More Registry Keys!

[xM4ddy]

👋 Welcome!

Here is a discussion to add useful registry keys that may be added to the program in future updates!

Please include the following

Use: What does it do? / Why Should It be Added To This App?
Source: Where you found the key(s) if applicable. A URL is fine!
Path: Something like HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
Key: Something like DisableSearchBoxSuggestions
Key Type: Something like DWORD (32-bit)
Value: What to set the value to. Something like 1 enables; 0 disables

Template (add text between the ``):

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Source: ``
Path: ``
Key: ``
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Value: ``

[dmitriid]

Disabling web/bing search

This could be a useful feature to add:

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according to https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/disable-windows-web-search

Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer (create Explorer if it doesn't exist)

Key: DWORD (32-bit) DisableSearchBoxSuggestions

Value: 1

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And according to https://twitter.com/ultrawide219/status/1786104392753766466

Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search

Key: DWORD (32-bit) BingSearchEnabled

Value: 0

[xM4ddy]

Done 476000f

[jboby93]

Disable Edge desktop search widget bar. I have this in a .reg file that I apply to new client machines when I set them up. Works on Win10, presumably 11 as well.

Path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Key: DWORD (32-bit) WebWidgetAllowed
Value: 0

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge]
"WebWidgetAllowed"=dword:00000000

[xM4ddy]

Done 476000f

[Aldaviva]

Use: Disable "Notification Suggestions" (the annoying notifications that periodically say "Turn off notifications from $app? We noticed you haven't opened these in a while.")
Source: https://superuser.com/a/1835257/339084 (I had to actually figure this one out myself because no one else could or did)
Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.ActionCenter.SmartOptOut
Key: Enabled
Key Type: DWORD (32-bit)
Value: 0 hides these notifications; 1 shows them (default)

[xM4ddy]

Done 476000f