Windows 8 search not finding some files

by Ching-Wan Yip

Last Updated: July 30, 2014 11:03 AM

First published: Jul 14, 2014

Affected system

Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga

because of Windows 8.1 upgrade &| sysprep ?

Workarounds

• if missing users folder, add it back (and exclude default user appdata folder), rebuild index

References

• http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/performance/windows-81-search-not-working/f030164c-707c-4819-b357-2ffe87a21bb1
• http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/bb1ba41a-80d9-4036-974b-50e81dc99893/windows-81-search-not-working?forum=w8itprogeneral
• http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/33358-windows-8-1-search-not-working-really-really-sad.html
• http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-81-search-index
• http://irisclasson.com/2013/09/15/dirty-fix-search-in-windows-8-1-does-not-work-stupid-question-240-what-is-searchindexer-exe/