Policy

Do not search programs and Control Panel items

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Supported onWindows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows7, WindowsServer2008, WindowsVista

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.

Internal name
NoSearchProgramsInStartMenu
Policy ID
b2d0add47869
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSearchProgramsInStartMenuREG_DWORD
1
0

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