Explorer crashes when searching for files in Windows 11/10? Search box freezing, not working correctly, or not returning any results. If you are having issues, here is some input.

Although you can type a search query in the search box, File Explorer includes some functionalities to make search faster and more accurate with advanced search filters, boolean operators ...

On Windows 10, File Explorer keeps a history of the most recent search queries typed in the box in the top-right corner.

In this build, the search box on the taskbar does not yet have the same underline and sparkles icon UI that the File Explorer search box has. This is coming in a future flight.

If File Explorer isn't responding on your Windows machine, it can lead to headaches. Here are some solutions that might resolve the issue.

You can set File Explorer to automatically type into the Search Box or Select an item in Windows 11/10, by changing the File Explorer Options.

Microsoft is working on a new XAML-based gallery view for the Windows 11 File Explorer that allows you to browse your photos by date, as well as through a built-in search box. Mayank Parmar ...

Learn how you can tweak your searches from File Explorer to narrow or expand the results.

Even certified Windows masters can learn a trick or two from Ed Bott's series of how-to articles. This edition covers tips, tricks, secrets, and shortcuts for using File Explorer.

Greg Shultz explores the Contextual tabs on the Ribbon toolbar in Windows 10's File Explorer for recent Windows 7 and Windows XP users.

With the release of Windows 10 1909, users have noticed a annoying bugs related to the new search experience in File Explorer that was not present in the previous version of Windows 10.