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File Explorer search not working in Windows 10 1909

Anonymous
2019-11-20T13:56:08+00:00

Ever since I updated to Windows 10 1909 the Search Box in the File Explorer is completely unuseable. It shows a text cursor but I cannot click inside the box or type any text into it. Essentially it's a text box with no "wiring". 

Any ideas how to resolve this issue? I'm having to resort to using a third-party search app just to find files in my projects.

Kind regards

Byron

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  1. Sumit D - IA 154.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-11-20T14:23:19+00:00

    Hi Byron,

    I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 2-Year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

    Can you log this in the feedback hub and share the link? I can escalate that for you to the product team.

    Send Feedback:

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7054-send-f...

    How to Share Feedback from Feedback Hub in Windows 10

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/130174-shar...

    In the meantime, I can suggest you to rollback. I am not suggesting troubleshooting as I am seeing many cases regarding the same lately.

    https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2019/11/how-to...

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-20T14:36:44+00:00

    I wrote a .bat that taskkills file explorer. That seems to have fixed the problem, but its only a temporary fix. If you go into taskmgr and kill explorer.exe it should start working again.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-21T08:56:09+00:00

    Hi

    Thanks for the response, here's my link to Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AA6m2oa.

    Problem seems to be inconsistent, sometimes I am able to use the search, other times it won't let me click. This morning I was able to use it, but the text box appeared broken and misaligned. After a reboot, it returned to not working.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-11-21T08:57:15+00:00

    I wrote a .bat that taskkills file explorer. That seems to have fixed the problem, but its only a temporary fix. If you go into taskmgr and kill explorer.exe it should start working again. 

    Hi!

    Tried this, it worked for a while as you said, but the box seemed misaligned and glitchy. After closing explorer, it stopped working again, so it's all over the place.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-11-21T12:11:14+00:00

    Might want to roll back to 1903. It was far less glitchy. Microsoft should release an update at some point that will fix 1909.

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