How can we add the Search option to the click-right menu in Windows 7 and Windows 8

For all users Windows, Search-ul It's a feature important, which has been splashing for a long time lost when they have to look for certain FILES stored on hard-disk. If in Windows 7 Search can be accessed quickly in Start Menu, in Windows 8 it is located in Charms menu or can be accessed using the key combination Windows + Q. But even faster it would be if we could access the feature Search directly from Context Menu (click-right menu), without having to open the charms bar or start the menu and, most importantly, without having to leave the active director/folder.

Windows-8-Search-Context-Menu

Cum adaugam Search in Context Menu in Windows 7/Windows 8?

  • open Registry Editor (TASTAM regedit in Run And I take Enter), then we sail to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT cabfolder shell, under which crem subkey Search
new-key
  • sub Search, in the right panel, crem the string entrance Icon, to whom we give the value imageres.dll,-177
icon-entry
  • Repeat the steps above (creation of key Search and string entry Icon) and in the locations:

* HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshell

* HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshell

* HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDesktopBackgroundshell

* HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shell

  • Then below every key Search Created in the locations named above, Create the Command Subkey, and under the Command, in the right panel, change the value of the entrance Default in explorer.exe search-ms:
default-value
  • Close the register editor and check the menu (or menus) of click-right to see if they display the option Search

In case you do not feel comfortable making these changes manually, copying information below in a Notepad, save the file txt under the name AddSearchToContextMenu and change the extension from .txt in .reg.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Add Search to Context Menu for Drive, Folder, Cabinets, & Desktop

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCABFoldershellSearch]
“Icon”=”imageres.dll,-177”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCABFoldershellSearchcommand]
@=”explorer.exe search-ms:”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellSearch]
“Icon”=”imageres.dll,-177”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellSearchcommand]
@=”explorer.exe search-ms:”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellSearch]
“Icon”=”imageres.dll,-177”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellSearchcommand]
@=”explorer.exe search-ms:”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDesktopBackgroundshellSearch]
“Icon”=”imageres.dll,-177”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDesktopBackgroundShellSearchcommand]
@=”explorer.exe search-ms:”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellSearch]
“Icon”=”imageres.dll,-177”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}shellSearchcommand]
@=”explorer.exe search-ms:”

Then give double-click on the .reg file created to apply the changes in register who will add feature-ul Search in the menu click-right al of Windows.

Note: Before making changes in system registers, make a backup thereof to avoid any unpleasant consequences (like system errors). If after you make the changes, errors appear, go to the register > File > Import and select the backup file created before making the respective changes.

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