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#TSEARCH ALTERNATIVE WINDOWS INSTALL#
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#TSEARCH ALTERNATIVE WINDOWS WINDOWS 10#

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\ProgramsĪs you delete.

lnk files from the start menu directories: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs If your count is greater than 512, then a workaround is to delete unnecessary start menu entries by either uninstalling unused apps or deleting the unnecessary. You should get a count that reflects all your Modern/Metro apps plus all of the shortcuts in your start menu ( one for each. You can see how many start menu entries you currently have by running the following from within powershell Get-StartApps | measure

#TSEARCH ALTERNATIVE WINDOWS WINDOWS 10#

If you're seeing some but not all of your Desktop apps in the start menu search and "All Apps", there appears to be a bug where Windows 10 will only register up to 512 start menu entries, which may be the cause. Previously my only solution was to use Classic Shell, I've been able to uninstall that now and use the standard Windows Start menu. Cortana now finds all my files with no issues.

#TSEARCH ALTERNATIVE WINDOWS UPDATE#

The latest Windows 10 update (Threshold 2) has solved this issue for me. But the shortcut to Skype is definitely in this location: C:\Users\Patrick\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Skype And typing in "Skype" to search for the application does not find it.

#TSEARCH ALTERNATIVE WINDOWS INSTALL#

I did a brand new install of Skype (for desktop), and it shows up nowhere in the start menu. However, none of these applications are coming back as search results from the "start" menu. Where can I set which folders Cortana indexes?Īs you can see in the screen shot below, this Start Menu folder is, indeed, indexed: Everything from the Microsoft Office applications to IIS to Beyond Compare to hundreds of other applications I have installed. If I browse to "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" I can see that the shortcuts for these applications all still exist.

What is the reason for this behavior and how I can get Cortana to find the applications installed on my machine again? Is there a setting I am missing?

WinKey + type "Excel" does not find Excel.

Instead it suggests some applications from the store.

WinKey + type "Paint" does not find "mspaint".

And she doesn't do partial searches, either. Since upgrading to Windows 10 with Cortana, she is only hit or miss at finding applications. For the past several versions (since Windows Vista, I think), if you hit the Windows key and start typing, Windows will search for applications.