Unable to Search


  1. snowiblind
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    Unable to Search


    the title lol
    basically i can press the windows button, and in order to launch steam or something like that i have to manually press all apps, then find the folder and launch the application. however, when i press the search button, nothing happens at all. it annoys me so i was wondering how i could simply search up "steam" and get the search to work again.

    EDIT: i'm pretty sure it has something to do with cortana as she's isnt in task manager (i renamed one of the folders where cortana is) aka C:/Windows/SystemApps/Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy
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  3. Edwin
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    snowiblind said:
    the title lol
    basically i can press the windows button, and in order to launch steam or something like that i have to manually press all apps, then find the folder and launch the application. however, when i press the search button, nothing happens at all. it annoys me so i was wondering how i could simply search up "steam" and get the search to work again.

    EDIT: i'm pretty sure it has something to do with cortana as she's isnt in task manager (i renamed one of the folders where cortana is) aka C:/Windows/SystemApps/Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy
    Rename the Cortana folder back to what it's supposed to be.
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  4. snowiblind
    Posts : 5
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    yep i did and nothing happened. i tried running searchui as a admin and nothing happened
    this was basically what i did: Solved This is How to permanently Disable Cortana - Windows 10 Forums
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