If when you click on the Windows Taskbar Search icon, you see a message This is taking to long to load and your search is stuck on this message, then this post may be able to help you. We offer a few suggestions that may help you fix the problem.
This is taking to long to load – Windows Search
If your Windows 10 Search is stuck on the This is taking to long to load message, you may try the following suggestions:
- Click Refresh and see
- Restart Explorer.exe
- Restart Windows Search
- Restart PC
- Run Search & Indexing troubleshooter
- Uninstall software or Windows Update
- Disable Bing Web Search
- Run SFC and DISM.
Here are the details.
1] Click Refresh and see
Click on the Refresh button you see there and see. This has been known to help in most cases.
2] Restart Explorer.exe
If that does not help, open the Task Manager, right-click on explorer.exe and select Restart to restart the Explorer process.
3] Restart Windows Search
Open Windows Services Manager, Locate Windows Search Service and select Restart.
4] Restart PC
Restarting your Windows 10 computer has been known to help in many cases.
5] Run Search & Indexing troubleshooter
Run the built-in Search & Indexing troubleshooter and see if it identifies and fixes the problem for you.
6] Uninstall software or Windows Update
If it happened after installing software or a Windows Update uninstall it and see
7] Disable Bing Web Search
Disable Bing Web Search and see if that helps.
8] Run SFC and DISM
If there has been some system file corruption, then running the System File Checker and repairing your Windows system image is likely to help.
Let us know if any of these suggestions here help you.
All the best!
