Yep. The PDFs that I’m using are part number catalogs (I’ve got about 50 of them). When I’d put the part number into the search window of the Win7 folder, every manual with that part number would pop up in the search. I’d open up the manual that popped up, search on the part number inside, and I’d have my info. The whole thing took seconds. With the very same manuals, Win10 won’t do that, even when I get into the settings and tell it to search file contents. Win10 will only do it with Word, Excel, and other Microsoft products, it has a built-in bias now. What a crock.
When I use the ctrl-shift-F search in Adobe (because my company stupidly only allows that to be used), it takes 1-2 minutes to search the same parts catalogs. I don’t know why it’s so slow.
In Win7, the process was fast and easy. In Win10, it’s always a problem.
I just changed this computer from win7 to windows 10. I have not installed any PDF reader. No Adobe and no Foxit.
I downloaded 3 PDFs into a folder. I can do a folder search. The kind you like. Your problem must be that your computer defines all PDFs as Adobe documents that must be opened by Adobe Reader. Your pdf docs all have an Adobe icon.
My pdfs have a capital E icon to get me to use Edge browser to open them. Edge might be the default opener. I use Chrome to open PDFs and will install Foxit when I have to
IOW currently all PDFs on my computer are raw. A folder search for key words within the docs...This works in Windows 10