Current Events > Jesus, why is boolean search in windows STILL so crappy

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> open file explorer
> type two words into the search box at the top
> wait 14 years for the search to figure out if the two words you typed in are in any of the 500 files you searched on

Why. Why is this so bad

Yeah it is a bit crappy at the best of times imo but there are some things you can do to give yourself the best chance of it being at least semi workable.

Do you have search indexing enabled in the locations you are trying to search?

You can configure it by typing "indexing options" in the start menu.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/4/2/AAfPfjAAEiia.png

You can also enable file content indexing as well by setting the relevant properties on your volumes in my computer.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/4/3/AAfPfjAAEiib.png

I thought WinFS was going to help fix these issues but looks like it was cancelled:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS

yeah coming from windows made me really appreciate how responsive search was on my popos install