Windows 10: Windows 10 home version 2004 search bar is blank and nonfunctional

Hi there,

I am running windows 10 home ver 2004 and when i click on the search bar, it goes blank. If i type into it, i am unable to see the characters and it will not search up any files on my pc. If i type in a word "bobsled", for example, and hit the return key, it will open a bing search with the term I typed in, but will not let me search my system for the term.


How do I fix this? I have already restarted searchapp.exe several times and at best, it will give me one search before glitching out again.

:)

 

Nonfunctioning Explorer Search, broken permissions, indexing chaos..

Nonfunctioning Explorer Search, broken permissions, indexing chaos.. @dalchina, I already established op has backed up the bad drive before suggesting chkdsk.

 

Windows 10 Search Doesn't Start

I upgraded to version 2004 recently. The Search bar was working after the upgrade. Two days ago it stopped. Clicking the "Type here to search" brings u a blank gray window which closes after a few seconds. Nothing can be typed in the bar. I have read a lot
of the questions and answers here and tried the suggestions about ending the Search task and running SFC /Scannow and DISM with no success. It looks to me as if the Search app is not loading in the window that opens. I gather that this problem started around
the time that version 2004 was released. Has anyone at Microsoft found a solution?

 

Search Bar/Cortana

Hello,

Thank you for posting your concern here in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 family.

From the description, I understand that you are still receiving the pop up notifications, despite having disabled the search functionality in windows 10.

Steps to disable the Search Bar

• Right click on the task bar.
• Select the "Search" option.
• Select "Disable."

However, if the above steps don't work out, perform the below suggested steps and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

Open a CMD window started as Administrator.

Repair corruption: Dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth.

Run this command next: Sfc /scannow

Now run these two commands:

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Hope the above information was helpful.

Thank You.