Can't Type in Windows 10 Search Bar, Fix Search & Start Menu on Windows 10

Can't type in Windows 10 Search Bar? If you are unable to type on windows 10 search bar or windows 10 search bar is not working, then you can fix this issue by following the guide on this video. Most people are unable to type on search bar on windows 10 and some are unable to use cortana and start menu.
Scripts used in the Powershell
First Script:
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Second Script:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Third Script:
$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest
So, if you are facing any of the following issues then this guide will help you to fix the problem.
Problem that this video aims to solve:
1) Start menu not working on Windows 10
2) Search bar not working on Windows 10
3) Cortana not working on Windows 10
4) Unable to type on search bar Windows 10
5) Search bar not working on Windows 10
If you are having any of those problems mentioned above and unable to use search on Windows 10 and unable to type anything on search menu then, it will be fixed after you apply the fix on this video.
If you are still having problem with start menu on windows 10 or unable to type on search bar on windows 10, please let us know on the comment section below.

[@AliciaMatyi]

This problem has been driving me crazy and I tried every solution on the internet with no results until running across your video. Thank you so much for posting this. Even after speaking to Microsoft I couldn't fix the problem. I knew it was an error that happened during install and files were corrupted I just didn't know how to fix this until you posted this video. For anyone that still couldn't use search after following these instructions please remember to restart your computer or laptop and then try again.

[@FrankieMedina1]

Thank YOU! After trying several methods from other long KZbin videos for hours, nothing worked! Your 3 minute video finally solved my problem!!

[@ihteshamahmad5624]

How to write the few notes for copy and paste please

[@edwardjedy-kelly6761]

2 years later, this video, still a blessing. Thank you 🙌🏾

[@ooeh7050]

Hey man just the indexing take so long and still 0 item ? ❤️

[@dommm3431]

Jesus loves u all

[@edsonkats4765]

My name is Edson and I'm from Brazil. A long time ago I was looking for someone who really knows what to do to solve this problem, which Microsft itself has not made available until now. Problem solved. Thank you very much and I will recommend it to all my friends. And everyone will get a LIKE for you.

[@alberthayes8854]

I have been working on this problem for 72 hours, followed your instructions step by step, problem solved. Thank you so much.

[@bigfaithemmanuel1208]

Thank you so much. Your 3 minutes video helped me . 3 years later and this video is so helpful and valuable. Welldone!!!

[@jsnuk3556]

Many of my Windows 10 taskbar icons were not working properly, and applying the two scripts in these detailed instructions completely solved my tricky problem -- whereas advice given on many similar YT pages did not. Thank you!!

[@seniorserviceable]

I have been trying to solve this problem using a number of so-called solutions to no avail. But you solved it in a matter of minutes. I am now subscribing with a view that you will probably solve many troubleshooting problems that Microsoft cannot! Thank you.

[@pixbstudios]

I was able to use the search just by following your first step. Thank you!

[@JimPottkotter]

This is the only solution that worked for me. Thanks!

[@DEWMINIC]

Thank you for this video - my problem is solved! Out of nowhere, each time I pressed the search button and began to type something on the taskbar, it would prompt me out of it, and nothing was available to search. Frustrated, I googled the issue and came across this video. 100% fixed my issue. Thanks!

[@marielajoysalunga4625]

Finally its actually worked! THANK YOU SO MUCH ☺

[@ronniecotter4200]

there are no solutions that are working for my friend do u have an updated one ?

[@josephonguitars]

Bro!!! I am so happy now as this video helped me sort this problem out. Can't really explain the relief in words! Massive respect. Please tell me how I can learn what you are doing. I am really interested in learning all this but I don't have a Computers background.

[@elizabethporterkaleta8240]

Thank you soo much--it worked!!! I viewed other's people's videos & was frustrated it didn't work. Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge!!!!!

[@MuhammadUmair-ok5eb]

Very helpful.Thank you❤️😍

[@kranestar3601]

When I put in the second script all that red text doesn't show up and it won't allow me to put third script in, it says the deployment operation progress is initialized though.

[@user-re7jy1ql9z]

Finally found the one that worked. Its still fixing in 2023, thank you so much for this video

[@kaungminset4355]

I did all the step that u mentioned in this video but i still can't type anything on my taskbar(such as window search and wifi password).Please can u give me further solution?

