Timeline for Windows 10 Search can't find ANY applications. Even calculator
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| Jun 8, 2019 at 13:50 | comment | added | Daniel Argüelles | I need to reboot because the explorer doesn't start correctly. After that, it works. | |
| Nov 14, 2018 at 8:33 | comment | added | MichaelK | This worked for me, thank you. This issue was driving me nuts. +1 and Favorited. | |
| Sep 19, 2017 at 20:49 | comment | added | Matthew Cawley | Nice spelling mistake in the screenshot :D | |
| Sep 16, 2017 at 19:38 | comment | added | Strategy Thinker | What does this do? I would rather not edit a registry key without knowing what it does. | |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 19:00 | comment | added | Dev-iL |
For those like me who deleted this w/o backup, these are the contents of the key (make a .reg file and paste this inside): Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{ef87b4cb-f2ce-4785-8658-4ca6c63e38c6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}] "GroupBy"="System.StartMenu.Group" "LogicalViewMode"=dword:00000001 "Name"="NoName" "Order"=dword:00000000 "PrimaryProperty"="System.StartMenu.Group" "SortByList"="prop:-System.Search.Rank;-System.DateModified;System.ItemNameDisplay"
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| Jul 30, 2017 at 19:40 | comment | added | n0tis | Work but I have to do it 1-2 time a day :/ Any way to automate everything ? | |
| Jul 18, 2017 at 13:36 | comment | added | Matt Clark | Have to say, this entire post is absolutely terrible advice, at least on versions later then 1607. I am currently engaging in a system recovery, because the start menu does not even appear after following this advice. | |
| Jun 16, 2017 at 4:28 | comment | added | Vinh Tran | It's worked for me. Windows 10 build 10240 | |
| May 22, 2017 at 9:37 | history | edited | Hooch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added link to answer that fixes it for some people.
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| S Jan 7, 2017 at 14:10 | history | suggested | MrCalvin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Just added a screen-dump it made anyway for our own private wiki
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| Oct 5, 2016 at 8:12 | history | edited | Hooch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Add proper way to kill Explorer exe in Windows 10 as suggested in comments.
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| Sep 29, 2016 at 19:29 | comment | added | David Murdoch | @kevincathcart, that's what I'm saying, it doesn't bring back the taskbar when you start a new explorer process in Windows 10. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 19:27 | comment | added | Kevin Cathcart | @DavidMurdoch: It should exit the main (desktop) instance of explorer.exe, but it might leave some other instances running. I thought it closed them when I last tried, but it might vary by windows version. In any case to restart windows explorer you spawn it using any method. I usually open task manager with CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and then use the the File->run new task menu item. Whenever explorer.exe starts it checks to see if there is another copy providing the taskbar and desktop folder features. If not the newly opened explorer is used for that. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 14:47 | comment | added | David Murdoch | @KevinCathcart, but this doesn't actually shut down explorer.exe, it looks like it is just hidden (the process is still running). Also, how do you get it back, as you can't just start explorer.exe again (because it is already running). | |
| Sep 20, 2016 at 15:00 | comment | added | TV Mohini | Thanks this worked great. However the suggestion from Augusto Barreto did not! | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 15:47 | comment | added | Kevin Cathcart | Please don't advise people to kill explorer.exe if it is still responding. Instead advise them to exit explorer. In Windows 10 this is (apparently) done by Ctrl+Shift+Right-click on an empty part of the taskbar and clicking "Exit Explorer". That feature exists for precisely this sort of thing. | |
| Jun 1, 2016 at 9:35 | comment | added | Hooch | @JaredBeach Yes you can. That is some next level "male cow poop". | |
| May 27, 2016 at 12:56 | comment | added | Jared Beach | This worked for me, but can I just point out how bizarre it is | |
| May 9, 2016 at 18:25 | comment | added | turkinator |
For 64bit OS's, the Key to delete is in the WOW64Node, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{ef87b4cb-f2ce-4785-8658-4ca6c63e38c6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
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| Mar 16, 2016 at 10:20 | comment | added | Jamie Hutber | Well this is the first time I truly regret doing something from SU. I lost all my quick start icons :O | |
| Nov 15, 2015 at 19:21 | comment | added | GreenRaccoon23 |
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you need to open regedit with administrator privileges. After stopping explorer.exe in Task Manager, go to File -> Run new task, and run cmd. Then in the new Command Prompt window, run powershell and then run Start-Process regedit -Verb RunAs
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| Nov 14, 2015 at 20:41 | comment | added | BAERUS |
For me it was enough to kill and start the explorer.exe process. Luckily no need for manipulating the reg.
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| Nov 10, 2015 at 9:46 | comment | added | olefrank | I cant open regedit to delete the registry key. It says "The extended attributes are inconsistent"... What to do???? | |
| Oct 27, 2015 at 15:07 | comment | added | Bram Vanroy | This worked for me, but only after restarting Windows after having deleted the key. Simply restarting explorer.exe didn't do it for me! (+1!) | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 11:14 | comment | added | Alberto | Works on my Windows 10 upgraded from Windows 7. Thank you! | |
| Oct 20, 2015 at 10:23 | history | edited | Hooch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added information that this is not only working solution to encourage people to try other answers if this one does not suit them.
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| S Oct 16, 2015 at 11:25 | history | suggested | Nickon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
special chars made the slashes disappear
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| Sep 24, 2015 at 11:46 | comment | added | Hooch | @aIKid Try other methods. Some methods work for some and other methods work for others. Keep trying and remember to post answer if you figure it out. | |
| Sep 23, 2015 at 9:14 | comment | added | aIKid | Doesn't work for me, somehow. | |
| Sep 5, 2015 at 19:29 | comment | added | Noumenon | Simply killing Explorer and restarting did it for me. Expanded instructions for bringing back your taskbar at superuser.com/a/313998/197108 | |
| Aug 6, 2015 at 8:47 | history | edited | nixda | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
deleted 26 characters in body
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| Aug 4, 2015 at 9:34 | comment | added | Hooch | @Andomar I have no idea. What is strange is that I restored that key today and search is still working. Windows 10 is really buggy release for production release. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 9:24 | comment | added | Andomar |
Worked for me! Before this, Windows couldn't even find cmd.exe. I wonder what caused this.
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| Aug 3, 2015 at 6:56 | vote | accept | Hooch | ||
| Aug 1, 2015 at 10:07 | comment | added | Ev0oD | For me does not work :/ | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 9:02 | history | edited | Hooch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added steps.
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| Jul 30, 2015 at 9:27 | history | answered | Hooch | CC BY-SA 3.0 |