then click the option that appeared just above the Windows Search box that said 'search in files and folders' (I believe it said).

 

The past 3 days I no longer have this option.  It will still find files and list them above the SW box, but that

is not much value to me.  Previously, I could do a search and bring up the list of items in a folder view, where I could then move, delete, rename etc while the list stayed on the screen;  now that the option to bring up the folder view is gone, my options are severely disabled.  If I go to search PC then I can obtain said folder view but then the search takes several minutes instead of microseconds.  Searching through 'file explorer' (quick access) brings up the view that I want, but the search is incomplete, despite the fact that the corresponding folders are allegedly in quick access.

 

I hope this description is clear.  I've down several dozen searches on the web to resolve this and spoken to

a few computer-literate friends, but no success.

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

 

Might be a Windows update that changed some setting but I can't figure out what the hell it is.

People I'm talking to tell me they've got Cortana working as their search window, on the taskbar,

but my Cortana has been mostly dormant since getting Win10 (it's there, and running, but apparently

totally superfluous).  The search that I had a few days ago, mentioned above, was working fine without

Cortana.  However, after this problem began (search problem, that is), I tried to get Cortana running

as an alternative method for said search, and it appears that I cannot jump through the necessary hoops;

Cortana doesn't like the language I've chosen and it won't allow me to change it, despite following certain

directions telling me to download and install the appropriate language pack.  Still no go.

Allegedly there was some issue with Cortana in Canada but I'm not sure about the details.

 

One other option I was hoping would work is to change the search settings in 'This PC' to search only

indexed locations.  However, unclicking 'file contents' and 'system files' in 'advanced options'

(under 'In non-indexed locations'), didn't do anything to speed up my searches.

 

I'm just going to have to keep dicking around, but I'm frustrating that things like that are constantly

changing on my system without my ability to resolve.  This, along with the daily grinding of my HD by

Win10's background processes--app. compatibility checks, malware checks, defragathon, etc--is why

I am anxiously hoping for them to skip a couple and just gimme Windows 13.

 

Time for tunes & headphones...the ballgame's about to begin.  Don't knock it until you try it.

 

Thanks for the consideration.