Windows Search Indexing keeps restarting from scratch after reboot in Windows 11, but only after the index is fully built.

[Sam in Seattle]

After my drives/files are fully indexed, Windows Search Indexing keeps restarting from scratch after I reboot in Windows 11. Very frustrating because I can't search for anything and it slows down the computer. Indexing takes a very long time because there are over 500,000 files including all emails, etc... To be clear, the issue does not arise until all of the files are indexed and the indexing is complete. This may take a day or two and I may shutdown and reboot during that time period without a problem. Once the data is fully indexed, indexing restarts from scratch on the next reboot.

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