

Comments or posts that are disrespectful or encourage harassment of others (including witch-hunts of any kind) are not allowed. Those are the three main ways to fix Taskbar Search not working in Windows 10.Microsoft Community Chat Helpful resources Follow the instructions within the wizard. Select All Control Panel Items, Troubleshooting and System and Security.ģ. Right click the Windows Start button and select Control Panel.Ģ. If the service was stopped, start it and retest.įinally, if those two didn’t work, try the Search Troubleshooter.ġ. Locate the Windows Search service and make sure it is running and set to Automatic. Select the Services tab and then ‘Open Services’ at the bottom.ģ. In the cases I have seen this has been enough to fix search. Wait for it to reappear in Task Manager.Īs a core process Cortana automatically restarts so you need do nothing more. Locate the Cortana process and click End task.ģ. Right click on an empty section of the Taskbar and select Task Manager.Ģ.

The Cortana process is usually a good place to start when troubleshooting search as I have seen is disabled by users thinking they were just stopping voice commands.ġ. Even if you don’t use Cortana or voice commands, the Cortana process still controls search. Here is how you fix Taskbar Search not working in Windows 10.įix Taskbar Search not working in Windows 10 I have heard of issues with search both before and after the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, so it is nothing new. Taskbar Search is a very useful feature of Windows 10, yet like everything else in the OS, is a little temperamental at times.
