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I too just recently acquired this lovely issue. Computer wakes up around 4-5am and just stays on. What I find interesting is that this problem appeared out of nowhere, like Windows 8 is on a timer to eventually start to annoy you. Mission accomplished, Microsoft. :confused: To prevent the...

Oh wow, okay maybe it was just in Windows 8 (shows up on my laptop still running 8). Hmmm, I will see what I can do. For now Classic Shell is a life saver, it has the functionality of the Modern UI mixed with the speed/ease of the Windows 7 start button search. As far as the windows.edb file...

Thanks Adam, my Indexing options are fine, I've added and excluded the folders I want. The only reason I bring up the "Windows Search" check box that is no longer there is because I'm sure if you check your "Windows Features" dialog box, it'll be in yours. I'm pretty sure it was there for me as...

Thanks for the suggestions guys, Roy Wsearch is there on my machine as well. As far as indexing goes, I've noticed that on my laptop my main drive isn't indexed in the "Indexing Options" yet search works just fine. I've never had to mess with Indexing options and adding drives to it until this...

Thanks for the response. I am already searching for Files only. Update: I installed Classic Shell and added certain folders to the Index and they are coming up in the Classic Shell search, the modern UI on the other hand returns no results :/

Hi everyone, I've had this problem for the better part of a month now, I was hoping the update from 8 to 8.1 would fix it but no luck.In a nutshell: Windows search for Files stopped working out of nowhere, searching for Apps/Settings works fine, but searching for Files yield no results, not only...