Fix for Windows Search Results Blank

Summary

Windows Search for some users is showing blank results in the start menu. Seems to be user specific and only on certain computers.

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It would be helpful to figure out which of the two things fix the search issue, or if neither do (give feedback to Desktop Admins).  

  1. Delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
  2. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:
    Get-AppxPackage -Name MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
  3. Restart computer.

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Article ID: 4879
Created
Thu 9/11/25 2:46 PM
Modified
Thu 9/11/25 2:47 PM
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Windows Search for some users is showing blank results in the start menu. Seems to be user specific and only on certain computers.