Windows 10: start menu search not showing apps installed with Microsoft store

when i search in the search bar for apps installed with Microsoft store they don't show upi have tried trouble shooters and it hasn't helped. i have tried re-indexing and it hasn't helped please tell me what i can do

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Microsoft Store Apps not uninstalling correctly and still showing in the start menu

My problem is two parts.

1) If I right click a Microsoft Store app in the start menu and click "Uninstall" nothing happens. They only way I can uninstall them is through "Add/Remove Programs" or using Appx in PowerShell.

2) Once I do get the program removed, it no longer shows up in Add/Remove programs, and the Microsoft Store does not show it as installed, but it still shows up in the Windows start menu. Clicking it just opens the "Library" page in Microsoft Store.

This appears to be happening with all of my Microsoft Store apps. Any suggestion on how to fix this?

I have already tried the following:

• Restarting computer
  
• Re-Installing and then Un-installing app again
  
• Running wsreset
  
• Running sfc /scannow
  
• Running DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
  
• Running troubleshooter for Windows Store Apps (it did not find any problems)
  

If I create a new user account they do not show up. But obviously moving my current user account to a new one is a far from ideal solution.

My Windows version is 21H1 Build 19044.1387. The problem was occurring on Windows version is 21H1, I tried updating to 21H2 but that did not change anything.

UPDATE: I also just discovered that if I install an app that is not already in the start menu, it adds the icon to the start menu but clicking it does not open the app (it just opens the Microsoft Store) and uninstalling the new apps removes it from the start menu but does not uninstall it.

 

Microsoft Store app icon is missing in search result on start menu

If I scroll down the list of all installed apps on the start menu there is a Microsoft Store entry with the expected briefcase. But if I type "st" then it searches and I get the Microsoft Store entry at the top, as an app, and the icon is the missing image thing. The white sheet with a blue scene.

Also just noticed the top two entries just after I click the start button are missing icons (both this and the Meta Messenger app...though I uninstalled one copy Messenger copy that'd come from outside the store, and have another from the store still installed). Both apps (store and messenger) run fine. And running them doesn't fix the icon.

I can't manually pick an icon for them by right clicking.

I ran the "repair" feature from the Microsoft Store's app details page, and nothing changed.

Any further suggestions?

 

Start menu and search does not show the installed apps

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down to the issue.

• 
  What is the make and model of the computer?
  
• 
  Does it mean that the Start menu is not working or it does not show any apps?
  
• 
  Did you receive any error message?
  
• 
  Did you install any third party security application?
  

If apps are missing from the stat menu, I suggest you to search for the missing apps on the search bar and pin it to the Start menu just by right click and selecting
Pin to Start.

If that doesn’t work and as an initial troubleshooting step,
I suggest you to sign out from the current account, restart the computer and log in with Microsoft Account and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

Also perform SFC scan and check the status of the issue.

System File Checker (SFC) is a utility in Microsoft Windows that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files. Perform System File Check (SFC),
and then check if this fixes the issue.

Press the Windows button + X
on your keyboard, a mini dialogue box will appear.

2. Choose Command Prompt (Admin). You must run the command prompt in Administrator level.

3. On the command prompt type sfc /scannow
and hit enter.

4. If everything went okay and no errors were found, restart your computer and see if the issue re-occurs.

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files - Microsoft Support

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you