Search Bar blank black box but will refresh 5 seconds later
So I wanted to search an app on the search and it surprised me with a blank, black box that would take 5 seconds to load, I didnt mind it cause I tought it was a one time thing. I tried searching up only a letter so a specific app would show up but it didnt, something else did. Also instead of showing recently used apps it shows "Suggested" apps. I have tried doing the following:
- restarted Windows Explorer
- ended/restarted SearchApp.exe
- restarted the Windows Search service
- tried resetting Windows Search with: Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Search | Reset-AppxPackage → command wasn't available
- tried re-registering Microsoft.Windows.Search
- restarted the PC multiple times
- ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
- ran SFC /scannow → SFC found corrupted files and successfully repaired them, but Search was still broken
- ran the Windows Search & Indexing troubleshooter → it said “Windows Search is not working — Fixed”, but the problem remained → it reset
SearchUI.exe, cleared Search cache/recent activity, etc. - tried the Windows Search troubleshooter command (
msdt.exe) → it reported the issue as fixed, but it wasn't - checked/restarted the Search-related processes/services
Please help!!
Device Specifications: Device Name DESKTOP-EG9KB0Q
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor 3.60 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Storage 477 GB SSD Kingmax PCIe SSD 512GB, 932 GB HDD WDC WD10EZEX-00MFCA0
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB)
Device ID 00D49B2A-EF36-455E-856F-81F6438C075E
Product ID 00331-20315-68849-AA681
System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 2 touch points
Windows Specifications: Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on 1/1/2021
OS Build 19045.7663
**FIXED** by using this for people who have this problem aswell: https://www.howtogeek.com/224159/how-to-disable-bing-in-the-windows-10-start-menu/