Control panel->indexing: Check in the upper part of the window if indexing is still going on or if it's done. If it's still going on and the number of indexed elements keeps rising every 10 seconds...

It seems that the indexer is quite slow when rebuilding the database even using an SSD. After hours, it works here.

If problems persist, it may be a good idea to re-index: Control...

I don't know why it works on my table and why it does not work on my desktop computer. Still no luck with google finding other users affected by this. Let's hope more users chime in here and describe...

@lolcocks: in Win7 this was not dependent on registry settings. Start menu search simply looked what you typed up in places like "%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu" - and what I and you are...

Thanks for your reply. I am not talking about the search bar, I have it hidden, too. I'm talking about the start menu, exactly the menu your screenshot shows. I have the feeling that this is not the...

I have the same problem with most of my apps (Firefox, Thunderbird, Sublime Text, Unity3D, LibreOffice, VLC ...). They have been installed using standard settings including start menu entries. These...