# Fixing “white” screen Windows 10 start search

**Date:** 2019-03-23  
**Author:** Kees C. Bakker  
**Categories:** Automation, PowerShell  
**Original:** https://keestalkstech.com/fixing-white-screen-windows-10-start-search/

![Fixing Cortana Windows 10 Search](https://keestalkstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/photo-1515598379512-b60132823a9d1.jpg)

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I've been having some problems with the search feature of Windows 10 It suddenly stopped working; all I saw was a white screen. I don't exactly know when or why, but it did not come back by turning the computer on and off again. There are a lot of "solutions" online, but none worked for me.

![](https://keestalkstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/explorer_2018-10-13_18-16-48.jpg)
*Windows 10 Start search does not return anything!*

Cortana is responsible for doing the search in Windows. So maybe reinstalling Cortana may work?

The following script can be used to reinstall Cortana from an elevated Powershell promt.

```powershell
Get-AppXPackage -Name Microsoft.Windows.Cortana |
Foreach {
  Add-AppxPackage `
    -DisableDevelopmentMode `
    -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml" 
}
```

It turns out this did the trick! Search is back, no more white screen: I'm happy.