[@Tung.TheEngineer]

thank for your clear trouble-shooting solution, I can fix the problem myself.

[@san_editz01]

THANKS man IT helped me a lot i tried other method it didnt work but your one worked you are the best keep it up!

[@Jim_Jones_Guyana]

Thanks so much! It seems all I had to do was restart "Windows Search" & the search bar is now working again. Thanks again!!! 😊

[@ariaz7337]

finally i was looking for useful tutorial thanks a lot!

[@A2MTech]

Glad to hear that!

[@manjuram2092]

But these stuffs not working on my side please could u help me

[@chiara9205]

@@manjuram2092 for me it was the antivirus avast giving conflicting issues - it took me hours to understand this was the issue and i had to remove the provider first before this fix worked as described in this vid. Just one more hint: I also removed last update from Microsoft and I am now installing again, while windows defender on. You might consider to install antivirus after again. And be patient with restart updates some can take an hour. Do not off the computer.

[@alltim285]

it worked on windows 11 as well. i tried too many other videos but it couldn't fix and i was going to format my laptop, but you fixed it, you are the man. thanks a lot and God bless you

[@zimmasmirza3404]

you guide helps me to overcome this problem. Thank you

[@abdulbaqimemunatmotunrayo7803]

Please I need your help here. When I got to the powershell stage, my system is showing command prompt instead of powershell mentioned in the video. I try running the given script in the video in the command prompt but it's bringing up error. I am using Windows 10 pro. Please any help here

[@sojhopulami355]

Thank You so much for such an informative video!!!

[@chrissherlock4190]

The PowerShell scripts fixed my problem. Many thanks for your great video!

[@rhandycueto5163]

Thank you so much. I was having problem with my speaker, no sounds output But for me to fix that I need to type on search bar. Then I saw that I also have a problem on this. I decided to fix my search bar 1st and to follow my speaker output. But what happened is so amazing, I fix the both of them by following you're video tutorial. My family and I can continue watching movies and listening music on our computer. I really appreciate the helpful video clip that you upload. Please continue making more informative video ✌️✌️✌️ Thanks again More subs to come 🙏🙏🙏

[@kid9490]

I'm having the same issue! let's hope it still works after a year haha edit: didn't work because I can't right click the windows button :(

[@raihanislam5691]

The last one really works. Thanks man.

[@laysheitaberos857]

Thank you so much for your reliable support. I was able to complete my mission successfully😁👏🏻

[@marioa.papayannis6567]

This man is a genius! Thank you so much!

[@A2MTech]

Happy to help!

[@PatikornHomswad]

I have watched many clips . Tried many ways . Not successful until I Found this clip. It really works. Thank you very much

[@gabingo]

running the last step of this tutorial but drops me an error: "the resources that are inteded to modify are in use" when execute the first script

[@nonconcerned3376]

thanks man you solved my problem , I wish you become a very successful youtuber one day with your good work. god bless you

[@Me-ec9uz]

Can't restart, how? And after i open the run bar and search control it appears "Windows can't access the specified device, path, or file. You may not havr the appropriate permissions to access the item"

[@QQQs-]

why it keeps going back ? i already fix it and i cant acces the search bar again

[@MadClowdz]

This is the only thing that worked for me. Thank you, sir!

[@cowboy26a]

Followed your directions and problem solved. I can once again type in the search bar. Thanks

[@gseric4721]

I'd had this problem for 3 months, and couldn't even access my college Ebooks. Thank you so much man. Indexing did it for me. I'm subscribed :)

[@abojaso2066]

unfortunately sir I did everything tried every video out there still it doesn't work, what should I do ?

[@wallyjohnston9888]

This is a very helpful video. I searched all over KZbin when I finally found this. I will definitely be recommending this site. Thank you!

[@hummingbirdarg]

I need help. It appears that there was an installed on 7/19/2021 - kb5005254 and then another one kb5004945 installed on 7/13/2021. A service pack was installed july 12, 2021. The 20H2 update was installed on 5/18/21. After that May 2021 install my files dissappeared but I was able to find them and all was great. I come home this weekend (after these July 2021 updates) to try and use the computer and the search bar is not working (currently trying your fix) and most importantly I can't find my files anywhere. I have gone to "users" and there is nothing there anywhere. I"m desperate for help. Not sure what else to do and of course making things worse is that I cant even use the windows search bar to try and apply all the fixes i find online. I heard that it may be because there is a temporary user profile ? but when I check that - it shows i'm logged in. I dont know what else to do. Please help.

