Windows Search

Question

Hi, I did a windows reset and my windows search is all messed up. All the apps that I download don't pop up on the search and some icons are messed up. When I type "run" It doesn't show up. I tried troubleshooting the index, but that didn't work. How can I get it to work better?

Thank you!!

Answer 1

Hello chrtor21,

Kindly try creating a local administrator account first then let me know how it goes.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Answer 2

when I try Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} This shows up Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02.

Answer 3

Hello chrtor21,

Thank you for updating me with that information. I apologize that the above methods did not resolve the issue.

**Please try creating a new local administrator account then check if the issue persists.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cre...

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Answer 4

I tried everything it didn't work. It's pretty weird. I can't even search for event viewer and windows stuff. I just downloaded Spotify and the only way it can pop up on the search results is if I have it as a shortcut. No applications pop up

Answer 5

Hello chrtor21,

Good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

Please try the following methods below.

Method 1.

Press Windows key+R to open Run then type or copy paste the path below. Hit Enter.

C:\Windows\system32\ctfmon.exe

Method 2.

**Please try to check first this support article.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/w...

Method 3.

**Please try to run SFC and DISM to check for any system errors and corrupted files.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/usi...

After that, restart your computer

Note: You can open Command Prompt as administrator by doing this,

Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: cmd

Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to run as administrator

Proceed with the commands inside the support article

Method 4.

**Repair all Windows apps via PowerShell

Windows key+X then select Windows PowerShell (Admin)

Copy and paste the command below one at a time then press Enter. Please ignore the red errors and let the process complete.

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Restart your computer

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor