Start Menu Search not working right - Typing causes loading

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 index

1. 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 /f

Method 4: Reset Cortana Component

powershell
Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage
winget install Microsoft.549981C3F5F10
Method 5: Repair system files

cmd
sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

 Method 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