When you select a library in the left pane of File Explorer in Windows 10 or 11, the cursor turns into a blue circle, and File Explorer freezes. Deleting the libraries and restoring the default libraries does not resolve the issue.Read more
Windows Search
Error 21: Windows Search Service Could not Start on Local Computer
When you attempt to start the Windows Search (WSearch) service via the Services MMC, the following error may occur:
Windows could not start the Windows Search service on Local Computer Error 21: The device is not ready.
Image Appears in Windows Search Box; How to Remove it?
Microsoft recently introduced the Search Highlights feature in Windows 10 and 11. Search Highlights is designed to help Windows users discover more information and related content. Search highlights present noteworthy, informative, and interesting information about what’s special about each day—like holidays, anniversaries, and other moments in time both globally and in your region.Read more
Windows Search not Finding Text Inside PDFs in Windows 11
Many Windows 11 users have reported a Windows Search issue wherein the PDF content search in File Explorer does not fetch anything. When you do a search in File Explorer, the results for other documents (e.g., Word, Excel, etc.) are discovered but not PDF files.
Even if you use the content: or contents: search operator (e.g., contents:contoso) in File Explorer to search for file content, the search results may be empty.
This post tells you how to fix PDF search indexing (file content search) issues, especially in Windows 11. The instructions apply to all versions of Windows.Read more
How to Search for files with a specific extension in Windows?
A reader wanted to know how to use Windows Search to search for all files in a specific folder and its subfolders with the file extension .doc. This article tells you how to search for a specific file type suing wild card or Advanced Query Syntax (AQS). If you just doc in the search bar … Read more
What is Enhanced Search (Indexing Options) in Windows 10?
Windows 10 1903 (codenamed “19H1”) introduces a new search option named Enhanced under the Find My Files section on the Settings page. Many users may be wondering what the “Enhanced” setting is all about and the difference between Classic and Enhanced search modes.Read more
How to Delete Empty files (0 byte) in Windows?
Some applications create empty 0-byte files in their data folders and fail to clear them up. Over time, if you see many zero-byte files in a folder hierarchy, here are some methods to find all those 0-byte files and delete them.
What is System Volume Information and Can I Delete the Folder
The System Volume Information folder is a hidden and protected folder located at the root of every drive or partition. It’s even found on your SD card, USB pen drive, and external hard disk if you have connected them to your Windows computer earlier. It’s is not a virus or malware.
But, what exactly is the System Volume Information folder? Why is the folder so huge? Can you delete the folder?
This System Volume Information FAQ page has answers to all your questions.Read more
Enumerating user sessions to generate filter pools failed Error in Windows 10
After you install a Windows 10 feature update, the event viewer may contain Microsoft-Windows-Search Event ID 3104 Gatherer entries showing the error Enumerating user sessions to generate filter pools failed. Details: (HRESULT : 0x80040210) (0x80040210). Here is what the event looks like:Read more
Fix: Start Menu Cortana Search Not Finding Apps – Search Results Blank
When you use Cortana search to find an installed program, the program may not appear in Start menu search results although the shortcut exists in the Start menu folder. For example, with Word 2016 installed and its shortcut present in the Start menu folder, when you type in “word”, the search results will display WordPad … Read more