Windows File Explorer Search no longer giving me results automatically, how do I reset it?

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Before, when I searched for something in my files it would immediately start bringing up results as soon as I typed the first letter, but now it requires me to click enter or press the search button after typing, and I've actually never even seen this search button before. I found it very convenient that I could search up a keyword or a phrase and I could see all the results instantly and just select one rather then having to type the entire word and clicking enter. Its a small difference but I find it very irritating and somewhat time consuming.


From what I've searched up, going to Options>View>When typing into list view>Automatically type into the search box should change it, but there was no difference. I tried switching between the two, restarting my PC, closing the File Explorer and re-opening, nothing.

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Now, I've had Windows 10 since it came out, and, again, I've never seen this search button before (the light grey box):

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In case any of this was too confusing, here is an example:


What I want to happen is when I type "mc" it should immediately bring up any items with "mc" in the file name, but it doesn't. I have to click enter, and in some cases, when I don't know the exact file name, I am just getting a lot of random results and not what im searching for. Prompting me to enter is just making everything take much longer:

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^ As you can see, it won't do the search until I click enter or press that search button...

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