Systems Engineer

Kevin M

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Thanks very much for finding this. It seems to be intermittently occurring, so we'll do this method until the fix is released.
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Thanks very much for finding this. It seems to be intermittently occurring, so we'll do this method until the fix is released.

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I have a co-worker that has to reboot after every 3-4 searches in File Explorer as it becomes grayed out and unusable. I rebuilt her Search index, and then discovered that the drives that were giving her trouble were network based. I then verified that the drives were added to her search index (Properties - Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties). <br />
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While doing this I noticed that MY computer also had the Search grayed out! We are both on Win 10 Pro x64 1909 and I'm reading that it may be a glitch. We both also restarted the Windows Search service, and it was running already. <br />
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Has anyone heard if this is a Microsoft bug or any temporary workarounds as restarting every 3-4 searches is't really feasible.<br />
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Thanks.
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I have a co-worker that has to reboot after every 3-4 searches in File Explorer as it becomes grayed out and unusable. I rebuilt her Search index, and then discovered that the drives that were giving her trouble were network based. I then verified that the drives were added to her search index (Properties - Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties). 

While doing this I noticed that MY computer also had the Search grayed out! We are both on Win 10 Pro x64 1909 and I'm reading that it may be a glitch. We both also restarted the Windows Search service, and it was running already. 

Has anyone heard if this is a Microsoft bug or any temporary workarounds as restarting every 3-4 searches is't really feasible.

Thanks.

Windows 10 1909 Search grayed out

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

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