Windows search box doesn't automatically select the best result anymore

Question

Usually I pressed the Win key to open up the windows start menu and I typed any letters there to start searching for my apps and files.
For example I usually type 'Win' then 'F' and 'Enter' to open File Explorer.

The problem is that now the search box doesn't automatically select the best option anymore and I have to manually click or move with the arrows onto the first result.

How do I fix this or go back to the old behaviour? I already tried restarting windows explorer.

Answer 1

Hi Mark,

I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

This should not be the case. Can you see if Resetting the search helps? All steps here:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/165810-how-...

Good luck!

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Answer 2

Tried it, it didn't make windows search select best results.

Answer 3

I have the same issue, some of my keys don't automatically select the best result. I'll try this when I have access to my Windows laptop again. The only difference is that I use Windows 11 instead of Windows 10, so the script may not work.