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Old December 11th 08, 08:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
newphaser901
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Default Disable Search on Start Menu but not in Explorer

Greetings,

I know that the DWORD registry entry 'NoFind' can be used in
'HKEYCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer' to
remove Find from the Start Menu. I almost never use Find from the Start Menu
so it makes sense to remove it.

The trouble is this registry edit also disables the Search function from
within Windows Explorer. The toolbar button and F3 have no effect. While I
use a third-party app for general file searches, sometimes it is handy to tap
F3 within a folder I'm working on and use the in-built search function.

Is there any way of removing the Start Menu item while having Search enabled
within the file manger?

Thanks.
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Old December 12th 08, 08:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Kelly
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Default Disable Search on Start Menu but not in Explorer

Simply uncheck it via Start Menu/Customize/Advanced.

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Greetings,

I know that the DWORD registry entry 'NoFind' can be used in
'HKEYCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer' to
remove Find from the Start Menu. I almost never use Find from the Start
Menu
so it makes sense to remove it.

The trouble is this registry edit also disables the Search function from
within Windows Explorer. The toolbar button and F3 have no effect. While
I
use a third-party app for general file searches, sometimes it is handy to
tap
F3 within a folder I'm working on and use the in-built search function.

Is there any way of removing the Start Menu item while having Search
enabled
within the file manger?

Thanks.


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Old December 13th 08, 05:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
newphaser901
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Default Disable Search on Start Menu but not in Explorer

I should have mentioned as well that I am using the Classic Start Menu. It
doesn't have an option to remove the Search item in Customize/Advanced.
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Old December 13th 08, 05:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
newphaser901
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Default Disable Search on Start Menu but not in Explorer

I should have mentioned as well that I am using the Classic Start Menu. It
does not have an option to remove the Search item in Customize/Advanced.
 




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