Search - Add or Remove from "My Computer" Context Menu

How to Add "Search" to "My Computer" Context Menu in Vista and Windows 7​

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This will show you how to add Search to the "My Computer" context menu for all users in Windows 7 or Vista. This is for when you right click on Computer from the Start Menu, navigation pane in Windows Explorer, or desktop icon.

EXAMPLE: "Search" added to "My Computer" Context Menu



Here's How: 1. To Add "Search" to "My Computer" Context Menu A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below. Add_Search_to_My_Computer_Context_Menu.reg

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B) Go to step 3.
2. To Remove "Search" from "My Computer" Context Menu
NOTE: This is the default setting. A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below. Remove_Search_from_My_Computer_Context_Menu.reg

Download


3. Save the .reg file to the desktop.

4. Right click on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge.

5. When prompted, click on Run, Yes (UAC-Windows 7) or Continue (UAC-Vista), Yes, and OK to approve merging the .reg file.

6. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it
Shawn

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[netbox]

Nice.. Useful addition. Thanks Brink

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome netbox.

 

[CJ Cotter]

Remove Search from Context menu

Shawn,

Your REG file did not work for me. Have any other suggestions? Thank you.

CJ Cotter

 

[Brink]

Hello CJ, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Were you able to successfully merge the .reg file from step 1?

 

[CJ Cotter]

Search - Add or Remove from "My Computer" Context Menu

Yes. No problem whatsoever.

 

[CJ Cotter]

Search - Remove from "My Computer" Context Menu

I used notepad to look inside the "remove" REG file. That same alpha-numeric registry key is located in a number of places throughout my registry. None of them say "search" or "Windows search".

 

[Brink]

Search is not in the context menu by default unless you had added it. The "remove" .reg in this tutorial was designed to remove what was added be the "add" .reg file.

If you added Search to your "My Computer" context menu using some other method than this tutorial, then please export the registry key below and upload it here. I'll be happy to take a look at it to see which key is the one for it on your computer, and post back with a .reg file that will remove it for you.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

 

[CJ Cotter]

Search - Remove from Context Menu

Thank you for your help! Attached is the REG file. For my search engine, I'm using Agent Ransack.

 

[Brink]

The entry for this context menu is not at the registry location where this tutorial adds it. Could you post a screenshot of your "My Computer" context menu to see if it may help to ID the issue?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[CJ Cotter]

Remove Search from Context Menu

I image-restored my computer to the first time Windows 7 was installed. Attached are two screenshots of the context menu, 1) from "My Computer", and 2) as shown from Drive C. Thank you much!

 

[Brink]

Well, there's no "Search" in the context menu anymore.

 

[CJ Cotter]

Remove search from context menu

Well, there has never been a "search" from "My Computer". Even now. "Search" continues to exist on the context menu for Drive C and everywhere else, even though I uninstalled Windows Search. Was I looking for apples on this discussion thread, and got oranges?

 

[Brink]

LOL, yep. This tutorial only adds/remove "Search" from the Computer context menu. It wouldn't have anything to do with the other locations.

This below may be what you are after to remove it instead.

Search - Add to Context Menu in Windows 7 and Windows 8

 

[CJ Cotter]

Remove Search from context menu

Yesss! THAT did it! That's what I was looking for! Thanks!

 

[Brink]

Perfect.