What does "C?\" mean in the registry ?

I guess, I don't really understand what you are doing, but if your registry is that messed up, I guess I would reinstall Windows. Probably take less time.
 
"C?\" is usually referred to values like:

AA75334BD6A349D45BE6344CD4905E84

Whos data is usually reffered to the .NET framework such as:

C?\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\mscordbc.dll

As for the SEARCH,you probably need to repair it:

-make sure that hidden files and folders are showed
-go to "C:\WINDOWS\inf\"
-search for the file called "srchasst.inf"
-right click that file and click INSTALL
-insert Windows disk when you are prompted to
-once the process is complete,restart the computer and the SEARCH functionality should work properly

NOTE: If you do not have Windows disk,make a backup copy of the "srchasst.inf" file then open the original one,delete ALL the contents inside and then paste the following text contents inside EXACTLY as I wrote below:

[version]
signature="$Windows NT$"
ClassGUID={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
LayoutFile=layout.inf
[DefaultInstall]
CopyFiles=SearchAssistantClient,SearchAssistantChars,SearchAssistantCacheFiles
[DestinationDirs]
SearchAssistantClient=25,%SRCHASST_DIR_LFN%
SearchAssistantChars=25,%SRCHASST_DIR_LFN%\chars
SearchAssistantCacheFiles=25,%SRCHASST_DIR_LFN%\%SRCHASST_CACHE_DIR_LFN%\%LCID%
;Files to be copied to the users machine
[SearchAssistantClient]
msgr3en.dll,,,32
nls302en.lex,,,32
srchctls.dll,,,32
srchui.dll,,,32
[SearchAssistantClient.Security]
"D:P(A;;GRGX;;;BU)(A;;GA;;;BA)(A;;GA;;;SY)"
;Character Files to be copied to the users machine
[SearchAssistantChars]
courtney.acs,,,32
earl.acs,,,32
rover.acs,,,32
;Cache Files to be copied to the users machine
[SearchAssistantCacheFiles]
balloon.xsl,,,32
bar.xsl,,,32
charchsr.xml,,,32
charctxt.xml,,,32
error.xml,,,32
finish.xml,,,32
indxsvc.xml,,,32
inetfind.xml,,,32
inetopts.xml,,,32
inetpref.xml,,,32
inetsrch.xml,,,32
intents.xml,,,32
intro.xml,,,32
lcladv.xml,,,32
lcladvd.xml,,,32
lcladvdf.xml,,,32
lcladvmm.xml,,,32
lclcomp.xml,,,32
lcldate.xml,,,32
lcldocs.xml,,,32
lclkwrds.xml,,,32
lcllook.xml,,,32
lclmm.xml,,,32
lclmode.xml,,,32
lclother.xml,,,32
lclprog.xml,,,32
lclrfine.xml,,,32
lclsize.xml,,,32
lclsrch.xml,,,32
lcltechy.xml,,,32

















[Strings]
SRCHASST_DIR_LFN = "srchasst"
SRCHASST_CACHE_DIR_LFN = "mui"

























LCID="0409"

































After that restart the computer and the SEARCH functionality should work.

Just note that it is a lot better to do this by using Windows disk as I described above rather then modifying "srchasst.inf" file manually.



Cheers!
 
Search will usually check all drives unless you tell it to search only your C drive.
 
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