Windows 10: Error 206 while trying to start windows search service

to give some information, I have windows 11 and it was working fine for the past few months but suddenly my search isn't working, it shows search indexing was turned off. Upon running the troubleshooter it said that incorrect permissions for windows search directories and windows search service is not running, to fix this I went to services.msc and tried to manually start the windows search service but it gives the following errorso I can't fix any of the problems the troubleshooter found out and it's annoying coz search is important for me coz i use a lot of third-party applications which are

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Help with the Windows Search Service failed

Hi,

Having some damaged system components is one of the possible causes why the services in the system are failing. For us to provide an accurate solution, we would need you to answer the following questions:

• Which build, version and edition of Windows is installed on your computer?
• What changes have you made to your computer before this issue occurred?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest refreshing the Windows Search service. To do so, follow these steps:

• Press the Windows key + R to pull-up the Run box.
• In the Run box, type services.msc and then hit the Enter key.
• In the Services window, look for Windows Search, right-click on it and then choose Stop.
• Restart your computer.
• Pull-up the Services window again.
• Look for Windows Search, right-click on it and then choose Start.

We are looking forward to your response.

 

Windows 10 search not indexing Outlook 2013, no search results

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in using Windows 10.

Let's diagnose the issue by referring to the following suggestion and check if that helps you.

First of all, I would suggest you to check if the
Windows Search Service is running in Automatic mode under the list of Windows services. You can follow the steps to check and start the
Windows Search again:

• Press Windows+R keys to open Run. Type “servces.msc” without quotes and hit
  Enter.
• From the list of services, locate the Windows Search Support Service
  and Windows Search Service.
• Right click on the Windows Search Service
  and then click on Properties.
• Check if the service is running. If not, start the service and change the
  Startup type to Automatic.
• Follow the same steps to start the Bluetooth service
  and change the startup type to Automatic.

You can also try the following suggestion.

Run the Search and Indexing troubleshooter. Follow the steps mentioned below.

• Press “Windows key + W”.
• Type “Troubleshooting” without quotes in the Search box and hit enter.
• Select “View all” option from the left panel.
• Select “Search and Indexing”.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.

Hope this information helps you. Please do let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Windows 10 Search service not started Error 5: Access is denied

Hi Charles,

We'd like to verify some information to better assist you with this problem. Was the Windows 10 Search service working fine before? Have you recently performed any changes or updates on your computer? Let's try to check if the Windows Search is set to start
automatically. To do that, follow these steps:

• On the Search bar, type in Services.
• Under Services Local, look for Windows Search.
• Make sure that its Startup type is set to Automatic, and its
  Service status should be Running/Started.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.