Windows 10 - Search Broken - Blank Window

Mcnumpty2323 · 6 Feb 2020 at 11:47

Good to know
It resolved itself with no action needed
I will stick with my non
Microsoft search anyway lol

LoadsaMoney · 6 Feb 2020 at 13:43

Blank window here, but i never use it, so don't care

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Feb 2020 at 14:09

LoadsaMoney said:
Blank window here, but i never use it, so don't care

@LoadsaMoney broke it and he is a noob.

LoadsaMoney · 6 Feb 2020 at 16:18

mrbell1984 said:
@LoadsaMoney broke it and he is a noob.

Yep, but fixed with a restart

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Feb 2020 at 16:41

LoadsaMoney said:
Yep, but fixed with a restart

If in doubt reboot and reboot again.

uvarvu · 6 Feb 2020 at 17:20

Not just that, microsoft released updated instructions. You may need to kill SearchApp/SearchUI.exe via the task manager if it still isn't working for you.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/windows-message-center#387

brendy · 7 Feb 2020 at 03:49

If you use classic shell, its search function continued to work fine also while I resolved the issue.

brendy · 7 Feb 2020 at 03:49

Duplicate post..

slipd · 7 Feb 2020 at 22:42

Anyone else having Cortana issues? Mines completely gone!

Coincidence? I've also started getting Focus Assist messages this week...

Blackjack Davy · 8 Feb 2020 at 20:03

Mcnumpty2323 said:
This is why I prefer
A search tool
That's not part of the operating system
I use a small free program
Called everything by void tools i
Think it is

I use both as one finds stuff the other can't and vice versa. MS search is only set to search local files on mine and that doesn't seem to be affected by this bug (have no interest in MS spam via Bing)

Mcnumpty2323 · 8 Feb 2020 at 20:23

Blackjack Davy said:
I use both as one finds stuff the other can't and vice versa. MS search is only set to search local files on mine and that doesn't seem to be affected by this bug (have no interest in MS spam via Bing)

Yeah I only search local files too
I like that everything
Can be set to search all my
Drives if required or omit some
as running 6
Drives plus an external
Plus a large flash drive
Searching them all in one place
Is convenient

Django x2 · 14 Feb 2020 at 22:16

slipd said:
Anyone else having Cortana issues? Mines completely gone!

Coincidence? I've also started getting Focus Assist messages this week...

No, Cortana hasn't been an adjustable feature since 1803 (or 1809) I think.