Why did app search stop working in Windows 8.1?

Question

Windows

Previously, the search for applications worked fine, but now I noticed that not a single installed application is found in the search engine. Why is this happening? Is this feature enabled/disabled in the settings somewhere? Any ideas how this can be fixed?

Answer 1

The issue was resolved by switching to Windows 10.

Answer 2

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