Windows 10: Windows 10 search no results, requires ending Cortana.exe

Hi all,

I've been having this issue with my windows search for the last week since doing a clean install on my PC. Sometimes, when I try to search something up, the search would remain blank and have the blue dots rolling (it's working on something?) and no results would show. In order to fix this, I would have to end Cortana in task manager and wait for it to start back up.

Why is windows search hanging every now and then? Is there a way to permanently fix this so that I don't have to keep ending Cortana?

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How to uninstall cortana?

taskkill /IM Cortana.exe /F at the command prompt results in ERROR: The process "Cortana.exe" not found. Using windows 10 Home.

 

Windows 10 Search results are no longer actionable after changing locale and back

Unless you get a helpful response here, you could post on these IT Pro forums.

Technet forums

Or, there's a way to do a repair install without losing anything but your installed updates. Also, be sure to read the Note section.

How to Do a Repair Install of Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

I'm having the same problem.

 

In an admin command prompt:
Code: reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search" /v "AllowCortana" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f[/quote]

 

[/quote] Can you explain what this registry change will do?

 

It will disable Cortana from search - if you go to search settings Cortana will be disabled by company policy and grayed out.
If you need to revert it, change the 0 to 1.
There are too many reasons Cortana can fail, from the locale used to dns filtering, so if you don't have use for it, it's better left disabled for a responsive search and start menu.

 

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I did the registry add at an elevated command prompt, but still having same problem.