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I would not at all be surprised if the Cortana-powered (or whatever it is) start menu search failed to find Notepad if you started typing. I don't know how they can screw something like that up so badly, but it's almost unusuable without installing Classic Shell to override the normal behavior.

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I can't count the number of times I've hit the Windows key, quickly typed in "Windows Update", hit enter, and was presented with a web search result for "Windows Update".

I'd wonder what MS is smoking, but I think I know. Windows is such a low priority to them these days that they put all their most inexperienced or terrible coders to work on it. That's why it's full of webdev-flavor awfulness.

This is what it looks like right now (notice the "Type here to search", can't get much more clear or explicit):

https://imgur.com/9pxTjgv

When I start typing N-O-T, this is what it does:

https://imgur.com/lxeaTSe

I have no complaints.

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