Many users continue to search Windows 10 from the File Explorer. Microsoft has just released a new update for the Insider version of its operating system, waiting for its arrival for everyone in a future update for the general public. It brings a noticeable improvement to the search function of the file explorer which is getting faster than ever.
Microsoft offers a new search experience in the Windows 10 Build 18894 for Insiders. Explorer instantly displays frequently used files when the user begins typing the first few letters of their query. It will be able to directly open the file in a drop-down list that appears below the search bar, in the upper right corner.
The search function of Windows 10 becomes even faster
This is already the case for the search bar located next to the Start menu with the Windows 10 update of May 2019. Microsoft has decided to separate Cortana from the bar, which makes it even faster. But this is not the only factor that explains this responsiveness. Microsoft has deployed a new Windows Search indexer that maps your hard drive in the background and then displays the results almost instantly during the search.
The file explorer whose search bar has always been slow does not benefit from the same treatment. Many Insiders complained and they were heard by Microsoft. The OS Build 18894 hosts a new and much faster search bar. For the general public, this feature will only happen with the first Windows 10 update of 2020 (20H1) to which Build 18994 corresponds.
For now, only Insiders can test it. But as Microsoft explains in a note posted on his blog, it is important to know that the new Build disables the "Phone" function that is accessible from Windows settings because of a bug that has not been fixed yet. .
