Can't type in search bar Windows 10

Anonymous
2015-10-13T04:21:24+00:00

After I updated to Windows 10 the search box on the taskbar was working.

A few days later I discovered that I couldn't search anything from this box.

If you have fixed this or know how to fix please share your knowledge as I rely on the search box.

-AnonymousFellow

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Cortana and search

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Anonymous
2017-03-01T16:35:00+00:00

Hello guys and search for a solution for this problem and its was the simple of things.

I don´t know why it works but try it and tell if it works for you guys too.

  1. Press Win + R (to open Run )
  2. copy paste and press enter to run this program. "C:\Windows\system32\ctfmon.exe". it brings back the language bar and for me it allowed me to type in windows search, start menu and WINDOWS 10 apps again

I think it is due to missing Language bar or some think like that.

But when you restart it may stopped working again, just create a task to run this program every time you start the windows and your good to go.

Best regards.

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Anonymous
2015-10-13T09:58:21+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are having a tough time working on the computer.

I will certainly help you to resolve the issue.

  • Do you receive any error code/message?
  • Is there are any update pending or failed to install?

If any of these functions like Start Menu, Settings, Search, Cortana, Microsoft Edge, Action Center and other Windows components are not responding, follow these below methods and check if it helps: 

Method 1:

  • Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard, select Command prompt (admin).
  • Enter the below commands one by one and hit Enter key. PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
  • It will open the PowerShell window.
  • Now enter the below command and hit Enter key. Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

If the issue still persist, follow the below method.

Method 2:

  • Open the Task manager.  Here’s a tip:  Press CTRL+Shift+ESC.
  • Click File > Run New Task
  • Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”
  • Type Powershell
  • Type the following in the Powershell prompt:

$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest

  • Close the Powershell window
  • Reboot the computer and check if it helps.

Hope it helps.

Let us know the status, we are glad to assist you further.

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Anonymous
2017-06-24T14:19:43+00:00

you must type in cmd the next command: 

REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v ctfmon /t REG_SZ /d CTFMON.EXE

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-30T09:32:19+00:00

    Dear Abdul,

    Nothing worked in my case...

    Please help me,

    Thanks.

    try this since it worked for me. reposting the same post since i already posted here before.

    ---> 

    I had the same issue before when I accidentally enabled Cortana and after that everything was just a mess in my win10 and I hated it so much that I thought of reverting back to win7. I've read through a lot of forums about the same issue and I found a lot of workarounds to solve it. The only thing that worked for me was running ctfcommon.exe

    To do that just go to RUN (press WIN + R) command and then type c:\Windows\System32\ctfmon.exe then OK.

    you should then be able to type in the search bar or start menu after doing that. however here's the catch, as soon as you turn back on the PC it'll stop working again so you have to run the program again. So what I did, I added the program to the startup items manually.

    to do that just go c:\Windows\System32\ctfmon.exe and then select the program, right click, select send to Desktop (create shortcut).

    the program should then be created in the desktop folder.

    Select the program, choose cut or copy, press Win + R to open RUN command then type shell:startup. a new window will open so paste the CTFmon program for it to be manually added in the startup programs. to verify that you've added it successfully just right click on the taskbar, select task manager, select startup items in the tab then you should see there CTF loader as enabled. 

    Hope this helps!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-04T07:00:42+00:00

    after typing

    $manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest

    it showed this

    Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path

    'C:\AppxManifest.xml' because it does not

    exist.

    At line:1 char:94

    • ... fest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage

    -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manife ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

    
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound:  

   (C:\AppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPack  

  age], ItemNotFoundException  

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Mic  

   rosoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Command  

  s.AddAppxPackageCommand

problem not fixed, what to do?

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