Ik vroeg me af hoeveel mensen dit probleem ook hebben of hebben gehad. Want lees er weinig over op de NL forums
WINDOWS 10: CAN'T TYPE IN SEARCH FIELD
After I had done some changes in Windows 10 to make it faster and less "chatty" to Microsoft (switch off Telemetry, switch off error reporting etc.) I could not use search any more. Symptoms were:
•Can't type into Cortana search field
•Can't type to search in Start Menu
•Can't type to search in Win 10 App Store
•Can't type in taskbar search
•Can't type in Settings search
There are lots people with the same or similar issues as can be seen from a simple Internet search "win 10 taskbar search not working".
After some hours of poking around, I found that I could right-click in the search field and paste the contents of the clipboard! And I saw the correct search results. So the index must have been fine. It looked like a keyboard issue, not a search issue.
But the keyboard worked in any application (e.g. Notepad, Excel etc.) just not in the searches. I started to suspect that it could be a Windows 10 apps issue. As I never use apps, I first had to load one (I chose "Calculator"), and - Bingo! - I could not enter any numbers via the keyboard. I could only click on the numbers, but could not type them.
I found that the keyboard did not work for any Windows 10 apps, just for the traditional desktop apps. Finally I found through some Internet searches how to solve this problem:
1.Open Task Scheduler
2.Go to Microsoft > Windows > TextServicesFramework
3.On MsCtfMonitor, do a right-click and enable the task
4.Restart your machine
That's it. All the search boxes worked again!
Update: If the task MsCtfMonitor is missing from the list of tasks, you can import it with the .XML file below from the link rightclick and save link as then from the dwnloaded location select the particular file run it and restart and your problem is solved
MsCtfMonitor.xml
WINDOWS 10: CAN'T TYPE IN SEARCH FIELD
After I had done some changes in Windows 10 to make it faster and less "chatty" to Microsoft (switch off Telemetry, switch off error reporting etc.) I could not use search any more. Symptoms were:
•Can't type into Cortana search field
•Can't type to search in Start Menu
•Can't type to search in Win 10 App Store
•Can't type in taskbar search
•Can't type in Settings search
There are lots people with the same or similar issues as can be seen from a simple Internet search "win 10 taskbar search not working".
After some hours of poking around, I found that I could right-click in the search field and paste the contents of the clipboard! And I saw the correct search results. So the index must have been fine. It looked like a keyboard issue, not a search issue.
But the keyboard worked in any application (e.g. Notepad, Excel etc.) just not in the searches. I started to suspect that it could be a Windows 10 apps issue. As I never use apps, I first had to load one (I chose "Calculator"), and - Bingo! - I could not enter any numbers via the keyboard. I could only click on the numbers, but could not type them.
I found that the keyboard did not work for any Windows 10 apps, just for the traditional desktop apps. Finally I found through some Internet searches how to solve this problem:
1.Open Task Scheduler
2.Go to Microsoft > Windows > TextServicesFramework
3.On MsCtfMonitor, do a right-click and enable the task
4.Restart your machine
That's it. All the search boxes worked again!
Update: If the task MsCtfMonitor is missing from the list of tasks, you can import it with the .XML file below from the link rightclick and save link as then from the dwnloaded location select the particular file run it and restart and your problem is solved
MsCtfMonitor.xml