[@King-zq2li]

Thank you very much for the great clip presented.

[@dipanwitahalder4088]

Thanks a lot dude. finally i got relief from this damn problem🙏🙏

[@cristellepangilinan8410]

Thank u. Got mine fixed.☺️

[@zaamassuu]

Dude thank you so much man I recommend this video to people who can't manage to solve the problem after watching some vids on youtube

[@fahidhossain5164]

Thanks a lot .. i was tired to follow many of instruction on internet . Your solution only work for me .

[@santj.694]

i'm from the future and it still works for me! many thank.

[@user-cv1jz5do4e]

Wow ! Its working ! THANK YOU. I just follow step by step. Subscribed! Great help

[@travelworld8512]

when I paste the second code in the PowerShell it shows me error what to do now what to do now?

[@josephalles8350]

Hi I tried the steps on your video and Still didn't worl for me... The Right-Click Properties also not showing on my case. Should I reinstall a New Windows 10???

[@melodicprogressivehousemph6429]

This literally solved my issue. Thanks boss and you got a sub.

[@narodwpsanialy1940]

Help! It still dosen't work, when I click Windows Search I get a black box with a grey magnifying glass, when I type something and press enter, nothing happens! I'am also afraid that I removed some important files when I was cleaning my computer.

[@brokingyodaa2969]

I searched thi vedio again only to tell you that you are great ❤️ it worked and it was easy to

[@saraicoghlan1011]

I tried bringing up my task manager using win + r, using ctrl + shift + esc, ctrl + alt + delete and all the other possible ways and it’s not working. In fact, I can’t open Advanced Settings, or anything else. Can someone please help me?

[@alexandrospanagiotou6309]

Worked like a charm, thanks!

[@EliStanding]

Thank you, so, so SO much for your help! I have wasted half a day trying to fix this issue. I tried several other videos before I found your one, but none of their methods worked. Your one did. God Bless you!

[@ketansethi9506]

Just one line for you....you are awesome ✨ And you have a new subscriber 😄

[@abdullahbinjahed6900]

Thanks man ... i've been trying so many solutions ... yours one worked finally

[@theresetoquero2529]

What to click on script that you are talking about for the last step?

[@takumiii861]

i am still having issues with my bar and everything? do i have to reinstall windows again?

[@thierryhuisman]

Thanks! This was the solution that helped me. The powershell part brought the fix.

[@Spygame0]

Thaaaaaaannnnnnks bro u r like god of computer I watched more than 5 videos then I came to this thanks I m subscribing you thanks very much, tomorrow is m physics paper and i am not able to study bcoz of this thanks

[@hyacinthcharrey6891]

Hello, what about whenever I search for Microsoft store in chrome and try to install apps, I can't download them even it's for free.

[@lhebadeagwadu173]

Windows power shell (admin) did not open for me. I was getting a message of unspecified error. How do I solve it please?

[@noor_rezwan7944]

hello, my problem is not solved. i can't typing in my win 10 search bar, nothing appears here and when i go for log into win outlook i can not type my email and password, nothing is appears when i type. i don't know what is the actual problem. i have already applied your code which is given description but the 2nd code is showing problem. it is not executing, showing errors.. please help me....

[@nurulwahidah8649]

It works smoothly with the power shell :) may god bless you

[@IAMTAMIA]

SO i go to right click on windows button and the shell opens quickly then closes. any ideas

[@seanyboyoc]

I get access denied on that second script in Powershell. This is driving me nuts. Happened after a Windows 10 re-install.

[@tranzparent5560]

my search is now gone and my start and my settings ....

[@Anjali_Sharma2609]

Thankyou so much, it solved my problem, I was really exhausted bcz no other solution was working that I tried.

[@user-vu8jz5uy3j]

Where can I find the description he was talking about

[@justinesantos5889]

Thank you! This worked for me :) will leave a thumbs up

[@naveenpandey6530]

IT IS NOT WORKING!!!!!!!! After executing second command it shows that AppXPackage cannot be installed cause it modifies resources in use PLEASEEEEEEE HELPPPP!!!

