LKBEN11652: How to disable Bing search in your start menu and keep the search local to your computer.
Symptom
Disable Bing search in startmenu.
Cause
Bing search can be slow.
Solution
Start menu -> regedit -> HKCU -> software - Policies -> Microsoft -> Windows ->
create a new Key and name it explorer
in this new key we create a new DWORD 32 bit value and name it:
DisableSearchBoxSuggestions and set it to 1
(need to be exactly written like this)
You need to restart your explorer which can be done via taskmanager or you can restart your pc.
There should be no more web search in your start menu from now on.
Have fun.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 15-03-2023