UNC search doesn't work?

One thing that I have noticed since the Developer Preview is that I am no longer able to type a UNC path into the search bar under the start menu. Doesn't work if I'm going \\servername\sharename\filename.ext and it doesn't work if I go driveletter:\filename.ext.
That isn't just on mapped network locations - that doesn't even work if you want to go to c:\users.
How many people actually go through Windows Explorer to navigate to locations? Not me. This would be a deal breaker for me.
Is there a fix? A hidden option that for some reason is not set by default like EVERY other iteration of Windows? Bueller?

Hi,
Based on my test, UNC path really doesn't work in Search Box. Up to now, I doesn't find any solution with this problem, hope it could be fixed in the future.
On the other hand, opening a file which locate on specific local drive through Search Box should be work. Such as when I want to open a test.txt file on C drive through Search Box, when I type C:\test.txt, the txt file could be opened successfully.
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