Windows 10: Emoji panel only works inside windows search

So I've had this issue with the Emoji Panel not working for a long time now.

I had responded to another post that someone had made Emoji Panel Not Working saying that I had that same issue.

The helper who was answering has not gotten back to that forum, so I'm asking again.

I followed the steps and messed with my registry, but my problem persists.





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Win10 Emoji Panel Won't Open

Hi All,
I also posted this same question here...
Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10

Anyway,

I'm running the latest version of win 10 and the emoji panel will not open,
using either *Start+ ., or *Start + ; key's.

I've done a system file check and no integrity violations were found.

Is there a know service, that needs to be turned on/running for this to work?
Or maybe there's a setting I've overlooked, or perhaps turned off?

Any suggestion on how to correct this issue, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

As a side note:
The emoji panel use to open as intended, but now it doesn't.
It also did not function, prior to the latest August 14, 2018 - KB4343909 (OS Build 17134.228) update.

 

Entering Emoji on Hardware Keyboard with Emoji Panel in Windows 10

@Brink

Hi
I tried your suggested test and nothing happens.
The emoji panel did not open.*Sad

Note:
This was also occurring prior to the latest August 14, 2018 - KB4343909 (OS Build 17134.228) update.

 

Issues with the emoji panel

I've just tried and can confirm that the emoji panel isn't working at all with the latest version of Windows, at least after the latest update. My "idea" is that the emoji panel is just broken as hell, until an update will fix it.