Windows xp Search

[Guest]

I have Windows xp home edition with all the updates and SP2. When I goto
Start, and click on Search nothing happens. The computer doesn't display the
search box or display any errors. I have tried going to Explorer and My
Computer and Right clicking and choosing Search and still nothing happens. I
have tried going through selective start-up and normal start and cannot get
the search dialog box to display. How can I get it to run?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Look here:
Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Click on the ? Icon to Expand
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

[?] Why doesn't Search work?

And/or here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
Scroll down to:
Search - Doesn't Work

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

I saw these links and tried them. It seems that if I have an open window and
press Ctrl+F that the search sidebar will now appear. I can't run a search
by right-clicking of thru the start, search button though. Any thoughts?

Look here:
Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Click on the ? Icon to Expand
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

[?] Why doesn't Search work?

And/or here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm
Scroll down to:
Search - Doesn't Work

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I have Windows xp home edition with all the updates and SP2. When I
goto Start, and click on Search nothing happens. The computer
doesn't display the search box or display any errors. I have tried
going to Explorer and My Computer and Right clicking and choosing
Search and still nothing happens. I have tried going through
selective start-up and normal start and cannot get the search dialog
box to display. How can I get it to run? --
flyboy

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

What is the make of your system and when did this behavior begin? In the
meantime, see if this helps:

Search is Missing from the Start Menu (Line 70)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Manual check points: Right click the Start
Button/Properties/Customize/Advanced/Search, uncheck, check or the reverse,
etc. Apply/ok.

If that doesn't help, I will need the answer to my first question and
possibly having you export some registry keys. Any other information you
wish to contribute will help.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Guest]

I tried your suggestions, I applied and re-applied the search button. The
button is on the start menu it just doesn't do anything when I push it. My
computer is a Sony Vaio PCGGRX-550 notebook running Windows xp SP2. It seems
the problem started around the time I installed SP2. I've seen another post
in this forum about the same problem and when the user removed SP2 the search
worked fine.