 |
 |
> > On Dec 26, 2022, at 1:59 PM, charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > My esteemed listamtes, > > The 1st couple of years AR worked really well. > > So much better than Windows Explorer. > > File Explorer has proven so unreliable and time consuming but AR has not > worked well for me for over 2 years now. > > The tech guy just keeps instructing me to uninstall and reinstall which > "solves" search problems for a month or 2. > > Ex. I search for all files created on my flash drive from 12/1/2022 > -12/25/2022 and AR looks for 3 seconds and then gives up with "No files > found" when I can open at least 15 files in File Explorer and see they were > created between those dates and are on that flash drive. I know nothing about that software or software like it, but the behavior sounds to me like a corrupted index if uninstalling/reinstalling works. You might see if there’s an option to do a full re-index, and have it run some time when you’re not using it (like the first Saturday of the month, if you work weekdays) -Joe Sent from a mobile device with a crappy on screen keyboard and obnoxious "autocorrect"