Search just apps from the Apps view
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Start Menu and Taskbar
Supported on
Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 only

Supported OS tags: Windows81, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012R2

This policy setting prevents the user from searching apps, files, settings (and the web if enabled) when the user searches from the Apps view. This policy setting is only applied when the Apps view is set as the default view for Start. If you enable this policy setting, searching from the Apps view will only search the list of installed apps. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, the user can configure this setting.

Internal name
DisableGlobalSearchOnAppsView
Policy ID
25a6822984ff
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
DisableGlobalSearchOnAppsView
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
DisableGlobalSearchOnAppsView
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.