I guarantee to you, all solutions out there dont work but this one will work! Just follow the steps and fix the problem file couldn’t be found when searching on windows 10.
Step 1: Make Sure Windows Search Service Is Enabled
- Press Windows + R to open Run window.
- Type services.msc in the box and click OK to open the Services app.
- Locate Windows Search service in the Name column. Double-click the service to open its Properties window.
- Make sure the Startup type is Automatic. If not, choose Automatic from the drop-down menu.
- The Service status should be Running. Otherwise, click Start button to run the service.
Step 2: Change the Search Options
If you cannot find your files or folders by searching in File Explorer, perhaps the search options are not set properly. Just follow the steps below to make changes for it.
- Press Windows + E to open your File Explorer.
- Click View tab in the upper tool bar.
- Choose Options to change folder and search options.
- In the Folder Options window, switch to Search tab and check Always search file names and contents option.
- Click Apply and OK button.
Step 3: Allow Files to Have Contents Indexed
Just navigate to This PC in your File Explorer. Then, right-click the involved drive under Devices and drives section and choose Properties. When you get the following interface, make sure the option Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties is check, and click Apply and OK to save the change.
If you have no idea about which drive the target files are stored on, you’d better repeat the same operation to all your drives. Once it’s done, reboot your device and the File Explorer search should work without any problems.
Step 4: Rebuild Search Index !very important
- Open Control Panel and choose to view by Small icons.
- Search on top Indexing Options.
Click modify and select the drives you use then click OK. - Then, click Advanced button.
Switch to File Types tab in the Advanced Options window and check Index Properties and File Contents, and then click OK.
Step 5: Last Re-register Your Cortana
- Right-click the Start button and choose Windows PowerShell (Admin) to run PowerShell as administrator.
- Copy and paste the following command to the PowerShell window and press Enter:
- Get-AppXPackage -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cortana | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”}