Disable web search in windows search

[dmitriid]

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

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

[robvdl]

Yeah I recommend this setting, it massively speeds up search as it doesn't have to do a round trip to the Internet.

This exists in W10 as well as I recall, not a new setting.

[The-Synthax]

You have to create the key "Explorer" to make the final path HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer before adding DisableSearchBoxSuggestions

[xM4ddy]

My plan is to gather up a few more useful keys and then add a section that is enabled only when running as admin and probably will normally be greyed out. I don't feel like for only one option it makes too much sense right now to add this. I think I'm going to start a discussion about useful keys.

[xM4ddy]

This could be a useful feature to add:

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

Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

Key: DWORD (32-bit) DisableSearchBoxSuggestions

Value: 1

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

Hey do you think you could add this to the discussion!
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[dmitriid]

@xM4ddy done! 👍 with correction by @The-Synthax

[dimitri-dev]

My plan is to gather up a few more useful keys and then add a section that is enabled only when running as admin and probably will normally be greyed out.

@xM4ddy There could be a button to prompt to re-run the app as Administrator instead of relying on the user's knowledge :)