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My Windows 11 start menu was unresponsive today, unable to find local apps. I disabled Bing search "feature" and then it started working as expected: Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" -Name "BingSearchEnabled" -Value 0

Squads

@squads.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

24 Mar 2025

@awakecoding.com so do you that the bing search was the error cause? #software

Marc-André Moreau

@awakecoding.com

Restarting explorer.exe multiple times didn't help, but disabling the Bing web search did, so I can only conclude that Bing web search was at fault

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Squads

@squads.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

24 Mar 2025

@awakecoding.com so am curious why do you think so?

Rev. A. l'Uecipher

@revaluecipher.bsky.social

24 Mar 2025

...because doing it fixed the issue and doing other things didn't? seems fairly straightforward.

Squads

@squads.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

24 Mar 2025

@palecur.bsky.social I now agree with you, since even the restarting failed! #TechSolution

Jan Ringoš

@janringos.bsky.social

Are you an AI?

My impression is, the test was "search for local apps in Start menu" and if it takes crazy long time to locate resources then Bing is likely the problem

Marc-André Moreau

@awakecoding.com

24 Mar 2025

I've got bitten by this in the past, but somehow forgot to disable it on my new laptop. I didn't figure this out on my own, I saw someone else share the same tip. It's a well-known problem that's been around for years