Doug Gower Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) Recently I installed Windows 10 Pro. Usually I can type a part number or description into the Start Menu and the part will come up, I can right click the part, select Open File Location and open the folder from there. On Windows 7 it worked fine other than a few times when Windows lost the file index and it had to be rebuilt. It saves time vs. going thru folders to get to a part. With Windows 10 when you enter into the Start Menu you can search for local files the same way (I think) plus everything goes to Microsoft servers for a Bing search. For some reason I'm not finding any .ics files in the Start Menu. I made sure the indexing is turned on for the "users" folder (and everything underneath that) but for some reason it's not pulling up any .ics files and evidently there is no way to turn off the Bing search feature anymore so you end up with a list of things from the interweb. I have been able to find .icd files this way but I don't have drawings for every .ics file so I have to resort to regular menu. Has anyone else had an issue with this? any ideas? Edited March 23, 2020 by Doug Gower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 I understand this problem is related to Windows 10 but if anyone has any ideas I'm still struggling to figure out why I can't find a single .ics file on the Windows search. I verified that .ics is selected in the index same as .icd, I ran the Windows search and index troubleshooter, I've restarted Windows search and rebooted, I reset WIndows search, I expanded the indexing and rebuilt the index a couple times now. I'm at a loss as to why I can't find a IronCAD scene file on windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSIMMONS Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Can you not just open the file explorer and use the quick search at the top right? It will search for anything in your local or connected drives. If you use the bottom left windows search it will not work. -Spencer 2020-03-19 09-08-00.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 3 hours ago, SSIMMONS said: Can you not just open the file explorer and use the quick search at the top right? It will search for anything in your local or connected drives. If you use the bottom left windows search it will not work. Hi Spencer, I tested that and I get the same results. I can find everything except .ics or scene files. That was a good idea though. Thanks, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) Here are the IC file types selected in the advanced indexing options. Edited March 20, 2020 by Doug Gower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSIMMONS Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 20 hours ago, Doug Gower said: Hi Spencer, I tested that and I get the same results. I can find everything except .ics or scene files. That was a good idea though. Thanks, Doug Maybe I'm confused by what you are asking. The video i posted shows that it works on windows 10 and shows me doing it. - Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 4 hours ago, SSIMMONS said: Maybe I'm confused by what you are asking. The video i posted shows that it works on windows 10 and shows me doing it. - Spencer I see what you'r saying but it's not working for me. I can find everything except .ics files. All of my scene files (.ics) show up as IronCAD files as well but they won't show up in a search which is baffling. Explorer .ICS search.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSIMMONS Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 12:42 PM, Doug Gower said: Here are the IC file types selected in the advanced indexing options. Oh, i see. That is very odd. When you go to your index settings (control-panel, etc.), is the drive that the searched files are on checked for indexing? - Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, SSIMMONS said: Oh, i see. That is very odd. When you go to your index settings (control-panel, etc.), is the drive that the searched files are on checked for indexing? - Spencer Yeah, that's turned on. - Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSIMMONS Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Doug, unfortunately that puts me past my depth haha. Sorry i couldn't be of more help. - Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Hi Spencer, Same here, thanks for trying though. The indexing seems to be working fine. I even turned off everything except .ics and then nothing would come up in a search. I thought it might have something to do with the file type - app settings but that looks good. One other thing I noticed after I change the image extensions to another app Windows keeps changing some of those back to the default photos app and I haven't been able to get those to stick with the app that I want after multiple attempts. - Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSIMMONS Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 If I may suggest the following: Go to the command prompt. run the "sfc/scannow" command: It will look like the snip below. This will check your system file integrity. It's a long shot, but it may fix your issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 I ran that earlier (as Administrator) and it was OK but I just tried it again and it shuts down right away. I will try again after a restart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Yeah... the system files check out OK. I wasn't running sfc from the command prompt like you said. I noticed in the File Explorer quick search, if I search for a part number, still everything except .ics pops up there until I hit enter and some of the .ics files are showing up so I think I'll give up on this problem for a while. Still, I can't get any .ics files from the Start bar search so the File Explorer search is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 I did try turning off or hiding the file extensions yesterday. As expected... that didn't make any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eds Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Would you be open in trying out an alternative search method? Try using Voidtools' Everything search. As far as I know it does not use Windows' built-in indexing. It's quite quick too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 3/27/2020 at 3:40 AM, Eds said: Would you be open in trying out an alternative search method? Try using Voidtools' Everything search. As far as I know it does not use Windows' built-in indexing. It's quite quick too. Thank you Eds. That sounds like it might work. I'll take a look at that when I get back to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 On 3/27/2020 at 3:40 AM, Eds said: Would you be open in trying out an alternative search method? Try using Voidtools' Everything search. As far as I know it does not use Windows' built-in indexing. It's quite quick too. Finally getting back to this. I never did figure out why .ics files don't show up for me in the search box. The search access in File Explorer does work but it's slow compared to Everything search. Thanks for the suggestion Eds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSIMMONS Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 36 minutes ago, Doug Gower said: Finally getting back to this. I never did figure out why .ics files don't show up for me in the search box. The search access in File Explorer does work but it's slow compared to Everything search. Thanks for the suggestion Eds! Maybe it has something to do with the file extension matching that of an icalendar file? I know mine used to show the wrong thumbnail for my .ics files because it thought it was a different type of file, but it never gave me any issue with finding the files through search options or anything like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Gower Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 I think you're right on that. I've had a problem with the .ics extension long ago that was related to iCalendar even though I don't use it. Maybe something in the registry I can edit but it might not be worth the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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