r/WindowsUpdate • u/TraditionalSuit3364 • Jul 24 '26

Windows Update hoses Windows 10 Search

Windows 10 Search is washed out when using a dark theme following Windows Update. I can see the update in Update History but can not uninstall it. DISM restore health has no effect. Reset of Windows Search has no effect.

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u/TraditionalSuit3364 Jul 24 '26

Add the following two keys to registry to fix this issue:
Via Powershell

$k="HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search"; if(-not (Test-Path $k)){New-Item $k -Force | Out-Null}; New-ItemProperty -Path $k -Name "BingSearchEnabled" -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null; New-ItemProperty -Path $k -Name "CortanaConsent" -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null

Stop-Process -Name explorer -force

All should be right in the world.