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I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 Version 16.5.0.

When I use ctrl + shift + f and try to search for a common string in my solution, the search results keep coming up empty (even with match case and match whole word off):

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But if I search in "All Open Documents" then the results are correct. This has been happening across several solutions. I saw another post having a similar issue, but I don't want to resort to the hours of reinstalling VS.

Lance U. Matthews
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  • Does it match if you disable `Match whole word`? It seems like a solution-wide _symbol_ search would be better since a (properly-functioning) search for `[Fact()]` won't match `[Fact]` on the previous member in your screenshot, despite them being equivalent. – Lance U. Matthews Aug 26 '20 at 22:37
  • If I don't match by word or case still nothing comes up - I'll be sure to clarify that in my question – Zorgarath Aug 26 '20 at 22:44
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    Are you able to update beyond 16.5.0? Some of the updates in that series, particularly [16.5.4](https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes-v16.5#--visual-studio-2019-version-1654), contain fixes to the find experience, although no mention of this issue specifically. Does [this](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/985099/find-stopped-finding-1.html) sound like the same problem? – Lance U. Matthews Aug 26 '20 at 22:57
  • That looks like exactly the same issue, and one of their comments seem to have temporarily "fixed" the problem :) clicking and unclicking the "keep modified files open after Replace All" seems to have unstuck the search, but time will tell for how long. – Zorgarath Aug 27 '20 at 03:04

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