I have tried everything to get my search bar in the start menu working, but nothing has worked.
When I try to search using the search bar no files or anything comes up.
However I have tried making the search bar work with a new account and it works perfectly.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Hi ellellell1
Try the link below
Index - Rebuild
If that doesn't help you might have a corrupted profile .
Hi VistaKing
I have already tried doing this, still doesn't seem to help.
I am also wondering that I might have a corrupted something...
ellellell1
see if this will work for you
End Task on EXPLORER.EXE from Task Manager.
Start the Registry Editor from the task manager by clicking on File New Task (Run...) type in regedit.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.BACKUP
I have found
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{0B2BAAEB-0042-4DCA-AA4D-3EE8648D03E5}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
But can't find
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Does this matter if I have a different name for the folder mentioned above?
How about in here
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
it should have this " System.StartMenu.Group " in the right side
Found it, renamed it to {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.BACKUP
Still no difference
Thanks for all the help you are giving me, I hope we can get it to work.
I also found out that if I type C: in the search bar, it comes up with some folder results. Wonder if this helps?
The {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} folder or the {EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6} folder?
Delete this key {ef87b4cb-f2ce-4785-8658-4ca6c63e38c6}
Restart computer after deleting.
You could also try this
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{ef87b4cb-f2ce-4785-8658-4ca6c63e38c6}
In the left side of the window right-click GroupBy and click Modify
Change the value to System.StartMenu.Group and click OK, then close the registry editor
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If that doesn't work Turn off Search features inside control panel "turn Windows Features On or Off " Restart PC. Turn the Windows Search feature back on then rebuild index.
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