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Anonymous
2022-10-05T12:05:05+00:00

Hi Everybody,

I'm having a problem with the "Indexing Options/Advanced/File Types". Namely that this screen is blank. There are no files listed. I've tried reindexing, troubleshooting, sfc, Dism, restoring to a previous state etc, all to no avail. There are just no files listed to adjust. I suspect that the problem lies within my Profile settings and not the Windows system since when I log on under any another profile, all the File Types reappear.

Any help that can be given will be greatly appreciated since all my efforts have ended in failure.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-06T14:12:45+00:00

    Luiz suggests trying to repair. Problem is you say you already tried rebuilding. Sometimes you can only start fresh regardless of what you want.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-06T14:04:44+00:00

    Dear neil,but the suggestions I sent you are exactly to try to repair your profile;

    I didn't suggest trying to create a new profile, I just suggested trying to recreate the search index;

    Rebuild search index;

    Open the Control Panel;

    Click View by: and change to large icons;

    Click Indexing Options;

    Click Advanced;

    Click recreate;

    Check if you are updated with the latest version of Windows 10;

    Press Windows key + i and go to Update and Security;

    Click Check for updates and do ALL pending updates;

    Restart Windows Explorer;

    Press together the keys: Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open the Task Manager;

    Click on Processes and locate Windows Explorer;

    Right-click and select the Restart option;

    Run the system file checker;

    Press the Windows + X keys, select Command Prompt (Admin), copy and paste the commands below and press enter after each command.

    Sfc /ScanNow

    DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

    Dism /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

    Wait for the process to finish and restart the pc;

    Check if the problem persists;

    I hope I helped, even more!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-06T07:41:44+00:00

    Thanks for your suggestions but I need some way to repair the existing profile. For various reasons there would be a great deal of work involved in creating a new profile then transferring across everything needed. However it may come to that unless I can find a method of repair.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-05T13:17:32+00:00

    Hello neil, welcome to the Microsoft community, I'll be happy to help you today;

    I understand that you are having issues with File Explorer on Windows 10;

    Did you try to recreate the index?

    IF you haven't tried, I recommend that you try;

    Go to Control Panel/Indexing Options/Advanced;

    Click Recreate;

    If it still doesn't work try the suggestions provided in the link below:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix...

    Hope it works, see you soon!

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-10-05T12:28:12+00:00

    You already solved it. Create a new user for yourself and switch everything over and install all missing applications. Done.

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