If you do not want others to search files or else in your computer, you can hide the Search
Icon which is in the Start menu by editing the Registry. This can be done by following steps..
- Go to Start > Run and type regedit then press Enter.
- Go to the path like below,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
\Explorer
- Right click on Explorer folder and select New > DWORD Value.
- Name the Registry NoFind and double click on NoFind.
- Change the Value data to 1 and click OK button then close the Registry Editor program.
- Restart ur system and see that search option does not appears in the start menu. DONE!!
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