Adobe Bridge Quick Search

hey, guys. hope everyone is well. this is a topic that has really caused me alot of aggravation. the adobe bridge quick search tool (top right corner) will not allow me to perform a "windows desktop search: computer". let me rephrase, its performs the search however it always yields "no items" as the result. i actually requested help with this problem before and one user suggested i try relocating the cache to a different internal drive and doing so solved the problem that time BUT that isnt working this time. ive tried resetting bridge to its default settings but that doesnt work. i checked my pc settings to make sure windows desktop search is enabled and it is. i uninstalled and re-installed bridge and that didnt help. i also re-indexed my entire pc and that didnt help either. im just at a total loss. this is the most frustrating problem bcuz i used that quick search daily to find items by keyword and i can no longer do that unless i search folder by folder using the other drop down settings (Bridge Search: Current Folder & Windows Desktop Search: Current Folder). the quick search allowed me to search the entire pc by keyword and saved me alot of time. in case anyone is wondering, yes, the "FIND" tool in the EDIT menu works fine but again, i can only use that to search one location at a time whereas the quick search allowed me to search my entire pc with one click.

ive searched google endlessly and found that ALOT of users have the exact same issue with adobe bridge quick search and it seems no one has a definitive solution to this problem. does anyone have idea what could be causing this or how i can fix it? any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.