Windows 10: Windows 11 search not finding apps

I updated to Windows 11 about half a year ago, and since then, I have been trying to make my Windows search work. When I search for files, documents, and folders it works perfectly fine, but when I try to search for an app it shows web results only. I feel like I've tried everything, but nothing works. Also, searching for apps on the admin account works perfectly fine. Does that mean it perhaps has something to do with my account? Thanks for any answer!

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How to find People app in Windows 10.

This HP computer I just bought with ten on it does not have the people app. It is not in the tiles, or the see all apps or found on the hard drive. Thank you for your help. Every search I did to find it with search engines only showed me how to use it.

how do you make a search engine search for what you are looking for?

 

How to find People app in Windows 10.

Hi Long,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We will help you in resolving your issue.

Before assisting further, I would like to ask you a question related to the query:

• Are you not able to find People app on your PC?

Method 1:

Step 1:Check if People app tile is showing on the Start menu
by pressing Start key on keyboard

Step 2: If it is not displayed, then I suggest you to check using
Cortana by following the steps below:

• Press Start key on the keyboard and type People.
• Select the top most search result.

Step 3: You can also check in All settings from start menu by following the steps below:

• Press Start key on the keyboard and click on All settings option from the bottom left corner of the window.
• Check if People app is listed under alphabet P.

Method 2: If you do not find it in PC, you can download
People app from the Windows Store by following the steps below:

• Press Windows key on the keyboard and type Windows Store.
• Select the top most search result.
• Type People in the search and download the
  People app.

Get back to us with the answer to the above question to assist you further on this query. Your reply is most important for us to ensure that we assist you accordingly.

We are happy to assist you with any issues pertaining to Windows.

Thank you.

 

Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

• I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.

• Then I tried to remove the Pictures folder with option one at Add or Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials. Even after rebooting, the Pictures folder remained.
• So I tried using option two. Same thing: reboot >> Pictures folder still there.

• Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.

That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.