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I just updated to Win11 on one of my PCs. Only on this PC, the taskbar "search" magnifying glass doesn't pull up the search box (it turns colors to indicate it's active but no search window appears) and if I click the Windows taskbar icon and start typing, or click in the search field in that popup window, the popup just disappears and doesn't bring up the search box.

On my other Windows machine everything is fine. What did I do wrong & how can I fix it? (Yes, I've restarted, updated to latest, and restarted Windows search service).

I do notice the Windows Search Indexer taking a fair amount of CPU and I/O. I checked the administrative logs, don't see anything interesting.

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  • Do you have any third-party applications designed to modify the start menu by chance?
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 19:01
  • Good question, but no, just using stock start menu.
    – GaryO
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 19:01
  • Have you tried restarting SearchHost.exe and/or the Windows Search service?
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 19:09
  • Yes, did both of those. No change.
    – GaryO
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 19:10
  • Well, I have no idea what fixed it; maybe it was playing with taskbar settings, but it's working now. You don't know how much you count on that search til it's gone! Gotta love Windows.
    – GaryO
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 20:40

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