Windows 10: Programing Not Launching With "Enter" key from Windows Search

I just started having issues tonight where Windows 10 will refuse to start an application after pressing the Windows key on keyboard and searching for an application.

For example, if I press the windows key and type "calc" without quotes in the search bar, usually when I press the "enter" key, the calculator application will open.

After a reboot of my system tonight, this is no longer the case. Now, when I press "enter" key on my keyboard after searching for an application, a little section comes up with the words “please make a selection”.

I can still open the application by moving my mouse to the searched application, and clicking it will make it open.

Has anyone experienced this before? It is quite frustrating as I use the search bar to open many applications and having to mouse over it to start it will not work out for me…

All my other computers do not have this problem and this only started after a cold reboot. No updates were performed during the restart process.

Any help is appreciated.

Picture of the issue is below.



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Slow explorer, slow program launchs, slow internet

See if this works:
To perform winsock reset in windows 10, perform the following steps :

• Click on Start.
• In the Start Search box, type cmd. ...
• Type netsh winsock reset in command prompt box and then hit the Enter key on your keyboard.
• After it has finished resetting, you will get message 'Winsock reset completed successfully.

 

Cannot Launch "Desktop Apps" from Windows 10 Search by Typing

Machine/Version: I'm using a SurfacePro 3/Windows 10 version 1067 with current updates.

Problem: Recently most apps will *NOT* launch from Windows search. For instance, if I want to launch O365 MS Word, I type [Windows Key]->"word", and Search finds "Word 2016." When I hit [Enter], Word does *NOT* launch. When I click on the icon that displays
in the search results, it also does *NOT* launch. It *seems* like the problem is limited to programs that say "Desktop App" in the search results.

Workaround: In order to launch Word, I must find it in the programs list (i.e., [Windows Key]->scroll down to 'W' programs, click on Word). I can also launch programs from icons pinned to the taskbar, but this is not my preferred method since I don't like
a cluttered taskbar or desktop.

Strange Observation: Interestingly, *SOME* programs do launch from search by hitting [Enter]. I don't know how to categorize them except to say that the seem to be "core" Windows programs/GUIs. For example, I can type [Windows Key] "updates, "settings"
or "network" and the right program/GUI *DOES* launch. But if I type "services," the program/GUI does *NOT* launch.

Help. Pretty please.

 

"Search the web and Windows" does not search for what I entered

Hello Brian,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We are glad to help you.

I would suggest you to run the inbuilt troubleshooter for search and check if the issue persists.

Follow these steps:

• • Type troubleshooting in the search box and hit Enter.
  • Click View all from the left pane and select Search and Indexing.
  • Follow the on-screen instructions and check.

Hope this helps. Feel free to get back to us for further queries. We will be happy to assist you.