start button, notification panel and cannot type anything in cortana field

[sri mukund]

Just got to task manager and end Cortana process and BOOM!...it starts working..:smile:

 

[johnnylive88]

omg thanks that work for me

 

[Shawn Anderson7]

Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > type powershell > press Enter > wait a bit until you see this ..... PS C:\Windows\system32>

At the flashing prompt, copy and paste this.........

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

> press Enter.

Ignore any error in red.

When finished, try Search and Cortana again.

 

[Brian Zaitz]

I have the same problem but I don't see Cortana in the Processes.
Am I missing something?

 

[ven07]

Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > type powershell > press Enter > wait a bit until you see this ..... PS C:\Windows\system32>

At the flashing prompt, copy and paste this.........

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

> press Enter.

Ignore any error in red.

When finished, try Search and Cortana again.

Doesn't work for everyone

 

[ven07]

THis is a pretty old thread lol in any case, the best solution for now, is to create a new user account (control panel or settings) with admin privileges. remove your ms account from the user account that isn't responding (settings) and add it to the new one..

Before removing the ms account, be wise to log into the new user account you created and check if the start menu is responding

 

[David Zebrowitz]

Killing the Cortana process fixed it for me. Still encountering this issue in December 2015!

 

[arrles]

i kept disabling items in task manager until it worked. turned out to be msi utility. all fine now:smile:

 

[Tony Powell1]

Nope that didn't work....just says access denied :-(

 

[AndreZack2016]

Verify if the service Task Scheduler is disabled, if it is, enable it. I discover this solution today.

 

[Ivan Hernandez4]

I reinstalled everything and 3 days later the problem reappeared. Any new solutions out there.

 

[Usman Parvez]

I reinstalled everything and 3 days later the problem reappeared. Any new solutions out there.

Press Win + R (to open Run )
copy paste and press enter to run this program. "C:\Windows\system32\ctfmon.exe". it brings back the language bar and for me it allowed me to type in windows search, start menu and WINDOWS 10 apps again