Spotlight El Capitan dosen't search applications, files, etc.

BTW, re-indexing steps for projector has not helped. New installation of El Capitan 10.11.2

I used to be able to type the name of the application, document, etc. and he would immediately. But not no longer works. Example, if I type the letters firefox, it used to display the application Firefox shortcut in the "Top Hit" section and now it opens Firefox.com...yet in Safari.

These permissions are also okay?

~ root # ls - ld /. Spotlight-V100.

drwx - 5 _unknown _unknown 170 Jan 7, 12:07. Spotlight-V100.

Please, back up all data before proceeding.

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select this option:

/.Spotlight-V100

Right-click or Ctrl-click on the highlighted line and select

Services ▹ Open

in the context menu. A file should open with a subfolder named "." Spotlight-V100"selected. Place the subfolder in the trash. You may be prompted for administrator login password.

Restart the computer. If you try to search now icon magnifying glass at the top right of the screen, there should be an indication that indexing is taking place.

You don't see the folder in the Trash because it is invisible. The next time you empty the trash, it should be deleted.

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