Blocking Search (on task bar) from going to web

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I have installed the registry key workaround that is supposed to stop the taskbar search bar from going to the web, on both a Windows 10 (22H2) and a Windows 11 (24H2) machine and it doesn’t work.  I keyed it in manually and used a registry insertion, and neither worked on either machine.  Both still go to the web using Edge and (barf…) Bing.

This is the key & info that I installed in both machines:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
“DisableSearchBoxSuggestions”=dword:00000001

Any suggestions for how to make this work or why it doesn’t on my machines?

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Henry,

Try setting these three items:

If you don’t want to do them manually you can download my PowerShell program:
CMsStdSettingsForm.ps1 from my shared OneDrive folder.

Note: You’ll actually download the CMsStdSettingsForm.zip file.

Be sure to read the help at the beginning of the file.

You can also use the PowerShell command: Get-Help d:\path\CMsStdSettingsForm.ps1 command to read the file.

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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Thankyou RG!  I have downloaded the file, and I’ll try it out, but not tonight.  Will it work on Win 10, too?

 

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Yes it will work on W10

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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RG: I really don’t understand how to use your power shell file.  Maybe it’s overkill for what I was looking for?

In your message above you mentioned “setting 3 items”, but it’s not clear to me which 3 items you are referring to (in the registry, I get that).  Did you mean the 3 items within HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search and that they should all be set to zero (0)?  I just looked and my registry does not even have “AllowCortona” or “EnableDynamicContentWSB”.

thanks!

 

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How to run a PowerShell script

May the Forces of good computing be with you!

RG

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Henry W,

RetiredGeek has good suggestions.

If you like you could also check out the free app WizFile.

https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/

I’ve used it for years. You can search across multiple drives, use wildcards and it’s very fast. When you find what you want, a right click offers a lot of options including “explorer folder” via windows file explorer.

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HenryW

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TechTango wrote:

If you like you could also check out the free app WizFile.

I use Everything free portable app. Super fast.

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You put it under explorer.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/782951/how-do-you-disable-the-search-box-from-showing-web

Hmmm. what you did should work. Do you have any other third party explorer menu items at play?

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Enable or Disable Cloud Content Search for Accounts in Windows 11 | Windows 11 Forum

Use that info.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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