Gaurav-Original-ClassicShellTester
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3 years ago That's right. The search currently doesn't work well with Offline Files. That's because the Client Side Caching search connector of Explorer generates bogus URLs. Windows has some internal hacks to correctly resolve them to local files instead of doing them via the search system. The details are undocumented and convoluted so Ivo (the developer of the original Classic Shell) decided to not support it.
As a workaround/compromise, instead of using search, you can add this to the LINK or COMMAND field of a custom item (Customize tab of Start Menu Settings, custom item): shell:::{AFDB1F70-2A4C-11d2-9039-00C04F8EEB3E}
This is the Offline Files folder.
Hi,
I'm on Windows 10 Enterprise 21H1 and using Open-Shell 4.4.160. The search bar in the Open-Shell start menu will return matching results for files in user profile folders that are not redirected, but will not return results for files residing in redirected folders on my network (Offline files are enabled as well). The Cortana search bar in the taskbar has no issues finding matching files in these redirected folders. I've attached screenshots demonstrating the inconsistent behavior I'm experiencing. Thanks in advance for the help.