WTF happened to simple start menu search from windows 8?

Works just fine here. I just press windows key and type cmd, and it finds it straight away.

 

You'll have to use a start menu replacement software to get that functionality back. I've tried Classic Shell and StartIsBack++ and they both add search to the start menu.

 

just tried same here

 

I think he's saying the default windows search isn't finding stuff. Maybe he disabled the wrong thing with all this telemetry stuff.

 

You missed to install classic shell

 

Works exactly the same as in Windows 8. Press Start, start typing, searching happens. I use it frequently.

 

Same here. No difference. You must have disabled something, like cortana.

 

i got cortana disabled too (thank god) and it still works. searchui.exe still running... and search index is also not disabled.

 

Winkey+S is the search hotkey.
Winkey by itself is and has always been the start button/screen

On win7 the start menu just happened to default to the search box entry.

 

I bet he is not looking at the very top of the search results. The part in blue. I did the same thing when I first installed 10.

 

I think new start icon is much better than old one

 

It doesn't work for me either. Fresh install no tweaks.

For example I have my overclocking tools, realtemp, CPUz, prime95. All pinned to taskbar too.

Search any of those in start, no results. If I go the the my stuff section it instead finds related files like ini's or text files, but not the actual program exe's. Pretty useless.

Install start is back and it works. Works in 7 too.

 

Does anybody happen to know where the license information is stored for startisback++ in windows 10.

Thanks

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\StartIsBack\License

EDIT: Oh, OP, some Telemetry disabling scripts are a bit overzealous and disable the Windows Search service. StartIsBack and Classic Shell live fine without it, but I think 10's SearchUI is a bit more dependent upon it.

 

Thanks. Do you know how to reset the license after 30 days
So it never expires

Or do you have an activation key
Thanks

BTW: I just checked. The registry key "license" doesn't exist. Any ideas? Thanks

 

Not sure if we are all missing something here but when I press start, start typing command prompt, it comes up with the result for command prompt and hit enter and it opens command prompt.

 

Ah, I've been using the same license key I got since Windows 8's launch (Tihiy was selling two licenses back then for $3, which I jumped at, considering his experience with Explorer hacking - Windows 7 Explorer on 8, Windows 98 Revolutions Pack...). I assumed you had already activated SiB and wanted to backup your activation...

 

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