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Click Troubleshooting in the search results. Click View all and then click Search and Indexing troubleshooter. Click Next and follow on-screen instructions. Let us know how it goes. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to John Vil's post on April 21, Thanks but i just found the cause of this.

In reply to lumpen's post on April 21, What did you change in "Background apps" to fix this issue? In reply to NC's post on May 8, Just turn it on. You can turn off all the listed apps then. That is why i think it's a bug but it works. Royal Ardor. In reply to lumpen's post on May 9, Thanks so much!!!! This worked after restarting. Took me forever to find a solution. Devlin Sco Microsoft Agent. In reply to pyradius's post on July 31, Hello, It is possible that the search issue is caused by a software conflict.

Please answer the following questions: When did the issue start? Are you getting any error message? What troubleshooting steps have you done so far? What is the current version and build number of your Windows 10 PC? We'll be waiting for your response. In reply to Devlin Sco's post on July 31, Hello, This started happening after the last major update.

In reply to pyradius's post on August 1, I have the same issue as Pyradius but with printers. You can either search from within the app or visit the app download page for more details.

If you rely on Windows Defender, there is nothing else you need to do. It runs in the background and does its job. If you are using a third-party antivirus app, launch it, and perform a full scan.

Follow on-screen instructions if it finds anything. I would recommend downloading Malwarebytes, which can work with any antivirus app without breaking anything.

The free version is good enough. Again, do a full scan. You can also try Microsoft Safety Scanner app, which does a similar thing as Malwarebytes. Note that you will need to download the latest version once every 10 days. Windows 10 comes with a built-in Troubleshooting option that can be used to find errors in many Windows apps and services. If the search is not working here for this either, you can open Settings and search there.

Select apply repairs automatically here and click on Next. Follow on-screen instructions from there. Microsoft ships Windows 10 with several apps pre-installed. While some of them are really good, others are not that much. These are also commonly referred to as bloatware.

Some users found success by removing these unwanted, not so useful apps. For example, Cortana. Simply right-click on the app to select the Uninstall option. You can also go old school here and use Control Panel, especially if the app is not showing up or is missing in the Start Menu.

Another way is to open Settings and go to Apps to uninstall them. Microsoft apps that ships with Windows OS have an option to repair them. It will attempt to repair corrupted files and remove errors. Some apps also have another option called Reset.

That will reinstall the app, and all settings will revert to defaults. When the download and installation processes have been completed, your default apps should be restored.

If, on the other hand, your OS is up-to-date and the default apps are still missing, try method below. If the missing default apps are just about one or two, and the methods above failed to restore them to your PC, you might want to reinstall them from the Microsoft Store manually. Simply type in the name of the app in the search box and tap the Get button to install on your computer.

The Windows OS comes with a dedicated troubleshooter for fixing any issue with default or built-in apps on your computer. Running this troubleshooter could help diagnose, fix, and restore the missing default apps on your PC. Here's how to go about it. Step 2: In the Settings menu search box, type in Windows Store apps and tap the resulting option i. If you cannot find all the built-in apps on your PC, you can use the Windows PowerShell to restore them all. This is a very easy and effective thing to do.

Step 1: Type in powershell in Windows search box. Right the Windows PowerShell app in the search result and run as administrator. This command will commence installation of the Windows default apps on your computer.

Restart your computer after that process completes. Doing a full or partial reset of your Windows device could also help restore these default apps. This method should, however, be used as a last resort because you would lose all the third-party apps on your PC.