
Hold down CTRL+Shift+ESC, which is the shortcut that allows you to open the task manager.

Here’s how you can stop and restart the Cortana process: It will restart itself right away, but if you go ahead and try to type in a search, you should see results showing up once again. To fix this desktop search problem in Windows 10, you just need to stop the Cortana process. I found that the reason my desktop search wasn’t working properly, and was showing me incorrect results stemmed from Cortana still running in the background. Even when you disable Cortana, you will notice it still running in your task manager. Cortana is supposed to be like a virtual assistant, but it may assist more in giving you headaches than actual results.

In Windows 10, Cortana powers your search.

Desktop Search Not Working: What do I do?
