Windows 10: "We're getting search ready" error - Windows/Cortana Search

Thanks for the nice guide nushydude. Performed all steps in my previously unaffected x64 machine, but it didn't work. Seems this problem comes and goes as it pleases.

 

Excellent post nushydude! If I get the problem again I'll make sure I try that out first...at least it's a less drastic way than having to do a clean install! *Smile

 

Was worth a try! Unfortunately, it didn't fix it on my computer either.

I've reduced my index to just 4282 files by using the initial config - stuff like my documents to speed things up. It's still not finding stuff like device manager or stuff that should have been indexed like things on my desktop.

 

Wait a bit. Probably it will fix itself once the indexing is done.

 

I waited until indexing was complete to no avail. For fun, I created a new user account in case mine was corrupt, waited for that one's indexing to complete (was fast as the account has nothing) and that has the "we're getting search ready" problem too.

 

The index seems to be common to every user. So switching user accounts shouldn't have made a difference. Whether or not that is a good design is a separate topic of discussion.

 

I wouldn't waste any more time on this issue, it's almost certainly a bug that can only be fixed by Microsoft. There are already patches on their way and even a "Service Release" for next month - hopefully one of these will fix the problem.

 

I have this plus cortana won't set reminders and crashes when i hit the reminders button

 

I had this problem but fixed it with a couple of restarts. I think it'll solve itself up eventually if you just leave it.

 

I have fixed the issue on my machine. I first booted into recovery mode and used the cmdline to delete the following folder:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_<randomtext>

Then after rebooting cortana wasn't working at all (duh). I reinstalled the package using the following procedure:

1. Open and elevated CMD window (rightclick --> run as admin)
2. Start powershell (type 'powershell' without quotes and press enter)
3. Run the command:

Get-AppXPackage -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cortana | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Within 10 seconds my search was back to normal and I could finally put this problem to rest. It might not be required to delete the folder in safe mode first but I don't know yet because I am yet to test this procedure without deleting the folder on another machine. I'd be very interested to see if running the command above in powershell also fixes the issue without having to delete the folder first.

I had rebuilt the search index many times and rebooted and left it to rest but nothing seemed to fix the issue which is when I started digging for a solution.

Lemme know if this works for any of you guys *Party*Party

 

Just tried it (no deletion, no restart), and it worked ! Thank you, oh great PowerShell wizard ! I'm keeping this command in a .txt file for now, just in case.

 

Good stuff.. Thanks for testing. I had this problem for some days now and decided to ignore it until Microsoft would patch it. But now this has also appeared in my (new) workplace so I had to come up with a fix.

As I stumbled across this topic during my initial investigation (google ghehehe) I thought it would be nice to register and share it as more people seem to have the issue.

Happy days..

 

I'm getting an error and now my search is totally broken-

Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path 'C:\AppXManifest.xml' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:60
+ ... | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.I ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\AppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

 

Try it this way, Re-regiter all apps

Apps - Re-register in Windows 8 and 10 - Windows 10 Forums

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Unfortunately, this didn't fix it for me... I'm still getting the "we're getting search ready" message. Debating if I should just wipe my machine. Why can't MS give us errors that make sense?