Start menu shortcuts and settings not appearing in start menu search

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When I start for Windows settings, such as personalisation, nothing appears. Additionally, shortcuts located in these two locations


%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs


will not appear in my search.


What I have tried doing:

opened Indexing Options

added these 2 locations

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

rebuild the index and let it finish

reboot computer

run the Troubleshooter with first 2 options ticked (no problems found)

run DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth then sfc /scannow

tick index properties and its file contents


However, it works perfectly fine if use a different location for my shortcuts. For example, I copied my %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs folders to C:\ and all my shortcuts in that folder showed in search. Though, I am still unable to see specific settings such as personalisation and ease of access.














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