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Start Menu Search not working right - Typing causes loading
Just started having an issue today my pretty beefy Lenovo I've had for a year now (32GB RAM on an AMD Ryzen 7 6800 HS running Win 11 Pro): When I start typing in the start menu search, it's "loading" looking for the term I'm typing in
Some search terms are taking up to 5 seconds before the results show up.
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- MikePenceIron Contributor
Method 1: Restart Windows Search Service
powershell
# Run with administrator privileges:
Stop-Service -Name “Windows Search” -Force
Start-Service -Name “Windows Search” -Force
Method 2: Rebuild the search index1. Open Settings > Search > Search Windows
2. Click Advanced Indexing Options
3. Select Rebuild Index
Method 3: Disable Web Search
powershell
reg add “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search” /v “BingSearchEnabled” /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /fMethod 4: Reset Cortana Component
powershell
Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage
winget install Microsoft.549981C3F5F10
Method 5: Repair system filescmd
sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealthMethod 6: Rollback the search component version
powershell
# View the current version
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Search | Select Version# Rollback to stable version
Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppXManifest.xml”Method 7: Create a new user profile
1. Create a new local administrator account
2. Test the search function of the new account
3. Delete the old account after migrating data