My search bar isn't working in Window 11 taskbar?

Search bar details on Task Manager

My search bar:

My search bar isn't working, as I type in. There is no action, I thought my keyboard is hanged or there are too many processes running but nothing was the problem so far. I even indexed my files as suggested by the copilot but no use.

So, the only solution I got it by doing End Task to the search in task manager but

how many times I have to do it? Is there any permanent solution for this?

Answer

Try to re-register Cortana & Search using PowerShell because sometimes the Search UI (powered by Cortana and ShellExperienceHost) gets corrupted.

• Press Win + X → click Windows Terminal (Admin) or PowerShell (Admin).

• Paste and run (powershell):

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

Then restart your PC.

If not works, try to re-index your data because even if you've indexed, a corrupted index can still cause issues.

• Press Win + I → go to Privacy & Security → Searching Windows.

• Scroll down and click Advanced indexing options.

• In the new window, click Advanced → then click Rebuild.