Search Missing After Vista SP1 install. How To Get back your Search in Vista SP1.
Vista's SP1 changes the Search feature to allow users to choose a default desktop search program by using Set Default Programs from Control Panel.
You may have also noticed small changes to the UI, relating to Search, in the Start Menu. The Search Button has been removed from the right side of the Start Menu. A button labeled Search Everywhere has replaced See All Results now .
The contextual search has also been removed. In Windows Explorer, users will also see a Search Everywhere option in the toolbar now. For an Overview of Windows Vista desktop search Changes in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, visit KB941946.
If you wish to restore the context menu search item, do the following:
Open Regedit and navigate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\find
Rename the REG_SZ: 'LegacyDisable' value to something else like, say, 'LegacyDisablex'
You will get the context menu search back !
To put back Search in the RHS of your Start Menu, I suggest you download and use the latest version of WinBubble v 1.71 currently available, to apply the tweak easily.
Any of the following actions will bring up the Search Results Window :
1) Windows Key + F
2) Click the task bar and hit F3 on the keyboard
3) Open an Explorer window and hit F3
4) In cmd.exe type start search-ms: and hit enter.
If you want add Search Wikipedia, Google Yahoo option to Vista's Start Menu Instant Search, see here.
