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All of the sudden, search got borked on my main windows 10 pc. I can't get results for ANYTHING from the new settings app (e.g. windows update etc...). doesn't matter if I search from the start menu, or directly within the settings app, I can't get any results for anything in the modern settings app, only desktop apps, store apps and classic control panel results. Here's some examples of what I'm seeing:

 

menu.thumb.png.9f7b4589bcb698ed6033dae83settings.thumb.png.1c68fb14f6ec6236ac2a0

I've tried everything I could think of. I've totally re-indexed several times from the indexing pane, verified the correct locations are set to be indexed, and also tried totally resetting indexing to factory defaults by going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search and setting SetupCompletedSuccessfully to 0 and letting it index.

I've run sfc scannot and DISM check, they both report no errors. I really don't understand why this is happening :( Has anyone else ran into this?

EDIT: I've also run the windows search troubleshooter as admin which reported everything was fine

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To solve this, here what to do:

1. Go to settings

2. Go to Update and Recovery

3. Click on Recovery

4. Click on Restart now button.

5. Once it is restarted, click Troubleshoot > Advanced > Reset

6. Follow the instructions on the screen when Reset starts. (Note, you can keep your data or keep nothing... if keep nothing, make sure you have backup already, if not, do it first before doing this reset steps)

7. You get back on Windows and you check and see if problems are solved.

Question is, what did you disable? something had to happen, as cranky as windows can be it rarely just "stops working" for no reason, not since Vista at least

 

What "tweaks" are you running or what have you disabled? Last couple of programs installed after the upgrade? 

As someone that works in tech support that's normally my first response too lol, however I'm really at a loss as to what could have caused this.

no 'tweaks', no tweaking/cleaning apps, no messing around in services or registry (well at least until I tried resolving this issue when it appeared), very few apps installed (just steam, origin, gog, firefox, opera, flash player, libreoffice, paint.net, foobar2000, onenote).

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  • 2 months later...

I have the exact same problem ! !

It just stopped working properly on its own. One day it was fine, the next, phhhht! 

I get the exact same result, for example, when searching for "update" in PC Settings. Items that I used to be able to search for, no longer appear!

I would really like to solve this without having to reset and reinstall all my apps. I already did that to get to Windows 10 in the first place.

 

 

All of the sudden, search got borked on my main windows 10 pc. I can't get results for ANYTHING from the new settings app (e.g. windows update etc...). doesn't matter if I search from the start menu, or directly within the settings app, I can't get any results for anything in the modern settings app, only desktop apps, store apps and classic control panel results. Here's some examples of what I'm seeing:

 

menu.thumb.png.9f7b4589bcb698ed6033dae83settings.thumb.png.1c68fb14f6ec6236ac2a0

I've tried everything I could think of. I've totally re-indexed several times from the indexing pane, verified the correct locations are set to be indexed, and also tried totally resetting indexing to factory defaults by going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search and setting SetupCompletedSuccessfully to 0 and letting it index.

I've run sfc scannot and DISM check, they both report no errors. I really don't understand why this is happening :( Has anyone else ran into this?

EDIT: I've also run the windows search troubleshooter as admin which reported everything was fine

I have the exact same problem ! !

It just stopped working properly on its own. One day it was fine, the next, phhhht! 

I get the exact same result, for example, when searching for "update" in PC Settings. Items that I used to be able to search for, no longer appear!

I would really like to solve this without having to reset and reinstall all my apps. I already did that to get to Windows 10 in the first place.

 

 

 

Hi dms666, try this:

navigate to C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

Right-click the 'Indexed' folder > Properties > Advanced > Check 'Allow files in this folder to have indexed in addition to file properties'. Click Apply and Exit.

If it's already checked, try unchecking it > apply > recheck it > apply

I've seen this fix it for a few others that ran into this

THIS SOLUTION WORKED!!   :woot:

Thank you!

 

 

Hi dms666, try this:

navigate to C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

Right-click the 'Indexed' folder > Properties > Advanced > Check 'Allow files in this folder to have indexed in addition to file properties'. Click Apply and Exit.

If it's already checked, try unchecking it > apply > recheck it > apply

I've seen this fix it for a few others that ran into this

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