Script to remove Windows 10 April 2022 `search Highlights`

LeDragoX / Win-Debloat-Tools

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Script to remove Windows 10 April 2022 `search Highlights` #57

Closed nekopep closed 1 year ago

nekopep commented 1 year ago

Description

Windows 10 April 2022 update added a new search highlights The script below remove they search highlight. (need logout/login) see https://4sysops.com/archives/turn-off-windows-search-enhancements/ for example.

Reason

No more distraction!

Examples

New-Item "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search" -Force New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search" -Name "EnableDynamicContentInWSB" -PropertyType DWORD -Value 0

LeDragoX commented 1 year ago

This feature was already missing for me because my search box is always hidden 😅. Thanks for this tweak too!