Windows 7 start menu search not working.

madhurjyas · Mar 9, 2014

Windows search feature is not working on my PC. I have check the settings and everything seems to be fine but after scanning the PC with System File Checker this message appears: "Windows Resorce Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them".

Please help me out :noidea:View attachment CBS.log

niemiro · Mar 10, 2014

Hello, and welcome to Sysnative!

Download and run SeaTools for Windows to check for hard disk failure: SeaTools for Windows | Seagate

Run a Short (5 minutes) & Long Self Test (up to ~2-3 hours), and a SMART Test (if available) (1 minute). Let me know if any fail.

Thank you.

Richard

madhurjyas · Mar 12, 2014

The disk passed all the tests.

niemiro said:
Hello, and welcome to Sysnative!

Download and run SeaTools for Windows to check for hard disk failure: SeaTools for Windows | Seagate

Run a Short (5 minutes) & Long Self Test (up to ~2-3 hours), and a SMART Test (if available) (1 minute). Let me know if any fail.

Thank you.

Richard

jcgriff2 · Mar 15, 2014

Hi -

Is the Windows Search system service running?
START | type services.msc | scroll down to "Windows Search"

Try a different user account. Activate the Hidden Admin if no other user account exists -

https://www.sysnative.com/forums/wi...er-account-windows-8-1-8-7-windows-vista.html

Does anything show up on the Start Menu?

Regards. . .

jcgriff2

madhurjyas · Mar 15, 2014

Everything works fine with diffrent/new user account. I had checked it earlier. But is there any way to solve the problem within my current account?

Thanks :smile9:

usasma · Mar 16, 2014

The easiest "workaround" is to use the new account (and copy/move all your stuff over to the new account).
Fixing the old account can take a lot of time - so it's your choice.

jcgriff2 · Mar 16, 2014

usasma said:
The easiest "workaround" is to use the new account (and copy/move all your stuff over to the new account).
Fixing the old account can take a lot of time - so it's your choice.

Agree - create a new one and transfer files -

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-corrupted-user-profile#1TC=windows-7

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