https://blog.bekenev.net/tags/windows.html Software development related stuff en-us Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.bekenev.net/2018/06/02/fix-windows-search.html Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.bekenev.net/2018/06/02/fix-windows-search.html <h2 id="the-issue">The issue</h2> <p>The Windows 10 search is not working. No results. Infinite loading.</p> <h2 id="solution">Solution</h2> <p>Reinstall Cortana (even if you don&rsquo;t use it at all)</p> <ul> <li>open <code>powershell</code> (with win+r and type <code>powershell</code>)</li> <li>paste this:</li> </ul> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-powershell" data-lang="powershell"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Get-AppXPackage -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cortana | <span style="color:#66d9ef">Foreach</span> {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;</span>$($_.InstallLocation)<span style="color:#e6db74">\AppXManifest.xml&#34;</span>} </span></span></code></pre></div><p>It should take couple of seconds.</p> <p>There are other solutions related to folders permission and registry keys but non of them did help.</p>