Ubuntu 16.04 Search cannot find applications

Question

I "upgraded" to Ubuntu 16.04 and am sorry I did. Problems abound, I will only list one here.

The Dash now cannot now find any applications. Nothing shows up in any category except for the "Dash plugins", and "Files and Folders".

I can still run applications using F2 or from the terminal or launchpad.

Any help would be appreciated. Windows is looking less bad now.

Answer 1

Problem solved. Somehow the Dash plugin for Applications got disabled during the upgrade. Re-enabling it cured the problem. I feel foolish that I didn't see this earlier, but I learned something. It sure is nice to have the search feature back.