Windows 10 1909 File Explorer Search issue

Anonymous
2019-10-22T08:53:25+00:00

What happened to explorer search? Unable to paste the copied

file name to search for as it was in previous versions. I have to

manually type the file name and press Enter. This is terrible! Why does Microsoft only make things worse with each new version ?!

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-10-22T09:00:16+00:00

    Thank you for your reply. I did it several times. Nothing changes.

    Because of this problem, I must return to version 1903. For my work, searching in Explorer is a very necessary function. But Microsoft ruined everything as always!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-22T03:33:47+00:00

    What happened to explorer search? Unable to paste the copied

    file name to search for as it was in previous versions. I have to

    manually type the file name and press Enter. This is terrible! Why does Microsoft only make things worse with each new version ?!

    I have the same problem you cannot paste into the search in Windows Explorer. Plus you cannot clear the results if you manually type something in. You have to close the window and start over. Huge bug!!!! Please fix I use this all the time on 10 different systems and this has extremely impacted my work. We are frantically blocking the upgrade in GPO on 5,000 machines!!!! Microsoft please fix ASAP!!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-18T07:08:04+00:00

    I had to return to version 1903 too, 'cos of that. It is insane idea to remove paste into search explorer window with right click menu. Please MS restore this ability, unless it's a BUG !!!

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  4. Vijay A. Verma 104.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-10-22T08:55:10+00:00

    Hi Human

    Greetings! I am Vijay, an Independent Advisor. Restart Windows Explorer

    Windows Key+X

    Click Task Manager

    Head to Processes tab and select Windows Explorer

    Right click > Click Restart

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-11-22T03:21:20+00:00

    Ah, another Microsoft "improvement".  In this case it actually makes the search worse.  Is there a way to disable this new unified search and get the old functionality back?  All I need is a way to search files in the current folder and its sub-folders.   That's it.

    For me the search box just becomes inaccessible after some time.  Yes, restarting file explorer fixes it.

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