Start menu search not finding applications?

banger said:

I don't have the search box shown in your picture is there a way of enabling it?

It shows once you start typing

banger said:

I don't have the search box shown in your picture is there a way of enabling it?

Right click on the task bar > move the cursor to "Search" > left click on "Show search box"

labeeman said:

It sounds like your registry is corrupt or bad that is where windows knows where your programs are and you are not getting that.

Could be, i have another PC installing Windows 10 ATM i will test if it works on that

Please post back with your result's.

labeeman said:

Were you able to find Outlook in the Microsoft office all apps folder?

Yes all Office programs show up in the folder

I can find the exe file by typing out the the name and the extension like so: outlook.exe

UPDATE:

I can confirm that this problem does not exicst on my laptop wich i just upgaded and did a clean install on, so it must be tied to a corrupt registry.

Is there any chance of doing a repair on the registry without reinstalling?