Policy

Do not search communications

If you enable this policy the start menu search box will not search for communications. If you disable or do not configure this policy, the start menu will search for communications, unless the user chooses not to in the start menu control panel.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Policy IDe60bccecd0a5
Internal nameNoSearchCommInStartMenu

Registry

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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSearchCommInStartMenu (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoSearchCommInStartMenu (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

If you enable this policy the start menu search box will not search for communications. If you disable or do not configure this policy, the start menu will search for communications, unless the user chooses not to in the start menu control panel.

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