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If
you find Windows Search missing from the Start Menu, then this post may
interest you. Windows Vista’s SP1 changes the Search feature to allow users to
choose a default desktop search program by using Set Default Programs from
Control Panel.
You
may have also noticed small changes to the UI, relating to Search, in the Start
Menu. The Search Button has been removed from the right side of the Start Menu.
A button labeled Search Everywhere has replaced See
All Results now.
The
contextual search has also been removed. In Windows Explorer, users will also
see a Search Everywhere option in the toolbar now.
This
is one of the unwelcome changes introduced by Microsoft introduced in Service
Pack 1 and higher versions including Windows 7. Why an unwelcome change? Until
now there was an easy ways to get to the Search screen via
1. Start menu button
2. Folder context menu item
Luckily,
if you aren’t happy with the change you can get back the “Search” item and add
it to the context menu with a simple registry tweak.
The nice thing about the folder context menu is
that the search window will be already set to search only that folder.
If you wish to restore the context menu search
item, do the following:
Open Regedit and
navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find
Rename
the REG_SZ: ‘LegacyDisable’ value to something else like, say, ‘LegacyDisablex’
or delete it.
You
will get the context menu search back.
Any
of the following actions will bring up the Search Results window:
1. Windows Key + F
2. Click the taskbar and hit
F3 on the keyboard
3. Open an Explorer window
and hit F3
4. In cmd.exe type start
search-ms: and hit enter.
Trust this helps you.
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