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Author:  nimrod123 [ Mon May 04, 2015 3:13 am ]
Post subject:  How to limit search results?

Hi All

I was wondering if someone could please help me. I have deployed Classic shell in a Remote Desktop 2012 environment. The software works great and I have locked it down pretty tightly for all users.
The only issue I am having is with the search facility. When I log in as a user and simply type a letter, it finds results that I would not want a user to see. Is there any way to limit ALL results to look in a specific location?
i.e only look at the persons Desktop/documents folder/network drives?

Many thanks

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Author:  Gaurav [ Mon May 04, 2015 4:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How to limit search results?  Topic is solved

Right click the Start button -> Settings. Enable "Show all settings" option and switch to the "Search Box" tab. There you can control if it searches programs, settings or files.

File search in the Start Menu searches what Windows Search has indexed. To control what files and folders are being searched/indexed, go to Windows Control Panel -> Indexing Options. Click the Modify button in Indexing Options. There you can uncheck the folders that you do not want to be indexed.

All local files and folders that are included in Libraries are also automatically added by Windows to the list of items which are indexed.

For a comprehensive understanding of what the search box lets you find and how you can control what it searches, see the article on Start Menu Search box usage.

One limitation as of Classic Shell 4.2.1 is it cannot search network shares added to Libraries like the Windows 7 Start Menu or Windows 8.1 Start screen searches in real-time (without indexing).

Author:  nimrod123 [ Mon May 04, 2015 9:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How to limit search results?

Hi GauravK

Thank you for the reply again, it is appreciated.
In that case, what is the easiest way to disable the search (remove from the start menu) completly.
Is it via GPO or a registry key?

Thanks again
Nimrod

Author:  nimrod123 [ Mon May 04, 2015 10:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: How to limit search results?

Never mind, I found the GPO and confirm working.
Thanks!

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