Semantic Indexing – Natural Language File Search (Copilot+ PCs)
This AI feature is only on Copilot+ PCs but most users don’t know how to force-enable or troubleshoot it .
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# Check if Semantic Indexing is available
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Search-SemanticIndex"
# Force rebuild semantic index
schtasks /run /tn "Microsoft\Windows\Search\SemanticIndexRebuild"
# Enable enhanced search for specific file types
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\Settings" /v EnableSemanticSearch /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f