Policy
Do not search programs and Control Panel items
If you enable this policy setting the Start menu search box will not search for programs or Control Panel items. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Start menu search box will search for programs and Control Panel items, unless the user chooses not to do so directly in Control Panel.
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Policy ID
b2d0add47869Internal name
NoSearchProgramsInStartMenuRegistry
Copy registry mappings
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSearchProgramsInStartMenu (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSearchProgramsInStartMenu (disabled) = 0Policy notes
If you enable this policy setting the Start menu search box will not search for programs or Control Panel items. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Start menu search box will search for programs and Control Panel items, unless the user chooses not to do so directly in Control Panel.
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