Cannot Type in Windows Start Menu

I have tried nearly all fixes I have found online, including reinstalling Cortana, running ctfmon.exe, SFC scannow, and DISM, but none of it has worked. I have also tried creating a new user account to see if it was an issue with my account specifically, but the new account also has the issue. This issue only started when Windows 10 automatically restarted and installed an update.

Just to clarify more, I can type in other UWP apps (at least I can in settings, I can't test any other apps). Also searchui.exe is not on my computer (for example, when trying reference the process through CLI or using run).

Version: 1809 (17763.914)

Try the Start Menu Troubleshooter?

How to Download and Use Start Menu Troubleshooter in Windows 10

NMI said:

Try the Start Menu Troubleshooter?

How to Download and Use Start Menu Troubleshooter in Windows 10

I have already tried the Windows Search troubleshooter, which detected no issues.

When downloading and running that troubleshooter, it gets stuck on "Repairing Tile Database". Considering it has no CPU or Disk usage, and has used a very low amount of memory, I don't think it's doing anything.

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I believe the main issue is that searchui.exe isn't running. Trying to run the exe manually simply generates a crash log, and search still doesn't work.

From event viewer:

Faulting application name: SearchUI.exe, version: 10.0.17763.719, time stamp: 0x5d524554
Faulting module name: SearchUI.exe, version: 10.0.17763.719, time stamp: 0x5d524554
Exception code: 0xc000027b
Fault offset: 0x000000000019d993
Faulting process id: 0x3dd0
Faulting application start time: 0x01d5b8fa56ad8abf
Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchUI.exe
Report Id: eb9d1015-5d44-4c80-a257-ab9849bcda63
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Can you rollback to prior version of OS?

The Pool Man said:

Can you rollback to prior version of OS?

Sorry for taking long to respond, no I can't. Windows gives me an error when I try to do so.

Jacee said:

Have you tried updating your version of Windows 10 from ----> Version: 1809 (17763.914)?

Yes, but Windows never actually installs the update unfortunately. Event viewer shows it reverting back to my current version right after installing the new version.

I may be wrong here, but is it possible that search is not working because indexing is turned off? Open Indexing options from control Panel to review those settings.

hsehestedt said:

I may be wrong here, but is it possible that search is not working because indexing is turned off? Open Indexing options from control Panel to review those settings.

Nope, I have indexing turned on for everything. I have also tried to rebuild the index as well.

The problem isn't that nothing comes up when I type, the problem is I literally cannot type in the start menu or taskbar search bar. When I type nothing changes.