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19 questions linked to/from Cortana Search is not finding applications on Windows 10
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Windows 10 Search can't find ANY applications. Even calculator [duplicate]
I have problem with Windows 10 Enterprise N x64.
When I press "Start" and start to type application name it never finds it.
I can't even find applications like "Calculator", "Microsoft Word" or any ...
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Windows 10 can't search for apps [duplicate]
On a fresh install of windows 10 (final build), my "search windows" is broken..
It won't find any of my apps when I search. E.g. "sublime" for sublime text, "internet" for IE, nothing. WHen I click "...
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Where is the Snipping Tool in Windows 10?
Where is the Snipping Tool in Windows 10?
I can't get it to appear in my start menu when I'm typing its name, like I could before Windows 10.
Is there a built-in alternative?
(Of course, ...
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Windows 10 Settings not indexed
In Windows 10, when I search from the Start Menu or Settings, only Control Panel results appear, but not the new Windows 10 settings. For example, if I type "update", the search results are "Update ...
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How can I make Windows 10 search my settings/control panel items?
Last night I fiddled around with some settings, and now Windows 10 refuses to search my settings. If I search "Settings" it returns a result, if I search Notepad and Chrome - it works fine. But if I ...
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Windows 10: Cortana Search is not finding portable applications
This question deals with finding applications in general but not portable ones: Cortana Search is not finding applications on Windows 10
I have a portable application located but not installed at C:\...
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Windows 10 Search not working
I used WinKey + S very much on Windows 8.1. Now when I installed Windows 10 it seems to be a problem with the search indexer. It can't find anything but some 'settings' items.
Things i've tried:
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Windows 10 search issues
I've updated to Windows 10 and having the following issues:
Can't find things like Windows Update, Disk Management, Device Manager, Power Options etc.
Whatever I search, even if it does find it, it ...
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Delete search "cache" in Windows 10 (search finding non-existent / old programs)
I recently installed Office 2016.
In my start menu I can see the Office 2016 shortcuts, such as Excel 2016:
However, when I type "Excel" in the Windows Search bar, I still only see "Excel 2013", ...
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Cannot add items to start menu in Windows 10
I seem to be completely unable to add items to the start menu in Windows 10.
If I right-click on a folder and choose "Pin to Start" nothing happens.
If I drag and drop an item onto the start menu, ...
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Windows 10 Search in apps behaves weird [duplicate]
When I wanted to launch an app in Windows 7 (or Gnome), I pressed the windows key and typed the name of the app, for example, "Firefox", and pressed enter. Now in Windows 10 the Search Windows have ...
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Windows 10 Cortana won't search my applications
as you can see from the images below, cortana search is somewhat broken and won't search my applications instead keep suggesting store apps and telling me to search the web.
I've started the windows ...
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Windows 10 search not showing as many results?
For example, Network and Internet are not showing up. Another one is the individual options in Control Panel, such as System, Programs and Features, etc. Also, Device manager is not showing up. Is ...
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Windows 10 Search does not show new applications installed
Windows 10 search stopped showing any of the newer apps that I have installed. I can search for older apps (apps that I have installed prior to May 2017) however any apps that I have installed after ...
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Windows 10 Search not working - after privacy tweaks
I installed Windows 10 enterprise for about a week,
right after I disabled all the ugly spying stuff!
Now the simple search of it, won't work.
Found thousands of others like myself having similar ...
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