A few days ago the search box on my Windows 7 start menu mysteriously stopped working. If I typed anything in the box the search always returns group headers for items (like Programs, Files, Microsoft Outlook, etc ) but not the items themselves.
Took my a while to find the solution on the net, so I thought I shared the solution and give some thanks to a few peoples.
First, a special thanks to Chris DeLashmutt who blogged about this problem and the solution I used.
Also, big thanks to Bobby Mikkelson who wrote a detailed solution.
There is also an Hotfix for that problem at Microsoft (kb977380).