Windows 10 search only gives blank box
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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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Does it happen still, even it you have the search icon/box hidden and only access the search function via
Win+Sor after click on the start menu button and the have the search box appear after typing something? -
I'm experiencing this today as well.
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@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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@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+Sor 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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@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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@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+Sor 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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@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+Sor 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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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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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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/ -
@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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@dafyre said in Windows 10 search only gives blank box:
@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.
https://www.askwoody.com/2020/win10-search-is-working-again/
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I have postponed the laptop/desktop updates in WSUS for a week or so until this stuff is fixed. I don't want to mess with colleagues that complain they are not able to search and find something anymore
