Windows 7 Start Menu Search Gone?

[sakr232000]

Hi sakr232000 and Welcome to The Forum.

Did you re-boot in between the removal / adding?

hi there, yes of course i did reboot.
btw, for clarity, the search box is present in the start menu, but when i type anything , it shows nothing,
for ex. i type "notepad", but it shows nothing, though i can open it manually.??/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Elmer]

Not sure if this might have something to do with indexing. Maybe someone who understands and uses the search will spot this.

TBH, I know the re-boot because the first thing I do on a fresh install is remove the Windows search and replace it with a.n.other.

 

[sakr232000]

Not sure if this might have something to do with indexing. Maybe someone who understands and uses the search will spot this.

TBH, I know the re-boot because the first thing I do on a fresh install is remove the Windows search and replace it with a.n.other.

well, i also deleted the index n rebuilt it again, still the problem persists...
one more thing i wonder if this problem is caused by some 3rd party program, !! Does anyone know any particular programs that might be the source of the problem.?????
thnx anyway

 

[kaos]

just as its not been mentioned

right click task bar
properties
start menu
customize
use default settings
click ok
reboot

 

[sakr232000]

just as its not been mentioned

right click task bar
properties
start menu
customize
use default settings
click ok
reboot

i did , but no result..

 

[Saltgrass]

Seems like when I search from the Start Menu, SearchIndexer.exe starts up. You might check Task Manager - Services - WSearch to see if that service is running. I suppose you get the same outcome if you use the Winkey + F?

Sorry if I am repeating something but it looks this thread was actually started somewhere else.

Edit: I can also get to show nothing if I uncheck the "Search programs and Control Panel" option on the start Menu Customize area. It seems the restore default suggestion should have changed this back.

I suppose the fallback position is to do an SFC /scannow in an administrative command prompt.

There is also a Search Troubleshooter you can run as admin if you haven't already.