[German]News from the broken Windows 10 search feature in start menu. Microsoft believes it will soon be able to fix the bug for all users. This bug caused a worldwide failure of the Windows 10 startmenu search on February 5, 2020.
This is what the bug is about
On 5 February 2020, users of Windows 10 (preferably version 1909) discovered that the search no longer worked. Only a black area was displayed in the Start menu, no search results were displayed.
The reason for this behavior was that the Bing search was broken or the corresponding Microsoft service went on strike. I had reported in detail in the blog post Windows 10: Search is broken – how to fix it (Feb. 5, 2020) and outlined a workaround there.
A few hours after the search function failed, the bug has resolved itself for some users. Because Microsoft had fixed the server error of the failed Bing search internally. The only thing I noticed were that there were still reader comments in the blogs, that the search was still not working and that the workaround I suggested in the article fixed the problem.
Microsoft explains …
In a Techcommunity post, dated February 10, 2020 a Microsoft employee points out that the problem with the Windows 10 search in the start menu is now solved.
We were made aware recently of a temporary server-side issue causing Windows search to show a blank box. This issue has been resolved for most users and in some cases, you might need to restart your device. We are working diligently to fully resolve the issue and will provide an update once resolved.
Meanwhile, the status of this fault has been set to resolved in the Windows Message-Center.
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