Search Bar not working

[Yeager117]

As the title says.

Nothing is searchable.

[Yeager117]

Someone needs (to) respond or I'll begin my transition to AVID.

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[Stan Jones]

Sorry you didn't get a response.

Which search bar are you referring to? A screenshot might help.

What version of PR?

Stan

[MyerPj]

You better talk to Adobe, we're for the most part here, just other users like yourself. Use the chat on your Creative Cloud page or call support and ask for the 'video queue'

[Yeager117]

In my project bin, I search for key files but now nothing populates the search like it used to.

[Stan Jones]

It's working as expected for me. I would try:

Workspaces - "Reset to Saved Layout"

And if that doesn't work, Reset Preferences:

https://helpx.adobe.com/nl/premiere-pro/using/reset-preferences.html

Stan

[Yeager117]

Still doesn't work. Other projects work but this one I've been using no longer works.

[Ishan Y · Accepted solution]

Hey Yeager117,

Sorry for the poor experience. I have moved this thread to the Discussions sections for troubleshooting purposes. Since you only see this issue with a specific project, please try these steps and let us know if they help.

1. Launch Premiere Pro (do not open any projects), go to Window > Workspaces > uncheck "Import Workspaces from Projects.

2. Create a new project, go to Window > Workspaces, and choose one of the default Workspaces (other than the one you're currently using in case you're not using a custom Workspace).

3. Import your problematic project to the new project.

Thanks,

Ishan

[PaulMurphy]

Just adding to this - if you're working in Productions, you can close the Project and rename it in the Productions panel.

[Peter J Kovacs]

I fixed this by creating a new project and then importing the project the search stopped working in.

I'm startring to realize that everytime Premiere has a new update, I should stop opening old projects and instead import them into a new project created with lastest version of Premiere.

[MyerPj]

Peter makes a good point. Also, it saves some possible anguish to delete the cache before using the new update. Or anytime some wonky behavior starts happening. (Hold down Shift as you start PP from it's normal icon, and respond to the dialog.)

[CuttyHutty]

nothing else in this thread worked for me except this.  thank you

[cinqua1]

thank you!

[Urmaseero · Accepted solution]

Premiere 24 and higher. If you lost search option. There is a really simple and working solution. 

In premiere/ Windows/ Workspaces/ Uncheck Import Workspace from project. 

Close Premiere

Go to File manager / Rename your existing premiere project

Run Premiere / open renamed project. 

Search is working again. 

[folkscallmecody]

This worked! Thank god! Thank you for this simple solution. This search thing has been plaguing me for 2 months. 

[Anthony LV]

Thanks! That worked for me too. 

[Mal_k]

What a strange workaround though...Why does this keep happening? I've had to reset my project multiple times today to keep the searchbar working...

[Felix5CDC]

just logged in into my account on the forum just to tell you THANKS! It's working :))

[PhilSchmulian]

Thanks!  

You know what's crazy? If you then rename it back to the original name, search stops working again 

[desobot]

This worked! Thank you! 

[Dipo31055004ce17]

This worked for me! Thank you!

[Dennis28086119zlrj]

I can't believe this is still an issue. I have had this happen multiple times now, has anyone ever figured out why it's doing this?

[PROCTER]

worked. many thanks

[ItsDezMan]

I don't know why this works, especailly when I didn't have "Import Workspace" checked to begin with, but I check it and unchecked it, closed premiere, renemed my project file, opened premiere, used the Premiere dialoge box to open the project file, and vualá! Search bar works again. Thanks @Urmaseero