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If I log in and then search for a program (like Device Manager, Calculator, Notepad) etc. from the Cortana search box, Windows will find it and I can launch it from the result list.
However, if I try to look for more programs, Windows search is dead. Nothing is listed.
If I sign out and log back into Windows again it works. But the behavior is I can do one search only and then the search feature craps out.
Anyone else have this problem and have a solution?
Kerry Kobashi
Posted 2017-01-07T05:21:19.160
Reputation: 111
Related: Windows 10 Search can't find ANY applications. Even calculator
– Ramhound – 2017-01-07T05:53:15.950If you create a new user account does the behavior still exhibit itself? – Ramhound – 2017-01-07T05:55:03.130
I could swear my Windows 10 worked perfectly before I read this question. Now it happens to me too. This opens an interesting avenue: Could an update be responsible? – None – 2017-01-07T06:04:50.410
I am encountering the same problem on my Windows 10 x64 desktop as well as my x86 laptop. Everything was working perfectly this past weekend. – Run5k – 2017-01-07T07:35:55.997
use an alternative Startmenu and not this Win10 crap one: http://superuser.com/a/946675/174557. this search is fast and works
– magicandre1981 – 2017-01-07T08:23:10.610What worked for me is what Ramhound posted in the related link. I did not have to Kill Explorer as all the suggestions in there posted. I just deleted the Top Views registry entry for that exact key (ef8) and restarted Windows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes{ef87b4cb-f2ce-4785-8658-4ca6c63e38c6}\TopViews{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} – Kerry Kobashi – 2017-01-07T09:01:25.993
The solution seems to be have been taken off a Microsoft community post with a problem that has existed since 2010 explained here: https://goo.gl/clYqCP
– Kerry Kobashi – 2017-01-07T09:10:56.987There is a hotfix for this. Seems that Microsoft has never bothered to fix this problem in subsequent releases of Windows. They never say exactly what folder type this is. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/977380
– Kerry Kobashi – 2017-01-07T09:25:27.040As I said earlier, I was having the exact same problem and was able to alleviate it by rebuilding the Search Index overnight.
– Run5k – 2017-01-07T13:32:12.123