After starting my Windows 11 Home PC, the Search box accepts typing and seems to find results, but the results pane remains completely blank for the first few minutes. I can sometimes open the result by pressing Enter even though nothing is visible. After a short wait, Search begins displaying results normally and continues working until the next boot. Could this be related to Windows Search indexing, startup services, or graphics rendering? The system uses an AMD processor with integrated graphics and no dedicated GPU.
2 Answers
Since the results can be opened with Enter, indexing is probably completing successfully. That points more toward the Search panel or Windows shell failing to draw correctly during startup. Check whether restarting Windows Explorer makes the results appear immediately, and update Windows and the integrated graphics driver. If the issue started after an update, rolling back or repairing the affected system components may also help.
This sounds more like a Windows Search or shell initialization problem than an AMD CPU issue. Search may be starting before one of its services or interface components is ready, or some Search data may be corrupted. You could try restarting the Windows Search service, rebuilding the Search index, and running the built-in Search and Indexing troubleshooter. If that does not help, repairing or resetting the Search app may be worth trying.
The results seem to exist because pressing Enter can open one, so I was wondering whether the problem could be limited to the interface not rendering them rather than indexing itself.