Solved Windows searching does not work

[DeZolance]

I am having trouble with my pc searching for files
Neither the explorer window or start menu seach works
whatever I type nothing comes out and if I click on see more results in the star menu search I get an error saying:
"Windows cannot access the specified device,path or file.You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."

I tried a couple if fixes myself but nothing
So any answer to this?

 

[Megahertz07]

Boot from an installation disk go to Repair open a CMD window
Type:
chkdsk C: /f


If it finds bad clusters and or bad blocks, your disk is dying. Replace the disk. My suggestion is to replace with a SSD.

If the disk is healthy, do a system file check
Type
sfc /scannow

 

[mrjimphelps]

Log in to Windows as an administrator, to see if you get the same error message. If you do, see if it allows you to give yourself permission to access the drive. If you can access the drive as an administrator, then it is a permissions issue with the Windows account you were using before.

 

[cornemuse]

I use this, its rocket fast, (not on usb anything, tho, , ,)

https://www.jam-software.com/ultrasearch/

 

[DeZolance]

Boot from an installation disk go to Repair open a CMD window
Type:
chkdsk C: /f


If it finds bad clusters and or bad blocks, your disk is dying. Replace the disk. My suggestion is to replace with a SSD.

If the disk is healthy, do a system file check
Type
sfc /scannow

Tried chkdsk and got this


The type of the file system is NTFS
Cannot lock currnet drive

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process.Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts?

 

[DeZolance]

Log in to Windows as an administrator, to see if you get the same error message. If you do, see if it allows you to give yourself permission to access the drive. If you can access the drive as an administrator, then it is a permissions issue with the Windows account you were using before.

I am an administrator and I still get nothing

But I did try one thing
I ran command prompt through WinKey+R as an administrator and activated the Hidden administrator account with
"net user administrator /active:yes"

I logged in that administrator account and searching works perfectly fine,no errors
In that case my problem could very well be a permissions issue somewhere

 

[Megahertz07]

Tried chkdsk and got this


The type of the file system is NTFS
Cannot lock currnet drive

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process.Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts?

You didn't boot from the Win 7 installation disk. You opened a CMD window under running windows.
It also asked if you wanted to do the check disk on next boot. Why you didn't do it?

 

[DeZolance]

You didn't boot from the Win 7 installation disk. You opened a CMD window under running windows.
It also asked if you wanted to do the check disk on next boot. Why you didn't do it?

1. I dont have a Windows instalation disk
2.I did do the disk check on next boot and it didn't detect any problems

 

[mrjimphelps]

I am an administrator and I still get nothing

But I did try one thing
I ran command prompt through WinKey+R as an administrator and activated the Hidden administrator account with
"net user administrator /active:yes"

I logged in that administrator account and searching works perfectly fine,no errors
In that case my problem could very well be a permissions issue somewhere

While logged into the administrator account where searching works perfectly fine, create a new user account with administrator access. Then log into that new account and try the search. If successful, then the problem has to be with the account which already existed in Windows. Somehow it got corrupted.

 

[DeZolance]

While logged into the administrator account where searching works perfectly fine, create a new user account with administrator access. Then log into that new account and try the search. If successful, then the problem has to be with the account which already existed in Windows. Somehow it got corrupted.

I made a test admin user and searching works perfectly fine there
Now is there a way to fix my current user or do I just migrate to the other one?

 

[mrjimphelps]

There may be a way to fix the current user, but I've always found it easier to just migrate to the other one.

 

[DeZolance]

There may be a way to fix the current user, but I've always found it easier to just migrate to the other one.

I have allot of set preferences on my current user so I am willing to try otherwise I will just migrate

 

[mrjimphelps]

My reason for migrating to the other user account is so that you will start fresh, leaving the problems behind.

 

[DeZolance]

Well ok I will leave it like that just migrate,thanks everyone for the help