Search box in start menu does not work

Thanks a bunch! HOW DID THIS GET TURNED OFF? Have been going crazy trying to figure this out. Your suggestion fixed it perfectly!:D

Orbital Shark said:
Hi iinlane, welcome to the forums.

Check your start menu settings (right-click taskbar-Properties-Start Menu-Customize)
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You might also want to reset your advanced internet settings (Control Panel-Network and Internet-Internet Settings-Advanced-Restore advanced setting).

Hope this helps :)




Jeff
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That's good to hear, glad I could help :)
 

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:) I still don't know HOW it happened, but at least I know where to come fix it, if it does.

Got a few other oddities going on now, but I'm working on it.

Such a great forum! Wish I were here reading during RC!:D
 

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This registry hack fixed my problem.

I had the same problem with my Win7 64 home "search on start menu not working"
tryied a lot but finally this registry hack + system restart gave me my search function back.

It worked for me to :D
Thanks for your help.
//perno



jonny163 said:
I tried that :S
No result, I'm attempting to look through the registry but I have no idea what to do in it. I also have another user account to test stuff out

I found this answer on a similar thread

I ran into the same problem over the past couple days with Windows 7 RC and finally dug into it some more.


1. End Task on EXPLORER.EXE from Task Manager.

2. Start the Registry Editor

3. Look for the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

4. Rename the key so it looks like the following:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.BACKUP

5. From Task Manager click on File | New Task (Run) and type EXPLORER.EXE and hit return.

6. Now try your search from the Start Menu again.

If the above process doesn't work for you, you can always put it back the way it was by reversing the process above.
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It worked for me :D
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jonny163 said:
I tried that :S
No result, I'm attempting to look through the registry but I have no idea what to do in it. I also have another user account to test stuff out

I found this answer on a similar thread

I ran into the same problem over the past couple days with Windows 7 RC and finally dug into it some more.


1. End Task on EXPLORER.EXE from Task Manager.

2. Start the Registry Editor

3. Look for the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

4. Rename the key so it looks like the following:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.BACKUP

5. From Task Manager click on File | New Task (Run) and type EXPLORER.EXE and hit return.

6. Now try your search from the Start Menu again.

If the above process doesn't work for you, you can always put it back the way it was by reversing the process above.
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It worked for me :D
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Thank you so ******* much! :D:D:D:D:D
 

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EmilSM64 said:
Thank you so ******* much! :D:D:D:D:D
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Does anyone have any advice for this, if I do not have the above registry file. I have four keys in the Folder Types but none with that string. =/
 

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To whomever wrote this I am having the same issues...........PLEASE tell me how you fixed it because im having all the same issues
 

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jodavis said:
to whomever wrote this i am having the same issues...........please tell me how you fixed it because im having all the same issues
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thank-you very much this tricks work for me
 

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Thanks very much jonny163, it worked like a charm....you saved my day...It worked for me too :D
Searched the net and tried many options but none worked, finally landed here and jonny163's suggestion worked..

jonny163 said:
I tried that :S
No result, I'm attempting to look through the registry but I have no idea what to do in it. I also have another user account to test stuff out

I found this answer on a similar thread

I ran into the same problem over the past couple days with Windows 7 RC and finally dug into it some more.


1. End Task on EXPLORER.EXE from Task Manager.

2. Start the Registry Editor

3. Look for the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

4. Rename the key so it looks like the following:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.BACKUP

5. From Task Manager click on File | New Task (Run) and type EXPLORER.EXE and hit return.

6. Now try your search from the Start Menu again.

If the above process doesn't work for you, you can always put it back the way it was by reversing the process above.
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It worked for me :D
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This... worked for Windows 10.

I deleted:
Code: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{ef87b4cb-f2ce-4785-8658-4ca6c63e38c6}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}

I have no idea what I have broken/fixed and what will the consequences be. But hey... it works for now.
 

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