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windows search missing from windows features
Boggin:
While Dism has repaired any corruption, I was expecting a sfc /scannow CBS log, but how have you gotten on with the fix in that article ?
Are you using Win 8.1 or 10 ?
I must have misread your opening post as I didn't realise the Features window was blank, otherwise I would have been looking for another solution.
garegin:
the features window is not blank, it's missing windows search (and maybe other stuff too, I wouldn't know what should be there in the first place). The guide that I posted uses sfc, not dism. I will try running src on Monday and get back. Btw, whats the difference between sfc and dism in 8 and above? In general, do I need to run both?
BTW. This particular machine uses 8.1.
Rick:
--- Quote from: Tone111 on September 25, 2015, 10:45:21 am ---Have you tried checking to see if the "Windows Search" (WSearch) service is disabled or running in Services? (can be found in Task Manager, depends which version of Windows you're running...)
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good one, but lets start offering advice of repair install!
Too many complaints lately about so many small issues and with MSFT 10 now; MSFT will try their best to force the market to move to that!
Case in point; China is creating their XP version... Given the nonsense over the years and yearly updates required from MSFT that we didn't need, I would rather have to support that!
Case in point, The US Government still uses XP
regards,
garegin:
a small correction to my earlier post. the article I linked uses SURT, so I though DISM is the newer equivalent to that. So I ran that instead of SFC
Boggin:
--- Quote from: garegin on September 26, 2015, 07:17:25 pm ---the features window is not blank, it's missing windows search (and maybe other stuff too, I wouldn't know what should be there in the first place). The guide that I posted uses sfc, not dism. I will try running src on Monday and get back. Btw, whats the difference between sfc and dism in 8 and above? In general, do I need to run both?
BTW. This particular machine uses 8.1.
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I only run Win 7 so don't know if Windows Search is in Features in Win 8.1 as it is in Win 7 but would expect it to be.
That tutorial you posted looks like a decent one to follow as it should put back any missing features, but you would need to use the Dism cmd for Win 8.1
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/947821
sfc /scannow is a system file checker whereas dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth goes online to look for the files it requires to replace (roughly :)) and you can use both - generally sfc first and again after the dism cmd to confirm the /restorehealth cmd has fixed all if the sfc found files it was unable to repair.
I wasn't aware SURT produced a log like that or that it was used in Win 8.1 as I've only ever run the Fixit in Win 7 and that usually reports nothing found rather that directing me to a CBS log as it has in Win 8.1 with the repairs it has effected.
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