msc

I have had an event with Win10, where just about everything
was blocked at startup, and it was something really stupid
which was blocking it. But now I've completely forgotten
what that was :-/

OK, one symptom from that episode, was clicking the
Cortana circle, helped "initialize" Search. So if the
search box isn't working, click Cortana and then look
for additional activity on the TaskBar.

Paul



Hi Paul,

As with Win-1803 before I updated, the search function did begin to
work hours later. First it showed the letters I typed in a white box
at the bottom of the black box. It still ignored them. More hours and
it functioned completely.

After a system reboot it does one of three things, apparently
randomly:
1) Works just fine.
2) Starts working after a few hours.
3) Doesn't work for days, but eventually does.

If something is being delayed on startup, it is a little schizoid on
the delay time grin.

-dan z-


The time constant ("a few hours") sounds like the Search database
"Windows.edb" is being rebuilt from scratch. If you back up the OS
with Macrium and restore it, I think there is no copy of Windows.edb
in the backup image, and the Search Indexer then needs three hours
to rebuild it. The file is somewhere between 1GB and 10GB in size
(depending on file count on C: ).

If you want to find that file, use Agent Ransack or Everything.exe,
as the Windows search is not allowed to show you where that
file is located. So the first part of any adventure, is
dealing with the handcuffs.

Rebuilding the inverted index, should not stop the Search from
working, and should make it slow (brute force search).

Besides backup/restore interacting with it, the Index file is
also rebuilt every three months, to "flush out corruption".
Items in the OS that run constantly, add and subtract stuff,
they need to be blown away at some interval, and the process
started from a clean sheet. This covers for software bugs
(who knew ???).

There is also a tool for dumping the Windows.edb . There
are two tables in it, which store file paths as a series
of numbers. A form of compression. This allows a home user
to see what areas of a disk are being indexed, and what
parts are not indexed.

If you type "control.exe" in the Run box, that brings up
the legacy control panels. In there is the Indexing Options.
And that is the interface to programming the file system
search and indicating what parts should be indexed. On
some OS installs here, I have that set very close to
zero files. I have been unable to make it "exactly zero".

Paul
  #10  
Old December 10th 19, 03:26 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Eric Stevens
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

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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two classes and those who don't. I belong to the second class.
  #11  
Old December 10th 19, 02:49 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
slate_leeper[_2_]
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

On Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:23:09 -0500, Paul
wrote:

slate_leeper wrote:
On Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:29:43 -0500, Paul
wrote:

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?


-dan z-
The Windows search service has to start, before some
of that stuff will work. Normally, the "box to type into"
wouldn't even appear, if not enough of the OS is up.

It's hard to say from your symptoms, seeing as you
"got further than you were supposed to", what that is indicating.
(I.e. Lots of your graphics came up, and then it decides
it is broken.)

Would EventViewer have any info ? eventvwr.msc

I have had an event with Win10, where just about everything
was blocked at startup, and it was something really stupid
which was blocking it. But now I've completely forgotten
what that was :-/

OK, one symptom from that episode, was clicking the
Cortana circle, helped "initialize" Search. So if the
search box isn't working, click Cortana and then look
for additional activity on the TaskBar.

Paul



Hi Paul,

As with Win-1803 before I updated, the search function did begin to
work hours later. First it showed the letters I typed in a white box
at the bottom of the black box. It still ignored them. More hours and
it functioned completely.

After a system reboot it does one of three things, apparently
randomly:
1) Works just fine.
2) Starts working after a few hours.
3) Doesn't work for days, but eventually does.

If something is being delayed on startup, it is a little schizoid on
the delay time grin.

-dan z-


The time constant ("a few hours") sounds like the Search database
"Windows.edb" is being rebuilt from scratch. If you back up the OS
with Macrium and restore it, I think there is no copy of Windows.edb
in the backup image, and the Search Indexer then needs three hours
to rebuild it. The file is somewhere between 1GB and 10GB in size
(depending on file count on C: ).

