I have a problem with my search in Windows 8. When I search through the Modern UI style (WinF) for files, it won't return a single result from none of my drives.
Searching via Windows Explorer works fine.
I had the same problem in Windows 8 Consumer Preview, but it worked in Developer Preview. And I looked on the net for other users with similar problems, but I haven't found anything.
Is there someone who knows what the problem might be?
I personally haven't experienced this problem.
Have you tried to choose Files when searching?
I good place to start would be to check if Windows can find indexed files. By default only files in the library directories are indexed. Have you tried to find a file in that directory?
Can you let us know what your indexing options look like? These should be visible by searching for Indexing Options and going to the menu.
been over a month but I finally found the steps to fix it:
1. remove all external drives, ensure you haven't disabled any relevant services (VSS, indexing, superfetch, search)
2. remove all items from index
3. delete and rebuild index
4. advanced startup options -> troubleshoot -> command prompt
Then run the following commands:
% chkdsk /f c:\
% sfc /scannow /offlinedirectory=c:\windows /offlineboot=c:\
NOTE: (check my syntax by typing 'sfc' with no arguments)
5. reboot and enable indexing for your desired locations if you've cloned a drive (like me) you may have multiple device IDs - which will enrage windows 8 and most likely put you in 'to go' mode - which you can fix by deleting a registry key (google it) - but might also contribute to this problem. so scan all your external drives as well.
6. search should work now!
I had a similar problem. You just have to index each drive. Check all drives in Indexing Options and then click on Advanced option to rebuild it.
