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Thank you @FreeBooter, but it still will not work in at least build 18985 and higher.![]()
Is there a way to apply this via GPO? the search registry key is not an option
So far, I've been using this reg file I had made and its working on windows 10 1909 build 18363.628; cortana is off, bing searching is off, just restarted after using it and its been working fine; maybe ill add some of the other registry entries ive seen here onto it, see how it does
Cortana Settings.reg
Tutorial updated to help with the Windows Search being down with a blank search box like below in Windows 10.
Using step 3 below to "Turn Off Search online and include web results from Bing" should fix the broken search in Windows 10.
Turn On or Off Search online and include web results in Windows 10
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Great tutorial as usual, Shawn. Here are the Powershell commands in case anyone is looking for, to disable BingSearch and Cortana for the emerging issue on 02/05.
New-ItemProperty -Path “HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search” -Name “BingSearchEnabled” -Value “0” -PropertyType DWORD -force
New-ItemProperty -Path “HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search” -Name “CortanaConsent” -Value “0” -PropertyType DWORD -force\
Stop-Process -Name “SearchUI”