Search Not Working After 22H2 update

Question

Hi,

I found another user in this same place having the exact same issue however no solution was provided.

I can't do any search because the start menu just freezes and closes.

I got 2 event IDs

1000
Faulting application name: SearchHost.exe, version: 522.20204.0.0, time stamp: 0x62d9ea84
Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.22621.1, time stamp: 0xf5fc15a3
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x000000000007f61e
Faulting process ID: 0x0x5024
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D8D4DE84C25FB0
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll
Report ID: c65302aa-e513-4961-a5b0-e5985d8ce0c9
Faulting package full name: MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_1000.22634.1000.0_x64__cw5n1h2txyewy
Faulting package-relative application ID: CortanaUI

and event id 1001

Fault bucket 1626699298983350363, type 5
Event Name: MoBEX
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_1000.22634.1000.0_x64__cw5n1h2txyewy
P2: praid:CortanaUI
P3: 522.20204.0.0
P4: 62d9ea84
P5: ucrtbase.dll
P6: 10.0.22621.1
P7: f5fc15a3
P8: 000000000007f61e
P9: c0000409
P10: 0000000000000007

Attached files:
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.9ca8f518-cfe9-4252-a731-dfeb6cd1f2bd.tmp.dmp
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.b2a67055-edc4-4dca-91dc-1b9ff1bcb93b.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.0afe2c06-a871-4325-9162-af0287599d38.tmp.csv
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.8d4da293-e670-4a07-b835-c3bcec6bcb62.tmp.txt
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.865598cb-8184-4aab-b783-eeee3ce3ab61.tmp.xml

These files may be available here:
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_MicrosoftWindows_a11ca484f25854641d466c6bee32ddc2c7645a_b3ae44d7_b2472444-fd54-453f-ae64-71135ac30652

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: c65302aa-e513-4961-a5b0-e5985d8ce0c9
Report Status: 268435456
Hashed bucket: 1b4a1c9c0d28841856933264d047905b
Cab Guid: 0

I have tried everything and no luck.

If I go back to previous version of windows all works no problem.

Answer 1

Same issue here.

Found out, that it is related (at least on my notebook) to the used fonts.
I have replaced this ugly Segoe with something different. This was the reason here. Restoring to Windows default font, the search bar was working fine.

So, for fixing this issue, I did:

• start Win11 in safe mode
• renamed folder 'FontCache' in C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\ to 'oldFontCache' (to be safe and have a copy)
• copied folder 'FontCache' from windows.old\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\ to here (to have the original set permissions of this folders)
• deleted the content of 'FontCache' and 'FontCache\Fonts'
• reboot

--> search bar works fine ! Even after changing the default font back to 'Tahoma' - search bar works, no more crash.

Answer 2

Select Start, then select Settings.
In Windows Settings, select Update & Security > Troubleshoot. Under Find and fix other problems, select Search and Indexing.
Run the troubleshooter.

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You can also use a command prompt to open the troubleshooter. Press Windows logo key+R, enter cmd in the Open box, and then select OK. At the command prompt, run the following command:

msdt.exe -ep WindowsHelp id SearchDiagnostic

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Download Reset Windows Search PowerShell script

and save the file to a local folder.

Right-click the file that you saved, and select Run with PowerShell.

The PowerShell script resets the Windows Search feature.
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Answer 3

None of that makes any difference.

Answer 4

Hello there,

There are some users that have stated the same issue after the update, you can have a quick check at this article and see if the troubleshooting steps help you https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/after-22h2-implace-upgrade-window-store-windows/3d35ec24-08b6-4d26-9320-5cbf31bd51a8

Also, try booting your PC in clean boot. Refer to the article on How to perform a clean boot in Windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd

Note: Clean Boot starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program. Also, you may not be able to use some programs in clean boot.

If performing a clean boot fixes the issue then, please refer to the section How to determine what is causing the problem after you do a clean boot to check which program is causing the issue.

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Answer 5

I have had to disable the Windows Search service on 2 different machines with W11 22H2 because of this. Everything seems to then work ok after, less indexed searching of course. I'll try re-enabling it with each cumulative update to see if they've managed to fix it.