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This command disables the internet results when you search things in the Windows menu
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window11_disable_internet_search_in_menu
# About Windows 11 whenever you hit the "Windows" key, the Windows menu
# appears, and it has a search engine! Neat!
# But that's not all: this search engine doesn't just look for content on your
# computer, it also searches on the internet.
#
# I love this kind of features, unless it is forced onto the user. There isn't
# any way to toggle it on or off in Windows' UI, which makes me really hate it.
#
# Run this command in a CMD or PowerShell terminal to disable this feature:
REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\ /v BingSearchEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0
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Source: this article: they provided the instructions do it with reggedit's GUI, I translated it to a CLI instruction.

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