I am facing a problem with Windows 10 OS Home Edition, updated 14th August 2017 [Yesterday]. I am not able to search installed applications.
NOTE: I ran every command and program as administrator
- Deleting and Rebuilding the indexes
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Verifying that both
C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
are included in indexing. -
Running
Get-AppXPackage -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cortana | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
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Restarting Cortana application and Windows search service
- Restarted Explorer app
- Restarted the system
Nothing working
I recently found out that there is strong connection between
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_randomsuffix\LocalState\ConstraintIndex\Apps_{some-uuid}
and the
Search Results
If i make changes to the file Apps.index in directory Apps_{some-uuid} just like renaming it, search doesn't find apps that were coming in results before.
Best Answer
Below are some more hacks :
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat
and reboot.