Who installed Windows 10 on your computer and applied the update December 2023 of the operating system, you may have noticed some surprises.
The recent update, apparently, has made some changes regarding the search bar File Explorer. This, compared to just a few days ago, should now appear smaller in size, as it was before the integration of Microsoft 365 e OneDrive.
In fact, the actions of the developers Microsoft reported this component of the operating system in November 2019, with the version 19H2 of Windows. In fact, from that moment on, the search bar in File Explorer had integrated OneDrive, allowing the user to easily view files in the cloud service.
So, why this step backwards? Precisely this possibility of carrying out wide-ranging searches caused a performance reduction of Windows 10. According to various tests, in fact, the use of searches was not responsive on many computers, leading to relatively high waiting times.
File Explorer, back to 2019, stop integrating with OneDrive: bug or deliberate choice?
Microsoft did not document the “downgrade” in its support document for the December 2023 update. Some problems reported by several users could also undermine the theory of the voluntariness of this step backwards.
On some PCs, in fact, the search bar looks like don’t fit well to other File Explorer items, causing some annoying problems to the user. According to those who are victims of this bugjust adjust the screen resolution to restore the correct use of the tool, all obviously while waiting for a corrective patch by Microsoft.
In other cases, users report that the search bar tends to freeze, no longer responding to user input. Although many argue that the downgrade was intentional, the side effects associated with this change appear to be quite widespread.