Blank search screen

[Ed]

Greetings!

Recently, I noticed when I right-click on Start and
invoke as search, the search window comes up blank. I
get all the pulldowns at the top for File, Edit, View,
etc., but the directory structure for all my
folders/files is not displayed.

Any help is appreciated!

Ed

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Ed,

Try this: Click Start | Run and type:
"regsvr32 /i C:\Windows\Srchasst\srchui.dll"

If this did not help,
1. Log on to the computer by using an account with administrator permissions.
2. Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot%\inf, and then click OK.
3. Locate the Srchasst.inf file.
4. Right-click the Srchasst.inf file, and then click Install. This reinstalls the files that Search Companion uses.

NOTE: If you are prompted for the location of msgr3en.dll and your computer came with Windows XP preinstalled, it is likely to be at C:\Windows\i386. Type C:\Windows\i386 into the Copy Files From dialog and press OK.

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Greetings!

Recently, I noticed when I right-click on Start and
invoke as search, the search window comes up blank. I
get all the pulldowns at the top for File, Edit, View,
etc., but the directory structure for all my
folders/files is not displayed.

Any help is appreciated!

Ed

 

[Sharon F]

Greetings!

Recently, I noticed when I right-click on Start and
invoke as search, the search window comes up blank. I
get all the pulldowns at the top for File, Edit, View,
etc., but the directory structure for all my
folders/files is not displayed.

Any help is appreciated!

Ed

When you right click on the Start button and select Search, you are telling
Windows that you want to look for something in your Start Menu folders. If
you are expecting a window with the two paned Explorer view to appear,
right click on the Start button and select Explore.