Windows 10: Windows 10 search bar not showing results

It is probably something easy and I am just being dumb but I couldn't find anything about this.

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Windows 10 search bar showing no results

Recently I installed Windows 10 on my desktop but the search bar shows no results (this includes any apps, folders, nor does it even include any google or bing search results).

It looks like this:





(and yes, I have google installed)

Ive also tried various other fixes such as:

• Disabling firewall for cortana
• resetting the search index
• restarting the computer
• trying to download cortana again through powershell
• updating the machine (obviously there are no updates pending)
• making sure that windows search service is always on and on automatic
• running the troubleshooter
• killing cortana on task manager

Was wondering if anyone else has this problem or if anyone knows a solution?

 

HyperSLI (Enabling SLI on non-sli motherboards)

To turn off windows updates in windows 7 follow these steps:

Click the start button, in the search box type in 'windows updates', click on 'windows update'
in the search results list, in the left side of the windows update window click 'change settings'
then in the option bar select 'Never check for updates'.

 

Certain apps don't show in search results

Some of my applications don't show in search results when I search for them.

E.g. Visual Studio, it shows only a local directory named "Visual Studio 2017" but it doensn't show the application itself.

Some other applications are listed as wrong version (already uninstalled), and some others dont't show at all (e.g. Putty)

I've already rebuilt the index and ran sfc /scannow several times, and got shortcuts for the apps in both

• %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

and

• %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

I'm running Windows 10 Pro Version 1607 (Build 14393.1358)

Any suggestions?