Microsoft is fixing a Windows 11 search issue that has probably troubled you a dozen times
Microsoft is addressing a frustrating issue with the Windows 11 search function. Users have reported that search results often redirect to web pages instead of showing local files or apps. The latest insider build aims to improve the relevance of local search results over web suggestions.
- ▪Windows 11 has been criticized for its unreliable search function.
- ▪The new insider experimental build aims to prioritize local results over web suggestions.
- ▪Microsoft's update is designed to make files and apps appear more reliably in search results.
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Windows 11 has plenty of annoyances baked into the operating system, but I’ve often found Search to be among the most frustrating. You use it to find an installed app or a file saved somewhere on your PC, and Windows appears to show the right result. Then you click it, and Microsoft Edge opens a Bing search page instead. It is a small issue, but it makes Windows Search unreliable for basic local searches. Now, in the latest insider experimental build, Microsoft seems to be addressing this issue. Windows Search may stop pushing the web first Microsoft is now testing a change that should make Windows 11 Search better at showing local results.
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