How to fix Search bar not working after Windows 11 23H2 update

Anonymous
2023-12-09T06:26:37+00:00

Thank you

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T13:52:47+00:00

    Hello Jeremy,

    I've opened the task manager as recommended. Explorer.exe was not on the task manager list.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T08:33:27+00:00

    Car has a flat?? NO problem!!! Buy a new car!!

    MS really needs to fix this. bot make us buy new cars.....

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-07T00:10:07+00:00

    I had this problem, but it was several months back. It kept getting worse with more and more parts of Window not working. Since this was the Windows Pro that came installed on my PC which was new, I had to purchase a new Windows Pro with media. This was because I couldn't find the key to reinstall. That may have been on me, but doing a cold install did the trick. It did cost me the price of a Windows Pro license with the upcharge for getting it on a flash drive, but it worked. I've had no problems since. I'm guessing that having the new license essentially deleted the original install completely. Since you're saying that a reinstall doesn't work, I'm definitely leaning towards needing a cold install with a new license.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-06T06:32:29+00:00

    Easy Fix,

    1. Open task Manager.
    2. Find the Explorer.exe process.
    3. End the Task
    4. Run new task
    5. explorer.exe

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