Microsoft is aiming for a more consistent and useful search experience throughout the OS.
A fresh preview build for Windows 10 has been released to fast ring testers trying out the 20H1 update – in other words, the update that’ll come out in the first half of next year – which greatly improves the search experience in File Explorer.
File Explorer is the app which you use to browse through files and folders on the desktop, and as it stands, a search conducted inside a folder window – using the box top-right with the tiny magnifying glass icon – is a rather basic affair compared to the full Windows Search experience.
So, the idea is to bring the latter full experience – meaning the search functionality you get when hunting for things via the search/Cortana box next to the Start button – into File Explorer, so that as you’re typing a search query, you’ll get a drop-down list of suggested files that you might be looking for.
