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Stop Windows 7 from searching while I’m typing in the search field, and wait for me to press Enter

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 20265275 views
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When I type stuff in the Windows 7 search box in Explorer, it keeps updating and searching as I type which is annoying, frustrating, and pointless. Is there a way to get Windows to knock it off and let me finish constructing my query and press Enter before it starts searching?

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Fix for: Stop Windows 7 from searching while I’m typing in the search field, and wait for me to press Enter

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I do not have a solution for the Explorer functionality, but my workaround is to pop open Notepad and type whatever I want to search for, then copy it and paste that into Explorer. (I do this for Google searches as well now that Google behaves like …

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