How To Rebuild Search Index In Windows 10 - Increase Search Speed

This tutorial will show you how to rebuild Windows 10's Search Index to increase the performance and speed of searches on your computer

Indexing the files on your computer enables Windows to perform very fast searches in the locations where the files have been indexed.

Microsoft Windows includes powerful system-wide search functionality that lets users quickly find files and other data via a Start Menu or Start Screen search. By default, Windows Search will index certain common locations on your drive, such as the User folder, Outlook Messages, and Internet Explorer browsing history. If Windows Search stops working for you and no longer returns search results for files that you know exist, there are a few steps you can take to troubleshoot the issue. Here’s how to fix Windows Search issues in all versions of Windows from 7 to 10.

First, head to the Control Panel and find the section labeled Indexing Options. If you’re not facing a total malfunction of Windows Search capabilities, you can quickly jump to Indexing Options directly by searching for it from the Start Menu (Windows 7 and Windows 10) or the Start Screen (Windows 8 and 8.1).

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).

[MarcosAnschau]

Wow that was simple, been having problems with the search after installed windows on SSD, now i just added him in the modify tab and is working wonders. THank you !

[robinreso]

may index got corrupted the file locations are not showing up so i gues i screwed them op i cant rebuild them the normal can i rebuild/repair these folder on a low level way?

[fifahmmkad]

How do i do a speed search so like i do a command and a cheetah search thing pops up and i type something in and the file pops up but i type it in without the file explorer opening

[quaithe]

Hello, everytime i have to go to documents then search in the magnifying glass, where it says, "Search this pc" i have to keep clicking the yellow arrow to the right to search that which i find a bit annoying and when i search in the magnifying glass in documents i just want it to search and find it on its own rather than having to keep clicking the yellow arrow, how do i fix that or remove that ?

[superarsenal]

How do I make windows 10 NOT search specific locations?

[Phjghh]

My Index options dialog is stuck to "waiting to receive indexing status." Nothing shows up. It is stuck at that. Modify and Pause buttons are greyed out. Advance button is active. I clicked on Advance button. After 15 minutes, Advance dialog showed up and i click on Rebuild. But nothing happens. Windows search is running and automatic in Services.msc and also Remote Procedure call is also running and automatic. I did sfc /scannow in command prompt. It says it had found some corrupted files but could not fixed it.

[mr.existential]

Mine is saying 10, 000 items are being indexed and it keeps going is this bad that I have so many items indexed?

[Grionlam]

I can't rebuild it, the index is not running. Idk how to fix it

[TheEtherny]

I know this is super old but I'm stuck with waiting to receive indexing status on windows 10, anyone know how to work around this?

[mrmonster]

I had a little thing at the bottom of the bar that said “search results may be incomplete” and OMG the spinning circle animation next to it was annoying to me idk that it was about it tbh I think it was the fact that even though I wasn’t on the search bar tab I could still feel it spinning but anyway I’m hoping this fixes that also it happened coz I like I shut down my computer but I held shift to fully shut it down coz my computer had been going for a day 💀💀 anyway I’m looking at my screen now and it’s gone so 🤷‍♂️.. I also needed to shut It down coz idk what’s wrong with my pc but when I tried to open my Minecraft launcher it said something like “you need to sign in on Microsoft store” but I am and I’m also on my search bar it kept going on a different acc (one that I have and know so don’t worry) and it kept changing it but everything is fixed after that hard shutdown and the search bar fix

[AsimKhan-knor]

Solution to indexing is paused problem plz help me

[ahmedali-ymdr]

especialy crystal report is too slow when installed with vb6 even vb6 is slow to execute i hope reply solution from commenters and vidio owner

[patienceofori]

Please what do I do if indexing pauses by itself

[murica]

Hey I have a problem, my Index is disabled, any reply would be helpful. Thanks!

[ahmedali-ymdr]

my problemv is vb6
is too slow on windows 9 and crystalreport9

[Stovetopcookie]

Still did not work for me... I guess hiding files from the computer's owner it's a security feature and not a bug... but thanks for the video.

[robertrumfelt]

Why in the world can’t Windows do this continuously in the background? Google can/does with Gmail and there is basically zero lag time when doing a search. Smh

[MdEmon-qrqh]

I m use windows 10 game edition,
This edition search bar not active..
How to active search bar..?

[chromosomefactory]

mine was well over 2 million god fucking damn

[vanessaparent]

My indexing is blank so i cant do a thing to fix it