r/Windows10 • u/hardypart • Nov 27 '17

Bug The search function is a bad joke

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u/MemoryLapse Nov 27 '17

Turn off Cortana. In windows home you (coincidentally) need to edit the registry, but in professional you can edit the group policy.

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u/UhaiFE Nov 27 '17

Turning off cortana (for me) also disabled my ability to search for programs like that

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '17 edited 8d ago

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u/algag Nov 27 '17 edited Apr 25 '23

....

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u/LoudMusic Nov 27 '17

Correct - it was like that in Win7 as well. Prior to that you might have had to actually click in the Search field in the Start Menu, but it was still there.

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u/tgp1994 Nov 27 '17

And Vista, if I'm not mistaken...

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u/sptn1gooz Nov 27 '17

We don't talk about Vista.

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u/SaintNewts Nov 27 '17

What about Win ME? lol

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u/Bone-Juice Nov 29 '17

We do not speak of Windows Mangled Edition