Search box in start menu does not work

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  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
       #1

    Search box in start menu does not work


    The search box in start menu stopped working. The search from windows explorer works fine, just the start menu does not work. All it returns is:

    Search box in start menu does not work-search-result.png

    When I click an item in result a security warning will appear:

    Search box in start menu does not work-search-result2.png

    The "See more results" link in the results list works fine. It opens an explorer window with list of results.

    Please help. It's driving me mad.
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  2. Posts : 2,651
    W7 RTM Ultimate x64
       #2

    Does the search indexer have anything actually indexed?

    Enzo.
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  3. Posts : 6,305
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #3

    Hi iinlane, welcome to the forums.

    Check your start menu settings (right-click taskbar-Properties-Start Menu-Customize)
    Search box in start menu does not work-capture.png

    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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  4. Posts : 6,305
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    enzo said:
    does the search indexer have anything actually indexed?

    Enzo.
    + 1 enzo
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    ENZO said:
    Does the search indexer have anything actually indexed?

    Enzo.
    Sure. There's 20000+ files in index.
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  6. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #6

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

    Check your start menu settings (right-click taskbar-Properties-Start Menu-Customize)

    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
    Thanks for great reply but it didn't help.
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  7. OEM
    Posts : 617
    OS3.5
       #7

    Just an idea, try rebuilding the index. Control panel\index options, click advanced then on rebuild.
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  8. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #8

    OEM said:
    Just an idea, try rebuilding the index. Control panel\index options, click advanced then on rebuild.
    Already tried. Did not help.

    An interesting note. Under another user account the search box works normally. So the problem must be somewhere in user profile.
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  9. OEM
    Posts : 617
    OS3.5
       #9

    On another thread, it was brought to my attention that you can uninstall /reinstall the search service.

    Try going to:

    Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features

    and in the left plane, click on "Turn Windows features on or off". In the new window scroll down to "windows search", un-check it, click OK and restart.
    After restart, go back and re-check "windows search", restart and see if that does the trick. Good Luck
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  10. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    OEM said:
    On another thread, it was brought to my attention that you can uninstall /reinstall the search service.

    Try going to:

    Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features

    and in the left plane, click on "Turn Windows features on or off". In the new window scroll down to "windows search", un-check it, click OK and restart.
    After restart, go back and re-check "windows search", restart and see if that does the trick. Good Luck
    Already tried that but it didn't help.

    Just got it working, the problem was somewhere in registry. Butchered big part of current_user/software/microsoft/windows before I got it working. I localized the problem by renaming NTUSER.dat by using a temporary account; it helped.

    It's the dirtiest fix I have ever done to my computer.

    Br, Robert.
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