When Windows File Explorer keeps crashing, guesswork won’t help. These proven solutions fix the problem at its source.

Windows 11 is testing a new underlying improvement for File Explorer that could potentially reduce RAM usage when you're ...

The Windows search function is also able to include the content of PDF files in its index. Unfortunately, the subsequent ...

A new Windows 11 Insider update optimises File Explorer search by removing redundant indexing operations, promising faster ...

If you want to enable indexing on a Windows file server, you will need to start by installing the Windows Search Service. To do so, open Server Manager and then choose the Add Roles and Features ...

Indexing on Windows files refers to the listing of files in a special table so that the accessibility of the indexed files can be made faster during searches. But on Windows 11 or Windows 10, by ...

Today Los Alamos National Laboratory released new open source software called the Grand Unified File Index. GUFI is designed using a new, heirarchical approach to storing file metada, allowing rapid ...

Exciting updates are on the horizon for Windows 11 users as Microsoft endeavors to enhance the File Explorer's efficiency. Soon, the system's search feature will undergo ...

*sigh* Why do programs move towards crap? Corollary to the law of entropy?<BR><BR>Why must developers take out good, useful, useable, funtional parts of software I use and replace with broken, ...

Following on from my previous thread which sank without trace, I thought I'd ask a more open ended question . . .<BR><BR>We have file shares via DFS for user data (home drives and shared data) which ...

The Windows indexing feature doesn't always deliver the correct results of a file search. Here are five troubleshooting steps you can take whenever Windows indexing acts up. Without a doubt, one of ...