Get rid of Windows Search?

[Joe McGuire]

Recently, perhaps in the wake of some update from Microsoft, I am now vexed
by WIndows Search. Seems that every time I click on a folder to open I get
.. . . Windows Search. It could be something useful--if I wanted to search.
But if this search engine--if that's what it is--is too dumb to realize that
the difference between navigating and searching is not something I want to
waste time trying to decipher. How can I get rid of this? Or at least put
it back in a cage to use when I decide to use it?

 

[Bob I]

Click Start, Run and type this command:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

(Thanks to David Candy for this tip)

From
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchwindow.htm

 

[Guest]

Bob,

Add/Remove Programs
Remove 'Windows Desktop Search 4'
Goto: http://windowsupdates.microsft.com
Custom Search for updates. When you see 'Windows Desktop Search 4', untick
it, tick the box to not show again & close Windows Updates

 

[Joe McGuire]

That link seems to be dead. Custom search on that website?

 

[Joe McGuire]

Thanks! Works like a charm. I ran this after uninstalling Windows
Search.because those tricky guys in Redmond evidently made sure merelyk
uninstalling it would not do the trick.