Policy

Remove See More Results / Search Everywhere link

Microsoft Windows

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Remove See More Results / Search Everywhere link
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Start Menu and Taskbar
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Not supported on Windows 10 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows7, WindowsServer2008R2

If you enable this policy, a "See more results" / "Search Everywhere" link will not be shown when the user performs a search in the start menu search box. If you disable or do not configure this policy, a "See more results" link will be shown when the user performs a search in the start menu search box. If a 3rd party protocol handler is installed, a "Search Everywhere" link will be shown instead of the "See more results" link.

Internal name
NoSearchEverywhereLinkInStartMenu
Policy ID
87de46fa88b3
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
NoSearchEverywhereLinkInStartMenu
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
NoSearchEverywhereLinkInStartMenu
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.