If you want to find that file, use Agent Ransack or Everything.exe,
as the Windows search is not allowed to show you where that
file is located. So the first part of any adventure, is
dealing with the handcuffs.

Rebuilding the inverted index, should not stop the Search from
working, and should make it slow (brute force search).

Besides backup/restore interacting with it, the Index file is
also rebuilt every three months, to "flush out corruption".
Items in the OS that run constantly, add and subtract stuff,
they need to be blown away at some interval, and the process
started from a clean sheet. This covers for software bugs
(who knew ???).

There is also a tool for dumping the Windows.edb . There
are two tables in it, which store file paths as a series
of numbers. A form of compression. This allows a home user
to see what areas of a disk are being indexed, and what
parts are not indexed.

If you type "control.exe" in the Run box, that brings up
the legacy control panels. In there is the Indexing Options.
And that is the interface to programming the file system
search and indicating what parts should be indexed. On
some OS installs here, I have that set very close to
zero files. I have been unable to make it "exactly zero".

Paul



I ran across the control panel index rebuild idea a while back when I
had this problem with 1803. So I have already tried it with 1909.

Funny things:
One website recommended toggling "background apps" from off to on or
vice-versa. First time I tried this it worked instantly. But for later
episodes it never worked again.

Someone in this newsgroup suggested killing Cortana with task manager
to cause it to restart. First time I tried this it worked instantly.
But for later episodes it never worked again.

Same with the rebuild-index idea. First time I tried this it worked
instantly. But for later episodes it never worked again.

Well, not really a big deal. Basically the only thing I use search for
is to quickly go to a specific program or setting. I have a lot of
software I rarely use, so no desktop icons for those. Using search I
can start typing the filename and then just click on the correct
result.

Because of this my index contains very little, primarily the folders
with program executables. (Currently about 29000 items, per the index
rebuild procedure).

Thanks for your time and advice.

-dan z-



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Let the politicians know how you feel.
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  #12  
Old December 10th 19, 11:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Peter Jason
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

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.


Alas, the Ransak & the File Locator Pro cannot seem to search on EXIF
parameters. Unless I'm missing something?
  #13  
Old December 11th 19, 03:53 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Peter Jason
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 19:28:28 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:41:07 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

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.


Alas, the Ransak & the File Locator Pro cannot seem to search on EXIF
parameters. Unless I'm missing something?


Here's a potential workaround that uses another program to generate the
data (from image EXIF data) that Ransack would then use in its searches.

https://qa.mythicsoft.com/14808/integrate-filelocator-search-detailed-information-images

That was just the first relevant Google hit. There are probably other
similar solutions.

Thank you. This a great help. I have squillions of images from
Tumblr etc that need sorting. I have been using file names up till
now with wildcards ? & *.
  #14  
Old December 11th 19, 04:32 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Char Jackson
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:53:49 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 19:28:28 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:41:07 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

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.

Alas, the Ransak & the File Locator Pro cannot seem to search on EXIF
parameters. Unless I'm missing something?


Here's a potential workaround that uses another program to generate the
data (from image EXIF data) that Ransack would then use in its searches.

https://qa.mythicsoft.com/14808/integrate-filelocator-search-detailed-information-images

That was just the first relevant Google hit. There are probably other
similar solutions.

Thank you. This a great help. I have squillions of images from
Tumblr etc that need sorting. I have been using file names up till
now with wildcards ? & *.


Whatever you end up with, let us know how it goes. I might do something
similar someday.

  #15  
Old December 11th 19, 07:19 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Default One other problem with my 1909 update - Windows search

Peter Jason wrote:
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.


Alas, the Ransak & the File Locator Pro cannot seem to search on EXIF
parameters. Unless I'm missing something?


What little I could find, seemed to stem around "photo organizers"
as having a search function based on metadata. Adobe Lightroom ?
ACDSEE ?

