microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Files not returning expected results
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Description
### Microsoft PowerToys version
0.99.1
### Installation method
PowerToys auto-update
### Area(s) with issue?
Command Palette
### Steps to reproduce
1. search for file that otherwise shows up
2. don't get result randomly
i do not know why this happens or what triggers this, but my index is doing nothing and up to date according to windows. it did return this result yesterday. then i hibernated, and now it's gone.
### ✔️ Expected Behavior
show result
### ❌ Actual Behavior
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### Additional Information
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the missing-file search in Command Palette on PowerToys 0.99.1, including after hibernation, and compare it with the Windows index status reported by the user. The issue mentions no source file or test; done means the previously searchable file reliably appears in results and the behavior can be verified.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100