Turn On or Off Search online and include web results in Windows 10  

I'm having this same issue. I posted about it here (in this forum).

I upgraded to 1903 yesterday and after that, web search is no longer working for me. It was enabled before the update but stopped after.

I think the toggle the previous poster is talking about is this one (found online):



In 1903, I don't have this option. It doesn't appear in Settings > Search either. Do you have it in 1903?

If it helps, in the registry path posted by OP, this is what I have:



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Found a solution. Answer here:

Cloud search in Windows 10 v 1903 no longer working

Brink said:

Hello racoon, and welcome to Ten Forums.

I just tested on my system running Windows 10 Pro build 18985, and it's no longer working for me either.

Hopefully, it may again in a future build.

by the way i love the post on uninstalling inbuilt apps! :)

Edit: Now the web results are gone! I set CortanaConsent to 0 and then restarted the Cortana process in Task Manager. Windows 10, 1903, build 18362.365

Edit 2: It's really sad to hear that it won't work anymore in newer versions.

racoon said:

by the way i love the post on uninstalling inbuilt apps! :)

Edit: Now the web results are gone! I set CortanaConsent to 0 and then restarted the Cortana process in Task Manager. Windows 10, 1903, build 18362.365

Edit 2: It's really sad to hear that it won't work anymore in newer versions.

Most likely disabled it due to the CPU bug as the person above me has mentioned. They may have never really fixed it, just made it where you can't disable bing search/web search until they find an actual fix for it.

Hi,
Anyone try adding bing.com/ msn.com/.. to host file or is 10 still ignoring the host file.

@Brink i have coded a batch script for disabling web search i hope its helpful.

Code:

::  DISABLE WEB SEARCH IN THE WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR

@Echo Off

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)

:_Start
Cls & Mode CON  LINES=11 COLS=70 & Color 0E 
Echo.
Echo.       
Echo         Type (D) to Disable Web Search in Windows 10  
Echo.       
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.         
Echo         Type (E) to Enable Web Search in Windows 10    
Echo.       



Set /p input= RESPONSE: 
If /i  Not %input%==D (Goto :_Ex) Else (Goto :_Disable)

:_Ex
If /i  Not %input%==E  (Goto :_Start) Else (Goto :_Enable)





:_Enable

Reg.exe Delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "BingSearchEnabled"  /f
Reg.exe Delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "AllowSearchToUseLocation"  /f
Reg.exe Delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "CortanaConsent"  /f


Cls & Mode CON  LINES=5 COLS=40 & Color 0E 
 Echo.
 Echo. 
 Echo            Enabling Web Search    

Ping -n 5  localhost > Nul

Exit





:_Disable

Reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "BingSearchEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "AllowSearchToUseLocation" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "CortanaConsent" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

Cls & Mode CON  LINES=5 COLS=40 & Color 0E 
 Echo.
 Echo. 
 Echo            Disabling Web Search

Ping -n 5  localhost > Nul