Windows 10: Windows Search not working, completely blank then times out and closes

When trying to search files, or applications, the popup menu is blank with a little load bar bar the top, it then automatically closes down.Windows 10 version 1909Would anyone have suggestions for some troubleshooting steps i might have missed or not thought of. short of resetting windows, it is a work laptop so resetting windows is the last resort.Troubleshooting i have tried.- ran search troubleshooter- restarted windows search service- rebuilt windows index- cleared temp files and folders- took ownership of the search folder in 'program data'- ran sfc /scannow- ran dism restore healthMy the

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Windows search not working/is blank

Add me to the list! Thank you M$ for all these bug free updates.

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

Sysprep Windows 10 Start Menu search is blank


Hello everyone,

I was following the Tenforums.com Windows 10 Image - Customize in Audit Mode with Sysprep guide, which I found to be an amazing guide.

My goal is to have a Windows 10 Pro x64 sysprep image from the Hyper-V VM, exactly as in the guide.

Anyways I had everything going smooth - I was about to Generalize the image and realized the Start Menu stopped returning results, instead just showing a blank search.

After some frustration and reluctance I went back to the checkpoint at the very beginning (as indicated in the guide). The Start Menu still showed up blank.

Reinstalled the VM in Hyper-V using different names and different VHD files but all resulted in the same error.

Created the VM in VMware Workstation 12 and and started the Sysprep process with Windows 10 in VMware. The Start Menu is still blank.

Uninstalled Hyper-V and reinstalled Hyper-V but that didn't help.

I've done the basic troubleshooting steps too:

• Reboot system (Host and Guest systems multiple times)
• Verified service Windows Search is running (I restarted the service as well)
• Rebuilt Index
• Restarted Cortana and Windows Explorer
• Re-registered Cortana

I've tried Googling my heart out to no avail. Couldn't even find an image with a similar problem. I've attached a snippet of the issue below.

Note: This is only in Audit Mode. When I let the Windows install complete, the Start Menu works again. I'll try completing the imaging process and load the Sysprep image and see if the Start Menu functionality comes back unless someone has a better idea or similar experience?