So find the Cortana Process from the task manager and stop the Process. Whenever you start the system the Cortana will start automatically, and this type of issue also occur due to this Cortana process also, because sometimes the Cortana process stops and goes not responding state.
Restart the system once and check the issue is reappearing or not.
REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v ctfmon /t REG_SZ /d CTFMON.EXE Type the Following command in the command prompt and hit enter.
#WINDOWS 10 WON T ANYTHING WINDOWS#
Press Windows + X and choose command prompt admin.
First after applying the above method just reboot and check the issue appearing again or not, If the problem is appearing again just follow the below-mentioned steps. Note: Some user reported after applying this method the search bar works fine but after the reboot the issue reappearing again, So to make this method permanent we have to do some registry tweaks. Running this file brings back the Language bar which fixes the issue. The issue can appear if this file/service isn’t running. Ctfmon is the Microsoft process that controls Alternative User Input and the Office Language bar. This file is located in the system32 folder on your Windows. “C:\Windows\system32\ctfmon.exe” Type this without quotes and hit enter. Type the Following path in the run command field and hit enter.
Press Windows + R, this will open the Run command.
Follow the below-mentioned steps to enable the language bar. The main reason for Can’t Type anything in search bar error is absence of the language bar. Most of the user reported this issue occurs after the windows update.
After the execution of the command close the PowerShell and restart the system once, check the issue fixed or not, else proceed to the next solution.
$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + ‘\AppxManifest.xml’ Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest Type the following cmdlet in the PowerShell prompt.
This will open the Run command, type PowerShell and hit enter.
And go to the file menu and choose the Run new task.
Open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc and choose task manager.
Now check the search bar working or not, If not proceed to the next step.
Paste the above-mentioned command and hit enter, Once the command executed restart the system once.
Typing the above-mentioned command will Unrestrict the Execution policy.
By default, there is a policy assigned which block power shell scripts to run.
Now copy paste the below-mentioned cmdlet in the PowerShell.
Right-click on the PowerShell and choose run as admin.
Open PowerShell by manually searching in the start menu–>Windows PowerShell.
Type below mentioned commands and hit enter.
Press Windows + X that brings out a win x menu, Choose command prompt admin.
Windows PowerShell is a powerful tool and its very handy to fix many common windows errors.
Now check the issue is resolved or not, if not proceed to the next solution.
Right-click on the windows explorer process and click on restart.
Now go to the process tab and check for windows explorer.
Press Windows + X and choose task manager.
Solution 2: Restart the Windows Explorer.
Now choose the startup type to Automatic, then start the service, then give OK.
Right-click on windows search and choose properties.
Open run command by pressing Windows + R, and type services.msc, this will open the service management console.
Because this service provides content indexing, property caching, and search results for files, e-mail, and other content. Solution 1: Check for the Windows Search serviceīefore trying all the solutions first search for the windows search service running or not.