+sphbecker MVC Posted September 7, 2015 MVC Share Posted September 7, 2015 Is anyone else seeing issues with the Windows 10 start menu search (I guess its Cortana now) not suggesting installed programs even if you type the name exactly? I have used a number of Windows 10 computers and they all seem to struggle with this issue. Some programs work, others do not, no matter what you type, they are never suggested. This is a feature I have used on Vista, 7 and 8 and it has never given me a problem before. Its a great quick way to start programs using the keyboard (press Window key, type part of the name, press Enter). Sure, I can use the mouse to click All programs and then scroll down the list, its just annoying because I have never had this problem before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted September 7, 2015 Veteran Share Posted September 7, 2015 It seems to be desktop apps it does this with. If you don't start typing from the beginning of the application name it doesn't find it. Store-managed apps work fine with text from the middle of the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Is anyone else seeing issues with the Windows 10 start menu search (I guess its Cortana now) not suggesting installed programs even if you type the name exactly? I have used a number of Windows 10 computers and they all seem to struggle with this issue. Some programs work, others do not, no matter what you type, they are never suggested. This is a feature I have used on Vista, 7 and 8 and it has never given me a problem before. Its a great quick way to start programs using the keyboard (press Window key, type part of the name, press Enter). Sure, I can use the mouse to click All programs and then scroll down the list, its just annoying because I have never had this problem before. It seems to be desktop apps it does this with. If you don't start typing from the beginning of the application name it doesn't find it. Store-managed apps work fine with text from the middle of the name. Nope, still working fine for me. Have you tried rebuilding your index? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted September 7, 2015 Veteran Share Posted September 7, 2015 Nope, still working fine for me. Have you tried rebuilding your index? What did you type? If I try to search for "aint" I get no results. It must be a full word or nothing comes up. In Windows 8/8.1 "torrent" would show qBitTorrent but now it does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 (edited) What did you type? If I try to search for "aint" I get no results. It must be a full word or nothing comes up. In Windows 8/8.1 "torrent" would show qBitTorrent but now it does not. I typed in "pain" and got exactly what I was searching for. Seems to be giving me more results now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 What did you type? If I try to search for "aint" I get no results. It must be a full word or nothing comes up. In Windows 8/8.1 "torrent" would show qBitTorrent but now it does not. Works for me Seems I ask this in every thread, but, what did you turn off? What "tweaks" did you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 What did you type? If I try to search for "aint" I get no results. It must be a full word or nothing comes up. In Windows 8/8.1 "torrent" would show qBitTorrent but now it does not. I just searched for "aint" and immediately got Paint, but not Paint.NET (both are installed). I do sometimes have an issue where if I leave the Start menu open too long, and try to type something, nothing happens. Although that hasn't been an issue since RTM (I'm on 10132 now). So either the newest builds changed something, or my search index wasn't built up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted September 8, 2015 Veteran Share Posted September 8, 2015 Works for me Seems I ask this in every thread, but, what did you turn off? What "tweaks" did you do? Nothing... I don't tweak. "pain" works but "aint" doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPreston Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) I had the exact same issue when creating a deployment, sphbecker When you search do you get "best match" on the top of the results page. If not then change the region and language to en:us timezone and keyboard can remain untouched. Whenever i changed the region or language to irish the search would stop working from the start screen/menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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