Windows 10 Search Bar shows Uninstalled Programs

Solution 1:

This is a little late, but I had a very similar problem recently that I was able to resolve using this solution

Go to C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\

Delete the folder \Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy

If you cannot delete the folder, enter into the folder and delete as many as the sub folders as your system permits.

I restarted Cortana from Task Manager, but the original link mentions logging out and back in again which might be worth trying.

This cleared out my old Visual Studio 2017 and Powershell 7 (Preview) search results. It also fixed the issue I was having setting a custom -WorkingDirectory path in the Powershell shortcut which would cause Search to hang for 15 seconds and fail to open