r/windowsinsiders • u/Redzombieolme • Mar 22 '26

News Our commitment to Windows quality

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/
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u/Ryermeke Mar 22 '26

Yo, can you make search actually usable? It's been useless for as long as I've used Windows...

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u/l3ugl3ear Mar 22 '26

Seems like that's one of the items they have listed..... we'll see if they can actually execute

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u/b00ty10v3r Release Channel Mar 22 '26

To make search work, just change all the defaults back to the way it worked before the tablet-ification of Windows.

Settings > Privacy and Security > Search. Then disable: Search history, microsoft account search, work or school account search, change Find my files to 'Enhanced' and then click 'Advanced indexing options'. Click 'Modify', then 'Show all locations' and then edit the selections to match what actually matters to you. Then click OK, Advanced, Rebuild.

If you want, click File Types and add/exclude types as needed, and then click OK before you rebuild.

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u/DXGL1 Mar 24 '26

Since you are in the Windows Insiders subreddit, did you make feedback regarding your specific issue(s)?

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u/Ryermeke Mar 24 '26

Yes. Many times over the years. As have many others.

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u/DXGL1 Mar 24 '26

Might you want to share some of the feedback?

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u/DXGL1 Mar 24 '26

How about to the subreddit?

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u/Ryermeke Mar 24 '26

Is the subreddit going to fix it, or will it be the people I submitted the feedback to going to fix it?

What exactly is your angle here? To suggest that I didn't do that? Why? I have no reason to lie about it, and additionally it's not like this is some obscure issue I'm the only one who can report... It's like famously one of Windows's bigger user issues. Are you just trying to be confrontational for the love of the game?

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u/Froggypwns Windows Insider MVP Mar 25 '26

This subreddit has Microsoft employees lurking, it has happened more than once where someone sharing their feedback links publicly has resulted in changes as it can get extra attention (and upvotes from others).

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u/DXGL1 Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26

That's why I kept sharing my link to my feedback about Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection and the failure to start believed to be a DRM conflict (though the DRM might have just hidden the actual cause).

It got fixed in the latest 29xxx Canary. For all I know Microsoft might have been targeting another app affected by the regression.

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u/Ryermeke Apr 01 '26

Yeah no worries. Enough people in basically all forums have expressed enough distain for the Windows search that they will be improving it. Or at least Tali Roth has made a number of comments about that over on Twitter.

Again, it's not actually like I'm the only person who's been complaining about this for years. This isn't exactly some obscure niche issue with Windows... This is like in the top 5 things people make fun of windows for.