La recherche Windows 10 ne fonctionne pas: Comment réparer la barre de recherche ne fonctionne pas

La solution ci-dessus devrait corriger la barre de recherche de Windows 10 si elle ne fonctionnait pas auparavant. Mais la portée de la recherche sera limitée aux résultats hors ligne. Si vous changez d’avis et que vous n’êtes pas à l’aise avec les nouvelles modifications, double-cliquez sur la sauvegarde de registre que vous avez créée précédemment et elle restaurera les paramètres de registre d’origine.

8. Désinstaller les dernières mises à jour Windows

Ce n’est un secret pour personne que Microsoft finit par faire plus de mal que de bien avec certaines mises à jour Windows qu’il essaie de diffuser, même si cela signifie bien. Si vous avez remarqué que la barre de recherche Windows a cessé de fonctionner juste après une mise à jour du système, vous devez la désinstaller de votre PC.

1. Appuyez sur Ctrl + R , saisissez panneau de configuration , puis appuyez sur Entrée
2. Cliquez sur Programmes et fonctionnalités
3. Click View installed updates on the left side
4. Click the Installed On column to sort the updates by date (newest first)
5. Double-click the first update in the list and click Yes to confirm the uninstall
6. Restart your computer and try using the search bar now

9. Check your Internet connection

If your Internet connection quality is poor, then you shouldn’t be surprised if the search bar is not working on Windows 10, especially when it comes to finding online results.

Here are a few suggestions for checking your Internet connection:

• Temporarily switch from router to cable
• Reboot your router
• Disable QoS and bandwidth limitations on your router’s administration page
• Check how many devices are connected to your Wi-Fi
• Flush your DNS servers
• Use the built-in Internet connection troubleshooter
• Disable third-party security tools, VPNs, or proxy servers
• Disable IPv6 connectivity if you don’t use it
• Measure your Internet download and upload speed
• Turn off any torrenting clients, downloading managers, streaming apps, and online games
• Set custom DNS servers to speed up your Internet connection
• Temporarily suspend system updates

10. Use System Restore

The Windows search bar could have been affected by any unforeseen software event that recently occurred on your computer: a corrupt driver, a significant system registry modification, a new application, or anything else.

Trying to identify the guilty party can become overwhelming and nerve-wracking. Luckily, there’s a simple solution for undoing all recent computer changes: Recovery mode.

There’s only one problem here: all new programs installed beyond the restore point will disappear, so you will have to reinstall them and re-register the ones you have a premium license for. Some applications don’t support re-registration, so you should do your research first.

How to use Recovery mode:

1. Log in to Windows 10 with your administrator account
2. Press Ctrl + R, type control panel, and press Enter
3. Click Recovery
4. Click Open System Restore
5. Select a recent checkpoint from the list, click Next, and follow the on-screen instructions
6. Restart your PC and try using the search bar
7. If nothing changes, try restoring Windows 10 to an older checkpoint

11. Enable background apps

When Windows 10 Creator’s Update rolled out, there was a problem with the search bar. Specifically, it stopped working properly if apps weren’t allowed to run in the background.

Theoretically, this issue should be fixed by now, especially in newer Windows 10 editions. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try it. Besides, it’s harmless.

How to enable background apps:

1. Right-click the Start button and go to Settings
2. Select Privacy
3. Scroll down until you can select Background apps on the left side
4. Enable Let apps run in the background
5. Allow all apps from the list to run in the background
6. Reboot your PC and try to use the search bar now

12. Use SFC and DISM

If your operating system has any corrupt files, it could have a negative impact on an unpredictable amount of apps and features, including the Windows 10 search bar. However, you should be able to solve this problem without outside help and without creating OS recovery media.

SFC (System File Checker) is a command-line tool that repairs any damaged system files. And, if the problem is a bit more serious, you can turn to DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management). It restores data in the component store of the Windows image.

How to use SFC:

1. Press Ctrl + R, type cmd, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to launch Command Prompt as admin
2. Run sfc/scannow and wait until the task is complete
3. Restart your PC

If the Windows 10 search bar is still not working after SFC, then you can run DISM.

How to use DISM:

1. Open a Command Prompt window as admin
2. Run DISM/online/cleanup-image/scanhealth and hit Enter
3. If DISM returns any errors, fix them with DISM/online/cleanup-image/restorehealth
4. Restart your PC and open CMD as admin
5. Run sfc/scannow and wait until it finishes
6. Reboot your computer and try using the search bar

13. Temporarily disable your firewall

If you or someone else with access to your computer has messed up the inbound and outbound rules of the firewall, perhaps this lead to network connectivity and search bar problems. It’s difficult to tell, but you can temporarily disable your firewall to confirm this.

How to disable Windows Firewall:

1. Log in as the computer administrator
2. Press Ctrl + R, type control panel, and press Enter
3. Find and select Windows Defender Firewall
4. Click Turn Windows Defender on or off
5. At Private and Public network settings, select Turn off Windows Defender Firewall (not recommended)
6. Click OK to confirm
7. Try to use the search bar now

If you have a third-party firewall installed, make sure to adjust the steps above accordingly. And, after you can confirm that the search bar is working properly now, you should re-enable the firewall to maintain the safety of your computer. Deeper investigation is required to detect and solve the exact firewall problem.

14. Reinstall Cortana

Microsoft’s Cortana is intertwined with the Windows 10 search bar. Usually, one doesn’t work properly without the other. That doesn’t stop certain users from removing Cortana from their operating system if they feel it’s not needed.

Unfortunately, no Cortana could very well mean no more search bar. Or, no more accurate search results, to say the least. To solve this matter, it’s necessary to reinstall Cortana, which can be a bit challenging since it can’t be downloaded and installed from the Microsoft Store.

How to reinstall Cortana from PowerShell:

1. Make sure you’re logged in as the PC administrator
2. Right-click the Start button and select System
3. Go to About
4. At Windows specifications, take note of your Version
5. Launch Windows PowerShell
6. If you have Windows 10 version 2004 and higher, run the following command:

   Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage-DisableDevelopmentMode-Register"$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

7. Or, if you have Windows 10 version 1909 and lower, write the next line:

   Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Cortana | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage-DisableDevelopmentMode-Register"$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Rundown of fixes for Windows 10 search not working errors

To recap, if the Windows 10 search is no longer working properly or delivers inaccurate search results, you can try to fix this problem by running the Search and Indexing troubleshooter, downloading the newest Windows updates, and restarting the Windows Search service.

You should also restart or terminate several processes that affect the search bar, reset Windows Search, rebuild the Windows Search index, remove Bing from Windows Search, and uninstall recent Windows updates.

It’s also a good idea to check the quality of your Internet connection, use Recovery mode to roll back Windows 10, enable background apps, repair corrupt system files using SFC and DISM, temporarily disable your firewall, as well as reinstall Cortana.

Which solution fixed the search bar on your PC? Do you have any other suggestions that we missed? Let us know in our comment section below.