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  • I can search all installed desktop application and store application except some installed foreign name applications. So it should be your system problem. Try to register Cortana to check with the command line in link tenforums.com/tutorials/…
    – JoyQiao
    Commented Dec 12, 2018 at 8:51
  • This has been a problem since at least Windows 7. Commented Dec 13, 2018 at 22:54
  • Is there a shortcut for these programs in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"? The only way my search finds a program is if there is a shortcut for the program in there.
    – Eric W.
    Commented Dec 16, 2018 at 13:04
  • What about trying to sfc /scannow as an admin in the CMD? It may help. Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 13:18