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hahha, surprising, good you picked up on that, not sure how many average users would trek into the pits of the registry, good call
Enzo.
Search box in start menu does not work
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Hey i too am having the same problems......... could you also tell me the fix...... :)..... i've been going mad for the solution.....the only workaround i had till now was creating a new account and copying your files and settings to it...... but that also didnt work well....... (this problem is only found with ppl who have upgraded from 70** to rc)......
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I'm currently facing the same problem. I use windows 7 and i have recently modify the registry to optimize the shutdown speed. And now the search box is not working. Can you please tell me exactly what you change in the registry for it to work?
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Same problem
I am having the same problem, and would love to know what you did in the registry for a solution.
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Can you, or anyone else explain this? I have this exact problem and have no idea what to do. I took some screenshots to show my problem but the shots in the OP here are exactly the same. ThanksAlready 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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See if this helps you out,Can you, or anyone else explain this? I have this exact problem and have no idea what to do. I took some screenshots to show my problem but the shots in the OP here are exactly the same. ThanksAlready 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.
Windows Search - Turn On or Off
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New #17
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
It worked for meI 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.
Last edited by jonny163; 10 Apr 2010 at 20:19.
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New #18
Glad to hear that jonny163,:)
And thanks for posting your solution, that will help someone else.
Derek
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jonny,
Have you any idea as to what you did to cause the problem in the first place?
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New #20
No idea what caused the problem, but then I has n00b skillz when it comes to computers :P
I was making some alterations to my netbook though, I don't think they are related.
I was installing wubi to see if I liked Ubuntu and it said that the metalink couldn't be downloaded and therefore neither could the .ISO
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