Windows 11 Indexing Is Paused But Still Running in Background, Constant CPU Usage

[Lucas Van De Graaff]

Inside of Indexing Options, the number of items indexed continues to increase yet says that indexing is paused:Indexing never finishes, eventually just stopping itself sometime after 100,000 items (out of roughly 600,000 items). Even after stopping, Windows Search Filter Host takes up between 1-10% CPU until I manually disable the Windows Search service:I have already read tons of forums and already tried these:Run the indexing troubleshooterRestart Windows Search serviceDelete and rebuild indexing libraryChange battery mode settings/respect my power settingsDelete and disable Outlook and One

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