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# Enable Search Box Web Suggestions in Registry(explorer restart)

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

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## Description

Enables web suggestions when searching using Windows Search.

Preview Code

    {
      "Content": "Enable Search Box Web Suggestions in Registry(explorer restart)",
      "Description": "Enables web suggestions when searching using Windows Search.",
      "category": "Features",
      "panel": "1",
      "Order": "a015_",
      "feature": [],
      "InvokeScript": [
        "
          If (!(Test-Path 'HKCU:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer')) {
                New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer' -Force | Out-Null
          }
          New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer' -Name 'DisableSearchBoxSuggestions' -Type DWord -Value 0 -Force
          Stop-Process -name explorer -force
          "
      ],
      "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/features/Features/EnableSearchSuggestions"
    }

## Invoke Script

          If (!(Test-Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer')) {
                New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer' -Force | Out-Null
          }
          New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer' -Name 'DisableSearchBoxSuggestions' -Type DWord -Value 0 -Force
          Stop-Process -name explorer -force

View the JSON file

August 7, 2024