Windows 10 Search Problems

[K0MP4CT]

Trying to help my friend sort out his sound problems with Windows. However when he types "sound" into Cortana (or in any form of searching Windows) it simply comes up as "couldn't find files" or something similar. What the actual hell is going on? He has the same version of Windows 10 as I and I don't have any issues? Is this a known bug?

[MrKickkiller]

Does he have any files / applications with the word sound even?

[K0MP4CT]

1 minute ago, MrKickkiller said:

Does he have any files / applications with the word sound even?

Windows 10 files I mean. He can't get to control panel since typing it into search comes back with 0 results.

[MrKickkiller]

Did he block any of the privacy settings? Because if not mistaken, Cortana doesn't really work without connection to Microsoft, even for searching local files. Don't quote me on that though.

[K0MP4CT]

1 minute ago, MrKickkiller said:

Did he block any of the privacy settings? Because if not mistaken, Cortana doesn't really work without connection to Microsoft, even for searching local files. Don't quote me on that though.

None of the ones that would effect searches.

[K0MP4CT]

As much as I hate to do, I'm going to bump this. It's getting to be a huge issue

[alex_read]

Cortana also works only in some countries, not all. First off, are you sure it's supported in your region? If not, turn that option off and only search the local computer. Second, what are you hoping would appear? The local sounds app? Try entering the term and not hitting enter. You can also get to this by right clicking the speaker icon in the notification bar if you have that shown. Third, perhaps it might seem like a silly question but have you installed an English version of Windows (i.e. not a Welsh one?)

[K0MP4CT]

On 19 February 2016 at 2:12 PM, alex_read said:

Cortana also works only in some countries, not all. First off, are you sure it's supported in your region? If not, turn that option off and only search the local computer. Second, what are you hoping would appear? The local sounds app? Try entering the term and not hitting enter. You can also get to this by right clicking the speaker icon in the notification bar if you have that shown. Third, perhaps it might seem like a silly question but have you installed an English version of Windows (i.e. not a Welsh one?)

Probably should have updated this  reinstalling Windows 10 fixed the problem, must have gone wrong somewhere the first time he did it! 

[Tearitup]

For future reference, or for anyone having Start Menu options in Windows 10, this fixes any issues I have had with it 9 times out of 10.

 

Open an elevated command prompt. Execute the following:

powershell

This will open a Windows powershell. From there, enter and execute the following command:

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

 

Let that run and then restart Windows.