If you pay money, maybe you get a nice GUI or something.

*******

Windows Search has the information, but only for certain
well-known field types, not all field types.

This powershell script calls Windows Search and
lists all the image files that have a listed width
field and height field. You can specify in the SELECT
statement, what fields to place in the output.

Microsoft has a much more elaborate Powershell script I
could find, but... it didn't work. No output.

**************** Helper script "query.ps1" ********************
# Invocation:
# powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file query.ps1 -TREEDIR "'C:\'"
# Output: query.csv

param([string]$TREEDIR="'C:\'")

$sql = "SELECT System.ItemFolderPathDisplay, `
System.ItemName, `
System.Image.HorizontalSize, `
System.Image.VerticalSize FROM SYSTEMINDEX `
WHERE System.Image.HorizontalSize0 AND `
System.Image.VerticalSize0 AND `
SCOPE=$TREEDIR"

$provider = "provider=search.collatordso;extended properties=’application=windows’;"
$connector = new-object system.data.oledb.oledbdataadapter -argument $sql, $provider
$dataset = new-object system.data.dataset
if ($connector.fill($dataset)) { $dataset.tables[0] | Export-CSV query.csv }
**************** end of Helper script "query.ps1" **************

The output looks like this:

"C:\Users\user name\Downloads\JPG2","04.jpg","500","375"

Which implies you could ask for other fields to be included.
Checking for sizes, is partially a means of determining
a file has metadata in it. If you had a JPG with no metadata
in the file, it probably would not end up in the output.

My digital camera photos would all be in the output listing.
A file from GIMP, not always.

It's a clumsy way to find stuff, but it does have the
benefit of finding 50,000 files in three and a half seconds.
Which is a bit faster than Agent Ransack.

Here is a picture of me editing the query.ps1 and adding
an additional field to the output.

https://i.postimg.cc/YqL36wJL/query-...using-exif.gif

The names of the fields are listed here. System.Photo.ExposureTime
is an example of a full name.

#https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/win...ocument-bumper
$SystemPrefix = "System."
$SystemFields = "ItemName|ItemUrl|FileExtension|FileName|FileAttri butes|
FileOwner|ItemType|ItemTypeText|KindText|Kind|MIME Type|
Size|DateModified|DateAccessed|DateImported|DateAc quired|
DateCreated|Author|Company|Copyright|Subject|Title |Keywords|
Comment|SoftwareUsed|Rating|RatingText|Application Name|ItemPathDisplay"
$PhotoPrefix = "System.Photo."
$PhotoFields = "fNumber|ExposureTime|FocalLength|IsoSpeed|PeopleN ames|
DateTaken|Cameramodel|Cameramanufacturer|orientati on"
#https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/win...s/photo-bumper
$ImagePrefix = "System.Image."
$ImageFields = "Dimensions|HorizontalSize|VerticalSize"
#https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/win...s/image-bumper
$MusicPrefix = "System.Music."
$MusicFields = "AlbumArtist|AlbumID|AlbumTitle|Artist|BeatsPerMin ute|
Composer|Conductor|DisplayArtist|Genre|PartOfSet|T rackNumber"
#https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/win...s/music-bumper
$AudioPrefix = "System.Audio."
$AudioFields = "ChannelCount|EncodingBitrate|PeakValue|SampleRate |SampleSize"
$MediaPrefix = "System.Media."
$MediaFields = "Duration|Year"
$RecordedTVPrefix = "System.RecordedTV."
$RecordedTVFields = "ChannelNumber|EpisodeName|OriginalBroadcastDa te|
ProgramDescription|RecordingTime|StationName" [Defunct MediaCenter???]
$SearchPrefix = "System.Search."
$SearchFields = "AutoSummary|HitCount|Rank|Store"
#https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/win.../search-bumper

This is of course, not what you wanted, but is intended
to show how much info a fully-indexed partition might have.

HTH,
Paul
 




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