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Windows search bar or Cortana bar plays a very important role in Windows 10. When we search for any programs or files in windows 10 we use Cortana bar. But one of the users reported that he can’t able to type anything in the search bar. And, he can’t able to do a search on any search field like windows explorer search bar. Personally, I checked this issue on his laptop, when I tried search I am not able to type anything on the Cortana bar. Also, I am not able to place a cursor on the

Solution 1: Check for the Windows Search service

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Before trying all the solutions first search for the windows search service running or not. Because this service provides content indexing, property caching, and search results for files, e-mail, and other content.

Open run command by pressing Windows + R, and type services.msc, this will open the service management console.
Now search for windows search. Right click on windows search and choose properties.
Now choose the startup type to Automatic, then start the service, then give OK.

Restart the system once and check.

Solution 2: Restart the Windows Explorer.

Press Windows + X and choose task manager. Expand the task manager.
Now go to the process tab and check for windows explorer. Right click on the

Now check the issue is resolved or not, if not proceed to the next solution.

Solution 3: Using Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell is a powerful tool and its very handy to fix many common windows errors. Follow the below-mentioned steps.

Press Windows + X that brings out a win x menu, Choose command prompt admin.
Type below mentioned commands and hit enter.

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Open PowerShell by manually searching in the start menu–>Windows PowerShell
Right-click on the PowerShell and choose run as admin. Now copy paste the below-mentioned cmdlet in the PowerShell.

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

By default, there is a policy assigned which block power shell scripts to run. Typing the above-mentioned command will Unrestrict the Execution policy.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like “*SystemApps*”} Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”}

Paste the above-mentioned command and hit enter, Once the command executed restart the system once.
Now check the search bar working or not, If not proceed to the next step.

Solution 4: Reinstall Windows 10 apps.

Open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc and choose task manager.
And go to the file menu and choose the Run new task.
This will open the Run command, type PowerShell and hit enter.

Type the following cmdlet in the PowerShell prompt.

$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + ‘AppxManifest.xml’ ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest

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.

Solution 5: Relaunch the language bar.

Most of the user reported this issue occurs after the windows update. The main reason for Can’t Type anything in search bar error is absence of the language bar. Follow the below-mentioned steps to enable the language bar.

Press Windows + R, this will open the Run command.

Type the Following path in the run command field and hit enter.

“C:Windowssystem32ctfmon.exe”

Type this without quotes and hit enter. This file is located in the system32 folder on your Windows. Ctfmon is the Microsoft process that controls Alternative User Input and the Office Language bar. The issue can appear if this file/service isn’t running. Running this file brings back the Language bar which fixes the issue.

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. 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.

Press Windows + X and choose command prompt admin.

Type the Following command in the command prompt and hit enter.

REG ADD HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun /v ctfmon /t REG_SZ /d CTFMON.EXE

Restart the system once and check the issue is reappearing or not.

Solution 6: Restart the Cortana 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. So find the Cortana Process from the task manager and stop the Process.

Press Ctrl + Alt + Del and choose Task manager
Click on the process tab and search for Cortana.

Right click on the Cortana and End the task.

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PremNash is a Windows Technical Expert and having working experience in a IT field for more than 10 Years, And also He is very passionate to write technical Blogs.

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