Do not search programs and Control Panel items
- Policy ID
- NoSearchProgramsInStartMenu
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Start Menu and Taskbar
Description
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.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoSearchProgramsInStartMenuREG_DWORD