Solving search problems in Windows 10

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TROUBLESHOOTING By Lance Whitney Most of us rely on Windows’ built-in search to track down files, apps, settings, and other content. But sometimes a s
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A more question is how to get Windows Search. When upgrading to Win10, I disabled Cortana to the extent possible. As a result, I have no Windows search at all. Is there any workaround for this?

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You can isntall Open Shell Menu (formerly Classic Shell) . It will give you a Win7-like desktop, menu, and search. Use the Settings to customize it. I use it on all my Win8.1 and Win10.

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cmar6

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I prefer “Everything”. It is much faster than Windows buitin search.

https://www.voidtools.com/

Byte me!

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pHROZEN gHOST wrote:

I prefer “Everything”. It is much faster than Windows buitin search.

https://www.voidtools.com/

+1 to portable Everything.

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PKCano wrote:

You can isntall Open Shell Menu (formerly Classic Shell) . It will give you a Win7-like desktop, menu, and search. Use the Settings to customize it. I use it on all my Win8.1 and Win10.

Hi PK,

I went to that web site and started to download “OpenShellSetup_4_4_142.exe” but got “This website is unsafe” so did not download it.

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I’ve never run into that. But you can also download from MajorGeeks.

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cmar6

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PKCano wrote:

You can isntall Open Shell Menu (formerly Classic Shell) . It will give you a Win7-like desktop, menu, and search. Use the Settings to customize it. I use it on all my Win8.1 and Win10.

PK: Do you have to reinstall Open Shell Menu after every Windows feature update?

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I update Open Shell Menu when it’s version changes sometimes, but not when Windows upgrades to a new version (unless Open Shell stops working, which happened only once several years ago).

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