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Here is how I fixed the windows 7 search when it was broke on a users machine last night. The user complained that nothing was showing up in his search results.

1. Check the following services and ensure that they are all started automatically.

Cryptographic Services
Windows Search Service

2. Rebuild the Index.

1) Open the Control Panel.
2) In the Instant Search box, type Index.
3) Click on Indexing Options.
4) Click on Run as Administrator and allow the privileges.
5) Click on Advanced, then Rebuild.

3． Uninstall and reinstall Windows Search Feature.

1) Click Start and type: features in the Start Search box.
2) Click on “Turn Windows Features on or off” and open it.
3) Uncheck the box in front of Windows Search.
4) Restart the machine.
5) Delete the folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search.
6) Then repeat step 1) and 2).
7) Re-check the box in front of Windows Search.
8) Restart the machine again.

Now see if the index works correctly.

If the issue persists, please continue the step.

3. Modify the following registry and change the value data.

1) Press Win + R keys to open a run box.
2) Type: regedit and press Enter.
3) Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSearch\SetupCompletedSuccessfuly

4) Change the value to 0.
5) Restart the machine.

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If you want to use vmware workstation and boot to a usb drive, you will notice there isn’t any option to do this.

I do this to test booting off usb drives for later use on physical machines.

Here is a workaround:

Download Plop Boot Manager from Plop – Boot Manager. Navigate to Downloads -

Boot Manager downloads -> click on Plop Boot Manager to download. At this time, the latest version is 5.0.14 (stable) .

Once the download is finished, extract the downloaded file. You see the image file, plpbt.iso, which will be used in next few steps. This is the image file that will allow us to boot from USB Falsh Drive.

Next, edit your virtual machine’s settings on VMWare Workstation. Add an USB Controller if it doesn’t have one and ensure that the checkbox Automatically connect new USB devices is checked.

Attach the Plop boot manager image (plpbt.iso) as CD image.

Attach your USB device and power on your virtual machine, you will see Plop boot manager screen.

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