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.

Microsoft is making its cross-product unified search capability available inside File Explorer starting with the Windows 10 20H1 test build 18894.

To enable the classic old legacy Search Box in Explorer on Windows 10, you can tweak the Registry or use Mach2. Do it if you do not like current default behavior.

Since Windows Vista, File Explorer/Windows Explorer lets you save a specific search for quick access later. For our example, we’ll be using Windows 10, but this tip will work for Windows 7 and up.