Why basic calculations dont work in search like before?

Cromax · 05 Jan 2020

mrgeek said:

If that's the only thing wrong, you could try an sfc /scannow in Command Prompt (admin) or, use a hammer and Repair Install, keeping files and programs, which would reinstall. good Luck -
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Tutorials

tried with sfc scannow no errors.. i guess only solution is clean install..

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Edwin said:

Try the Dictation approach(WinKey+H), see if that works...

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tried dictation it doesnt work

dalchina · 06 Jan 2020

There are differences in your GUI- options along the top for example.

To check whether it's your user profile - in which case an in-place upgrade repair will not help-

Please create a new uer for test purposes, log in as that user, try a search-based calculation and report the result.

Also noted your edition is

Windows 10 pro N is just windows 10 Pro without Windows Media Player and related technologies pre-installed including Music, Video, Voice Recorder and Skype. ... Windows 10 Pro N is for customers in Europe and lacks media related technologies.

Cromax · 06 Jan 2020

dalchina said:

There are differences in your GUI- options along the top for example.

To check whether it's your user profile - in which case an in-place upgrade repair will not help-

Please create a new uer for test purposes, log in as that user, try a search-based calculation and report the result.

Also noted your edition is

i upgraded to pro so its not pro n anymore, i created user yesterday and it changes ui but calculations dont work

Berton · 06 Jan 2020

Cromax said:

i upgraded to pro so its not pro n anymore, i created user yesterday and it changes ui but calculations dont work

I think Pro and Pro N differ mostly in features not allowed due to licensing laws in different countries. A friend of mine runs the N version here in the USA which helps her with space requirements and not needing some of those features.

And the calculation works fine in my Win10 Pro, just opens in Edge with Bing.

Cromax · 06 Jan 2020

Berton said:

I think Pro and Pro N differ mostly in features not allowed due to licensing laws in different countries. A friend of mine runs the N version here in the USA which helps her with space requirements and not needing some of those features.

And the calculation works fine in my Win10 Pro, just opens in Edge with Bing.

thats the problem for me it doesnt and i dunno why .. tried it to be default browser but still it wont.. tried sfc and dism check for errors no errors

dalchina · 06 Jan 2020

Cromax said:

i upgraded to pro so its not pro n anymore, i created user yesterday and it changes ui but calculations dont work

Thank you for your reply.

Let's look at this a different way.
Press windows key + S, type Louvre (return)

- or in the taskbar search bar type Louvre (return)

Post a screenshot of what you see.

I see this:

Why basic calculations dont work in search like before?-untitled.png

I.e. please demonstrate you can do a web search from that prompt, and it is not disabled.
The calculation function requires web access.

Cromax · 06 Jan 2020

dalchina said:

Thank you for your reply.

Let's look at this a different way.
Press windows key + S, type Louvre (return)

- or in the taskbar search bar type Louvre (return)

Post a screenshot of what you see.

I see this:

I.e. please demonstrate you can do a web search from that prompt, and it is not disabled.
The calculation function requires web access.

yeah on my account it doesnt open page beside search and it doesnt even fetch its museum it aint connected to browser, its classic local search

Do you guys have searchui.exe among processs cause i dont..

dalchina · 06 Jan 2020

Have you ever disabled internet search from here- some people do...

Otherwise please proceed with an in-place upgrade repair install.

Searchui.exe is the Cortana interface. The process is shown as suspended if 'Hey cortana' is disabled, otherwise runs.

My guess is at some stage you've used some means to disable these features.

Cromax · 06 Jan 2020

dalchina said:

Have you ever disabled internet search from here- some people do...
Ohterwise please proceed with an in-place upgrade repair install.

nope i didnt

dalchina · 06 Jan 2020

please proceed with an in-place upgrade repair install.

However if you have group policies or their registry equivalent or perhaps certain modifications in place, this may not help. All you can do is try.

This seems to match your situation closely: solution is as recommended above.
Windows 10 search not working - SearchUI.exe missing - Super User