Start Menu Search Gone - W7

This right?

There is no search menu item on the start menu - am I missing something? Search is NOT disabled in services.msc, andI have NOT removed search voa c.panel/add-remove windows components.

It was there in Vista - can I get it back in W7?

Thanks!

Thank you for the reply.

That thread does't really tell me anything.

Plus, I did a google image search of "windows 7 start menu search" and I actually do not see that anyone has the search in their stat menu - so maybe it's just not me.

Does anyone know if MS left out this feature, and/or is there any way, via a reg key or some other way - to get it there?

Thanks!

It should be there unless it has been removed in Windows features which is pointed out in that thread that Kucing pointed to.
Here is what it looks like,

See - it isn't there on yours either.

Apologies if I was not clear, but I am not talking about the Instant Search on the bottom of the start menu, I am talking about the search menu item:

search.jpg picture by dmiddletonla - Photobucket

Those are two shots of Vista. See the search menu item? Can't get that to be there, because - and look to the right - that "search" option checkbox is not there anymore in W7.

Hopefully this is clear.

I guess what I am hoping for is a hack of somesort, or reg modification that will get that search menu item back.

Thanks again.

You're Welcome,
I see now, there has been quite a few that were missing the start menu search that I was pointing out so that's where our mis-understanding comes from.

The search you want is gone, I hope you find something to fit your needs.

I'll attach your screenshot to hopefully make it easier for someone to help you.

kucing13 said:

Go to Control Panel>Programs and Features>Turn Windows features on or off, and enable Indexing service and Windows search

Nope - didn't do it.

Did they really leave this out of W7? How is that possible?