A clean install did the trick. Windows Search is working as expected.

But I didn't have this issue on my laptop with the exact same settings and software installed. Neither did a friend of mine who recently upgraded.

Manipulate it how? If I go to the program folder and right click on the file it gives me the option to add it to start but it doesn't do anything. I've started making another bootable USB. If I can't...

I've tried that. It won't let me make one.

94951 This is what I get when I search for foobar in the start menu.
94952 This is what I get when I search in explorer.
I appreciate the suggestion but I'd rather not dabble with third party...

I'm talking about the start search (a.k.a. you hit the windows key and start typing). I have checked that the folders that contain the files I'm searching for are indexed and the programs and files...

My problem is that windows fails to return results that I know it should. I've tried re-indexing but to no avail. I am not getting that message you mentioned and Cortana seems to be working (though...

Thanks for the reply. As far as I can tell I do have consistency and it's not helping, unless I'm missing something.

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I'm a little lost. I'm in Germany and I have my language set to English (US) and my keyboard layout set to a German one. Is there some way for me to follow along here and keep both those settings or...