Search Indexing Was Turned Off, Turn Indexing Back on Windows 11/10 FIX
72Search Indexing Was Turned Off, Turn Indexing Back on Windows 11/10 FIX
Search Indexing service has been inherited by Windows 11 from the previous Windows versions. The service aims at creating the indexes of files stored on the system and keeping them in a index database.
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One fine day, I saw this message Search Indexing was turned off when I opened my Windows 11/10 Start Menu. Now I had not turned it off, so why did I see this on my PC?
You may have come across a process called the SearchIndexer.exe in your Windows Task Manager. This process is the actual service that manages the indexing of your files for Windows Search. Now if this process is not working or turned On, you get to see this message.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.