Windows Search not working

Question

Just recently, no changes to windows, my search is not working. Usually when you click on start then begin typing a list of apps appear - that has stopped. Also after clicking on the magnifying glass when the "Type here to search" appears, I cant type anything.
Looking at Event viewer I get two errors every time I try and search - shown below.
Any ideas?

Event ID 101
Fault bucket 1391963848283787150, type 5
Event Name: MoBEX
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_1000.22000.348.0_x64__cw5n1h2txyewy
P2: praid:CortanaUI
P3: 421.22500.585.0
P4: 6171c1cf
P5: ucrtbase.dll
P6: 10.0.22000.1
P7: 00e78ce9
P8: 000000000007c648
P9: c0000409
P10: 0000000000000005

Attached files:
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.2591dfda-d7e6-4ed0-8334-b5ba7f7b5a3d.tmp.dmp
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.0c892493-3e01-4ada-8348-22057e7bc1ab.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.98777a2f-7fb7-4bf0-baad-10a6e1a22d68.tmp.xml
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.21422060-7980-46d7-9717-771bc75a2b10.tmp.csv
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.72a03334-c5e3-4ebc-874d-834015a25469.tmp.txt

These files may be available here:
\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_MicrosoftWindows_e910d486e95cff331258193c643011b285575089_dd83f082_bc6642b8-a639-4736-8dac-b48db8d01c09

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 1779d3c0-3da7-4ce9-9244-16d0cb61e520
Report Status: 268435456
Hashed bucket: 70a882d75ed219b993513fbebd240f8e

Error Event ID 1000
Faulting application name: SearchHost.exe, version: 421.22500.585.0, time stamp: 0x6171c1cf
Faulting module name: ucrtbase.dll, version: 10.0.22000.1, time stamp: 0x00e78ce9
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x000000000007c648
Faulting process ID: 0x2bdc
Faulting application start time: 0x01d7f6534b936ad8
Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\ucrtbase.dll
Report ID: 1779d3c0-3da7-4ce9-9244-16d0cb61e520
Faulting package full name: MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_1000.22000.348.0_x64__cw5n1h2txyewy
Faulting package-relative application ID: CortanaUI

Answer 1

Hello @John Clarkson

First of all, check if there is any windows 11 update pending, because most of the time problems like this can be solved with a simple update.

Second, if you recently installed an application, I recommend that you remove it, as some applications sometimes interfere with the Windows Search engine and we have the false impression that it is not working, when in fact it was disabled internally by the application.

The most aggressive option you can take is Reset the PC, to do this follow the instructions below:

1) Open settings and Navigate to System->Recovery.

2) Click Reset or Restore PC

3) Select “Keep My Files” or “Remove All”

4) Choose between “Download to the cloud” and “Local reinstallation”

and wait for the system to do the rest for you!

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