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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      I get this one from time to time.

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      • DanpD
        Danp @Dashrender
        last edited by

        @Dashrender said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

        followed by rebooting

        Killing and restarting Explorer will suffice. :grinning_face:

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch
          last edited by

          I just hide the search option on all users. They don't need it.

          The few power users never even asked for it back.

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          • black3dynamiteB
            black3dynamite
            last edited by black3dynamite

            Does it happen still, even it you have the search icon/box hidden and only access the search function via Win+S or after click on the start menu button and the have the search box appear after typing something?

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
              last edited by

              I'm experiencing this today as well.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @Danp
                last edited by

                @Danp said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                @Dashrender said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                followed by rebooting

                Killing and restarting Explorer will suffice. :grinning_face:

                Uninstalling Windows will too, which I may be working on later today because I'm getting tired of this. . .

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @black3dynamite
                  last edited by

                  @black3dynamite said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                  Does it happen still, even it you have the search icon/box hidden and only access the search function via Win+S or after click on the start menu button and the have the search box appear after typing something?

                  I have the box hidden, but I frequently click the start button, then type note to get to notepad. this functionality is broken.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @Danp
                    last edited by

                    @Danp said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                    @Dashrender said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                    followed by rebooting

                    Killing and restarting Explorer will suffice. :grinning_face:

                    Thanks!

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                    • DanpD
                      Danp @Dashrender
                      last edited by

                      @Dashrender said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                      @black3dynamite said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                      Does it happen still, even it you have the search icon/box hidden and only access the search function via Win+S or after click on the start menu button and the have the search box appear after typing something?

                      I have the box hidden, but I frequently click the start button, then type note to get to notepad. this functionality is broken.

                      Same here

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @Danp
                        last edited by

                        @Danp said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                        @Dashrender said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                        @black3dynamite said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                        Does it happen still, even it you have the search icon/box hidden and only access the search function via Win+S or after click on the start menu button and the have the search box appear after typing something?

                        I have the box hidden, but I frequently click the start button, then type note to get to notepad. this functionality is broken.

                        Same here

                        The reg change and restarting explorer solved it for me.

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                        • david.wieseD
                          david.wiese
                          last edited by

                          Not just you that is having this issue..... https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/05/windows-10-search-down-microsoft-outage/

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @david.wiese
                            last edited by

                            @david-wiese said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                            Not just you that is having this issue..... https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/05/windows-10-search-down-microsoft-outage/

                            LOL - learned about the problem first because someone posted in IT news this morning... then ran into when I was trying to launch notepad..

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                            • RojoLocoR
                              RojoLoco @Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              @Dashrender said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                              @david-wiese said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                              Not just you that is having this issue..... https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/05/windows-10-search-down-microsoft-outage/

                              LOL - learned about the problem first because someone posted in IT news this morning... then ran into when I was trying to launch notepad..

                              right click -> pin to start / taskbar would solve that problem....

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                              • ObsolesceO
                                Obsolesce @JaredBusch
                                last edited by

                                @JaredBusch said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                The few power users never even asked for it back.

                                They probably just hit start and start tying. No need for the search button/option or whatever it's called.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403 @Obsolesce
                                  last edited by

                                  @Obsolesce said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                  @JaredBusch said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                  The few power users never even asked for it back.

                                  They probably just hit start and start tying. No need for the search button/option or whatever it's called.

                                  I do that as well, the issue I was experiencing was nothing at all was showing up. Local search and web search was all broken.

                                  Restarting explorer resolved my issue.

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                                  • ObsolesceO
                                    Obsolesce @DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                    @Obsolesce said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                    @JaredBusch said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                    The few power users never even asked for it back.

                                    They probably just hit start and start tying. No need for the search button/option or whatever it's called.

                                    I do that as well, the issue I was experiencing was nothing at all was showing up. Local search and web search was all broken.

                                    Restarting explorer resolved my issue.

                                    Yeah, in regards to this issue... it was across the board. Straight up didn't work no matter how you did it.

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch @Obsolesce
                                      last edited by

                                      @Obsolesce said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                      @Obsolesce said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                      @JaredBusch said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                      The few power users never even asked for it back.

                                      They probably just hit start and start tying. No need for the search button/option or whatever it's called.

                                      I do that as well, the issue I was experiencing was nothing at all was showing up. Local search and web search was all broken.

                                      Restarting explorer resolved my issue.

                                      Yeah, in regards to this issue... it was across the board. Straight up didn't work no matter how you did it.

                                      Right, even in Control Panel.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @RojoLoco
                                        last edited by

                                        @RojoLoco said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                        @Dashrender said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                        @david-wiese said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                        Not just you that is having this issue..... https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/05/windows-10-search-down-microsoft-outage/

                                        LOL - learned about the problem first because someone posted in IT news this morning... then ran into when I was trying to launch notepad..

                                        right click -> pin to start / taskbar would solve that problem....

                                        LOL - I use it for all kinds of programs, and I don't want them all pinned to the bar.. I have 10 already.

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                                        • wrx7mW
                                          wrx7m
                                          last edited by

                                          Pretty sure this is the same issue that has been reported for a couple of months. I pretty sure that this is the patch released to fix it
                                          https://www.askwoody.com/2020/the-latest-optional-non-security-c-d-week-patch-for-win10-1903-and-1909-is-out/

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                                          • dafyreD
                                            dafyre @wrx7m
                                            last edited by

                                            @wrx7m said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:

                                            Pretty sure this is the same issue that has been reported for a couple of months. I pretty sure that this is the patch released to fix it
                                            https://www.askwoody.com/2020/the-latest-optional-non-security-c-d-week-patch-for-win10-1903-and-1909-is-out/

                                            Seems like I read something about that at some point today saying that it didn't work.

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