Taskbar search search not typing

Question

Laptop: lenovo thinkpad l380 yoga windows 10

My taskbar search is not letting me type or even open the search full stop. i open the start menu, i go to type and nothing happens, i click on the search icon, nothing happens.

Answer 1

Try perform a Clean Boot and see if the problem persist?
Take a look at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd
If not, enable services one by one to identify which one causing this issue.

Answer 2

Hello @STEED3N

First Install all available Windows Updates. To do that, navigate to Settings -> Update & security and click Check for Updates
If you cannot type in search bar, after installing an update, then proceed to uninstall it. To do that, go to Settings -> Update & security -> View Update History -> Uninstall Updates.

Try the following too:

Press Win + R (to open Run )
Copy paste and press enter to run this program. "C:\Windows\system32\ctfmon.exe".

Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard, select Command prompt (admin).
Enter the below commands one by one and hit Enter key.
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
It will open the PowerShell window.
Now enter the below command and hit Enter key.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

If the issue still persist try the following:

Open the Task manager. Here’s a tip: Press CTRL+Shift+ESC.
Click File > Run New Task
Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”
Type Powershell
Type the following in the Powershell prompt:
$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest
Close the Powershell window

Reboot the computer and check if it helps.

Hope this helps with your query!

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