Can't type in search bar Windows 10

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.

It did not work

posting this again just in case this will work for you.

"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 press go to RUN 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!

Your discription sounds like Chinese to me, I am a simple person, so if you cannot answer in a simple way then lets forget it.  Tell me in simple words, why when I type does it NOT show up on my contacts message box.   and the other question was  why could my contact see me or hear me. its just simple questions, if you can't provide a simple answer then forget it, I do not want to stay hear all day

you sound so arrogant for someone who needs assistance and asking help in this forum/community. might as well bring your laptop to a technician, there you can demand since you're paying for the repair.