[@skye.editx_]

after 10 videos with 10 different ways and 2 years of trying i finally got a solution. THANK YOU it doesn't seem real

[@carlll1475]

Man when i want to index and its progressing, it says indexing is PAUSED. how to continue to rebuild it man..appreciate it

[@TC-mp4lf]

Thank you so much it's working finally, please make toturial for disable windows 10 update permanently

[@banashyam]

Thank you so much for your helpful solution.

[@Marion-cosby]

Worked perfectly for me thanks .... Was already frustrated about it

[@GAURAVKUMAR-xs8jn]

thank you bhai. u did it. gud job. carry on

[@user-gj1xo3rr8x]

TYSM FOR THE HELP REALLY APPRECIATE IT

[@atomise2010]

Thanks. Actually I got an error at the 2nd paste in but it still worked. Maybe others will see after the first paste the search box is working.

[@anuragsinghchoudhary]

Thanks a lot buddy.! After Spending 4 hours it really Works for me.!

[@chiara9205]

Thank YOU - wonderful instructions - it realy solved it !!! regedit HKEY did not work like mentioned in other vids!

[@tri3609]

My windows PowerShell doesn't work/open, my msc didn't too I've been tried to fix 'powershell doesn't work' from websites tutorial repaired-then restart my laptop but still doesn't fix it, so now any tutorial too fix *cannot typing on windows search, nothing works because of windows PowerShell & msc.

[@strangehooman123]

while running second script errors are shown ie says deployment failes

[@MaheshKrishna-pb2ky]

I tried it all but i haven't got a solution,, this video solved my problem,, Thanks so much..

[@SutekinaLovely]

Thank you so much I tried everything and this is the only thing that worked for me

[@SutekinaLovely]

subbed and liked btw

[@yeutruyen8146]

Wow, it works magically. I don't know what I did to make everything disappear from my search window 10. But after following your video til the end and restarted the computer. Poofs, everything back working again. Thank you so much for posting. God blesses you.

[@MonuKumar-pt5sg]

Finely solve my problem thank you very very much

[@KCDRofficialprojects]

I did everything. It is not worked. It gives a commandnotfoundexception. You have any alternate way to solve this problem.

[@momo_riii]

the problem is i even cannot access control panel or file explorer. i did the first step and it's not allowing me to restart Windows Search. It's all graded out.

[@hammadabdulquddus]

It worked!! I don't know what exactly those commands were but whatever it was it worked And best of all it catered to 2 of my issues at once delayed startups were taking so long. But they are all solved, thank you.

[@yenduriramadevi4364]

It's really worked

[@beginerFragrances]

i followed everything in this video and now my usb ports are not working at all, my mouse and my keyboard are scanned as devices and added but they dont work at all??

[@zynxtb]

still doesnt work, when i open it, it closes itself automatically

[@vvibudestroya4477]

same to me...i guess it's happened recently after windows 10 update back then...solutions like restart services,rebuild index,cmd,powershell, are not working at all..need a new methods or rather waiting for that win 10 stupid update again -_-"

[@monguarakhatun6202]

@@vvibudestroya4477 same problem

[@imeleventeen]

@@vvibudestroya4477 you ever figure it out dude? Cause I have the same problem

[@mr.kartyk6100]

@@vvibudestroya4477 even though after update worked for me ,but after I searched a video for CPU 100% usage ,after following those steps in that video the wsearch stopped working for me now this video isn't also fixed my problem. :(

[@SoniaMalik_79]

@@mr.kartyk6100 i have also this same problem can you help me ? I saw a video to fix 100% cpu usage and after that search bar stopped working and consuming a lot of cpu usage . Plz help bro 🙏🏻

[@musfiquerprottoy6200]

Thank you so much for posting this video. This is really helpful.

[@Aznack]

Hey thanks for the video it worked for me ! But after I restart my pc it doesn't work I've tried like almost all the videos on the internet all work fine but after one restart it doesn't work at all !!!! Any fix for this ?

[@devika1807]

Hi while clicking on task manager getting empty page what to do?

[@ariefs2749]

Hi there, afer followed your instructions even I am not able type in windows search bar, plz suggest