Windows 10: Cortana search process / searchui.exe wont start 1903 2019-09 / 2019-10

I cannot start cortana search process / searchui.exe in any of the computers in my organization on build 1903 2019-09 or 2019-10 you cannot click the search bar next to the windows button. I have tried rebuilding the index. i have tried running "Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}"


I have tried sfc scan now. I have tried running dism commands. I have tried chaning group policy settings for allowing web searches. I cannot get this to load and have declined all the CU since 2019-09 on my wsus server until i figure out why it breaks the search feature. If I uninstall 2019-09 or 2019-10 the issue is resolved. The error code event viewer throws if i try and manually start searchui.exe is


Faulting application name: SearchUI.exe, version: 10.0.18362.387, time stamp: 0x5d89925e

Faulting module name: SearchUI.exe, version: 10.0.18362.387, time stamp: 0x5d89925e

Exception code: 0xc000027b

Fault offset: 0x0000000000171ac8

Faulting process id: 0xfa4

Faulting application start time: 0x01d57acb9501cce0

Faulting application path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe

Report Id: 0d3b6dac-f32b-463b-b134-33944b6df692

Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID:


Any ideas?

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Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

• Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.
• Office 2019 apps will be supported on:
  • Any supported Windows 10 SAC release
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018
  • The next LTSC release of Windows Server
• The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.

 

Cortana

See if one or the other fix mentioned in these articles helps...:

• Windows 10 V1903: MS investigating the Search/Cortana issue (09/03/2019) | Born's Tech and Windows World
• Microsoft Investigating Windows 10 Cortana High CPU Issues
  

 

September 10, 2019—KB4515384 (OS Build 18362.356)

Hello! I am an Independent Advisor, I would love to help you out!

There are some known issues with this KB. You can see known issues here:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/releas...

I'd recommend submitting this feedback by pressing windows key + f and filling in relevant information.

After that I would suggest to either try to rollback or uninstall the update.

To rollback you can:

Start > Settings and click on Update & Security.

Click the Recovery link on the left and then click on Get started under 'Go back to the previous version of Windows 10.'

To manually uninstall an update you can follow this guide:

https://knowhowtechnology.wordpress.com/2019/09...

Then after that you will either want to pause updates temporarily, or fully disable them.

You can pause updates for up to 35 days if you have Windows 10 version 1903, Windows 10 Pro version 1809, or Windows 10 Enterprise version 1809

You can find steps and information on how to pause the updates here:

https://knowhowtechnology.wordpress.com/2019/09...

To disable windows updates:

You can view this article for step by step instructions with pictures on how to do this:

https://knowhowtechnology.wordpress.com/2019/09...

Hope this helps!

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised
on the site before you decide to download and install it.