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.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Policy IDb2d0add47869
Internal nameNoSearchProgramsInStartMenu

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSearchProgramsInStartMenu (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSearchProgramsInStartMenu (disabled) = 0

Policy 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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