Search in "Settings" does not work

You said:

Maybe you should try rebuilding the index? In the Start menu search bar, type "index" and click "Indexing Options". In the Indexing Options, click the "Advanced" button and click the "Rebuild" button, then click "OK" on the information dialog. The search will be unavailable for a few minutes and the Indexing Options window may become unresponsive.

Thanks, tried rebuilding index... waited till the rebuilding finished and I still have "no result for ...".

Update: meanwhile I got "try another user" suggestion from Microsoft technet forum, so I created a new user and switched to it, the new user has got search results so he does not have this issue. I then switch back to my old account and see the "no results" problem again.

Check if Windows Search service is running [ Command Prompt (Admin): services.msc ]

AveYo said:

Check if Windows Search service is running [ Command Prompt (Admin): services.msc ]

Yes it's running (the service is configured "automatic(delayed start)")

Hi. I had this problem after a clean install of Win10, and the only way I solved it (after doing sfc /scannow and DISM checks and rebuilding my index) was to go to the Win10 download ISO page, downloading the ISO and running it to "upgrade" my existing Win10 build, keeping all my apps and settings. After 45 minutes of churning, I got my Settings search box to work the way it was supposed to.

After I asked for solution here and on MS' official support forum, this issue was not resolved, until today I read this article:

Fix search does not work in PC Settings app in Windows 10

http://winaero.com/blog/fix-search-d...in-windows-10/

and it DID fix my issue.

cameos said:

After I asked for solution here and on MS' official support forum, this issue was not resolved, until today I read this article:

Fix search does not work in PC Settings app in Windows 10

http://winaero.com/blog/fix-search-d...in-windows-10/

and it DID fix my issue.

Thank you !!

The first thing to check in this case is whether you have content indexing enabled for drive C: (in the Properties if C: drive). If you disable context indexing for C:, this is exactly what will happen: Search in Settings will never find anything.

The above link to winaero.com explains that in order to enable Search in Settings functionality it is not really necessary to index the entire C:, just

%LocalAppData%\Packages\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState

folder is sufficient. But if you wish, you can enable indexing for the whole C: and it should fix the issue as well (if that's the root cause, of course).