Windows 10: My Stuff disappeared

I thought the answer to this problem would be easy to find but all I have found is many, many dead ends. The extremely useful “My Stuff” blurb has mysteriously disappeared from its customary position near the Windows Start symbol in the lower left hand corner of my Windows 10 screen. I used My Stuff very, very frequently and find its absence quite maddening. No matter how I have tried to phrase my question and post it to solve the problem on other forums I have never found an answer. Please, please help. I need My Stuff back. Thank you.

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"My stuff" search has disappeared in Windows 10

Thank you for your help, Eeshwar, and my apologies for the delay in replying. I spend time away from home each week, so weekends are my opportunity to try to deal with this problem.

I have run those two commands, i.e.:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Both completed successfully, but no joy I'm afraid. The My Stuff search has not reappeared.

I am running Windows 10 Home edition on my PC, installed in 2015.

I made no hardware changes to the PC. As to software, I wasn't paying attention to timing, of course - I did upgrade my Google Earth to the Pro version. But that's all.

SnowyRX (thanks for joining this thread) suggests automatic updates - perhaps that is what has happened here too. Like everyone, I notice in the evening when I turn the machine off that Windows sometimes begins installing updates - always without my say-so
or permission of course. I simply can't remember if such an update occurred right before this happened - I don't think so, but I may be wrong.

In summary: I don't think that I did anything out of the ordinary prior to the appearance of this problem.

Do you have any further thoughts, Eeshwar? I am very grateful for your assistance.

 

"My stuff" search has disappeared in Windows 10

Hi Nick,

To understand the issue better, I would like to ask some questions:

• Which build is installed in your computer?
• Did you make any hardware/software changes prior to this issue?

I suggest you to follow the methods provided below and check if it helps.

Method 1: Run the DISM Tool.

• Press Windows + X keys and click
  command prompt(admin).
• Type the following commands in command prompt one by one and press Enter after each command.

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Method 2: Follow the troubleshooting steps provided in the link below:

Troubleshoot problems opening the Start menu or Cortana

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...ubleshoot-problems-opening-start-menu-cortana

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.

Thank you.

 

Is this an OEM computer? I've configured about 50 Windows 10 machines so far, and haven't seen something called My Stuff on any of them.

 

OEM? Yes. It is an ACER I bought at Best Buy a few years ago. I have had Windows 10 about a year. After I acquired Windows 10 when I searched for something in the lower left hand corner Search box I would have the choice of searching the web or "My Stuff." Almost always I would be wanting to find something on my computer rather than the web so I would click on My Stuff. It was a very handy hing to have. I am surprised that you hae configured 50 and never seen this animal.

 

I have configured about 20 and I have never seen this either, unless you are not describing it correctly.

 

I don't have the answer, but the OP meant this........................

 

I don't have that on three machines I am able to check right now. I am not using Cortana, if that has anything to do with it.

 

The OP is using Cortana search box.
I am not sure it should make a difference whether Cortana is enabled or not. Maybe there is a difference. Mine is enabled.

................... when I searched for something in the lower left hand corner Search box ...................

 

@ wilhelm45

Are you running Insider Preview or the RTM ?

I have found out that in my other computer running Insider Preview, there is no My Stuff nor Web options.
Instead, above the search box, there are many options to choose from

 

I just checked my system and that option for My Stuff does NOT exist. I am running Windows 10 Pro retail edition.

 

I do remember it being there ..but I think it went bye bye after a windows update awhile back

 

The screenshot I posted on Post #5 was from my current Win 10 Home 10586.318.

 

that's the version I'm using but I no longer have the MyStuf icon anymore-------------just found it ,it doesn't show till I type something in the search box

 

The mystery deepens. Until Caperjack stated he had the same problem with My Stuff I thought I was losing my mind again. It puzzles me that so many others didn't seem to have encountered the same situation. I think that like Caperjack I had My Stuff disappear after an update.