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The search bugs tag covers issues where Windows Search fails to return expected results, such as missing files with hyphens in filenames or requiring asterisks for partial matches. Users report that searching for numbers like "209" yields nothing unless the full string "0209" is used, indicating indexing or query parsing problems. These bugs affect productivity and file retrieval, often requiring workarounds like wildcard searches. The tag focuses on troubleshooting and understanding the limitations of Windows Search, particularly in file explorer and start menu contexts.
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Windows 10 Windows search misses really obvious results
Consider an example directory containing: IMG_0209.JPG IMG_0210.JPG Some_PDF-numKK.pdf If I want to find the pdf, and happen to remember that it had "numKK" in the filename, I might reasonably search "numKK" and expect to find it. In practice though, this will return 0 results. A search for...- FatCat0
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