Step by step guide for a potential solution to fixing Windows Search results
Windows search results may "disappear" for some users. If restarting the machine does not fix this specific issue, please try the steps below.
Note: Please provide any feedback to our Windows Desktop Admin team as this is a potential solution.
1. Press down the windows key + r together. Once entered, the run console should appear in the bottom left-hand corner. In the run console, search "regedit" then press enter. This should open up the Registry Editor.
2. Delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
3. Press down and hold windows key + r again and type in "powershell". Press and hold ctrl + shift + enter to run PowerShell as Administrator.
Your PowerShell screen should look like this:
4. Copy and paste the command provided below into the PowerShell console and press enter
| Get-AppxPackage -Name MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} |
5. Restart computer