Windows 10: Windows 10 Pro. Start menu search is not finding any installed apps

Discus and support Windows 10 Pro. Start menu search is not finding any installed apps in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; E.g. if I press start key and type 'e', excel should come up. But it doesn't. Literally nothing I have installed is found so I have to scroll through... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Spencer_Nolan_Rice, Apr 6, 2020.

  1. Windows 10 Pro. Start menu search is not finding any installed apps


    E.g. if I press start key and type 'e', excel should come up. But it doesn't. Literally nothing I have installed is found so I have to scroll through the entire search menu wondering where the fuck my apps are.

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    /u/Spencer_Nolan_Rice, Apr 6, 2020
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  2. Start menu search not finding applications?


    Do you have "All apps" listed after you click on the start button ?


    Windows 10 Pro. Start menu search is not finding any installed apps [​IMG]


    Then a list of apps ?


    Windows 10 Pro. Start menu search is not finding any installed apps [​IMG]
     
    COMPUTIAC Guest, Apr 6, 2020
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  3. EziaN Win User
    Start menu search not finding applications?


    I do.


    Windows 10 Pro. Start menu search is not finding any installed apps [​IMG]


    As you can see Outlook 2013 does not show up under "O" in all apps.
     
    EziaN, Apr 6, 2020
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  4. Windows 10 Pro. Start menu search is not finding any installed apps

    Start menu search not finding applications?


    Hey everybody!

    I think the problem most of us are sharing here is that when you open the start menu and start typing, it doesn't give you search results from the installed apps.

    I have the same thing: I get search results from all over the PC (files, folders...), from settings and more, but it won't find installed apps. I have to fish them from the "all apps" list manually.

    I did an upgrade from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro, then wiped everything and did a Win 10 Pro clean install. Found out about the issue afterwards.

    Somebody here said they rebuilt the search index... Anybody know how this is done?

    Somebody else mentioned re-installing... Hope I don't have to do this, since I spent a lot of time getting Windows 10 installed and set up, and then installing and setting up Ubuntu. I would have to take them both down and start from scratch if I were to reinstall Windows :-/

    The "good" news is, we're not alone. This very much sounds like a bug, and as such, we'll probably have a fix from Microsoft soon.
     
    mrmatteastwood, Apr 6, 2020
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