[SOLVED] start search bar greyed out

[Kiddwikked]

Click on windows start, type here, just brings up a greyed out box. Can type words but nothing shows up..

 

[Lutfij]

That is usually a sign that your OS is corrupt and possibly caused due to malware. You should try and make sure you've backed up all critical content from your installation drive, before you proceed to running a malware scan(malwarebytes) and then reinstalling your OS with the latest installer made by Windows Media Creation Tools.

 

[me 1]

You can see here a few stuff:
https://www.technipages.com/fix-windows-10-search-not-working

 

[Michael_Cow]

Hi Guys. Heres what worked for me on multiple PCs.
Open Regedit:
navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
Make sure that the key, Cortana Consent is 0
Make a New D-Word 32 called "BingSearchEnabled" and set it to 0

Restart and you should be able to search

 

[drea.drechsler]

Click on windows start, type here, just brings up a greyed out box. Can type words but nothing shows up..

Seems to have happened just recently... Microsoft somehow managed to break Bing search and it stops searching in our task bars.

How to Disable Bing in the Windows 10 Start Menu

Tired of those web searches in the Start menu? Here's how to get rid of them.

www.howtogeek.com

If manually editing the registry in Regedit is daunting there's a link to a .reg file that you can download and it will do it for you.

 

[Jordan3d]

Hi Guys. Heres what worked for me on multiple PCs.
Open Regedit:
navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
Make sure that the key, Cortana Consent is 0
Make a New D-Word 32 called "BingSearchEnabled" and set it to 0

Restart and you should be able to search

This fixed the issue for me.