Windows 10 1909 File Explorer Search issue

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by newme, Oct 22, 2019.

  1. tistou77

    tistou77 MDL Expert

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    Thanks

    Out of curiosity, what it changes in Windows (to restore the old File Explorer address / search bar) ?
     
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  2. bfoos

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    Beats me. For me all enabling it seems to do is make the address/search bar larger. Its functionality does not change.
     
  3. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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  4. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    Code:
    mach2 revert 18755234
    
     
  5. tistou77

    tistou77 MDL Expert

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    Ok, so what is 18755234 ? :D
     
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  6. AveYo

    AveYo MDL Expert

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    It's a "stamp" / "key" / "index" uniquely representing that SearchSuggestions feature in some catalog from the Windows Notification Facility storage.
    [WNF provides ultra-fast kernel-level messages for various system events - before 2018 not much was known about it, tough I have played with some of it even earlier, while studying task schedules that had such events]
    If you check "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Notifications" you will see such WNF entries as binary data.
    Microsoft has been using this notification interface to also toggle special / restricted / testing features instead of the classic registry for quite some time now.
    mach2 tool has backtracked the required parameters to emit a custom WNF event to flip features on and off just as if Microsoft would have done it.
     
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  7. tistou77

    tistou77 MDL Expert

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    Ok thanks for the explanation
     
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  8. armond

    armond MDL Addicted

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    #68 armond, Oct 28, 2019
    Last edited: Oct 28, 2019
    Hi!:(
    mach2.exe disable 18755234
    Worked for me for just a few days.
    Then I see the change just reverted back itself and also running mach2.exe disable 18755234 again does not re-disable new search box.
    So bad!
    So yes, if you disable the new search box using MACH2, reboot, and run Windows Update it will most likely revert back the change.
     
  9. AveYo

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    Of course is the Content Delivery Manager - responsible for deploying Windows 10 "features".
    The bloat apps and ads might be a curse, but there's a blessing, too - the ability to switch editions on-the-fly just by changing your product key, or most of the new Settings app toggles that otherwise would require a reboot.

    You can hinder the app and prevent bloat, but you can never purge the ability to feature flip completely since it's just a passive listener - MSFT can broadcast an event remotely or via an update at any time and the system will react automatically.
    I've not tested if this would help, but there's a policy you can set to prevent MSFT from doing covert experiments with your machine settings "for science":
    Code:
    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\System" /f /v AllowExperimentation /d 0 /t reg_dword
     
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  10. Myrrh

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    This thread makes me nostalgic, for the days when a mere human such as myself could completely understand how their computer operating system worked.

    Of course, in those days, the whole OS fit on a 180k floppy disc with room to spare for programs and data.
     
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  11. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Mhm, punch cards and eight inch floppy disks... Those were the times.
     
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  13. cuteee

    cuteee MDL Guru

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    Sure. It can fit the 1909 enablement (20KB).
     
  14. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Well, the operating system did run in its entirety from that floppy disk. Not comparable.
     
  15. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    For me they don't come back with updates
    but i never tried de-registring start menu or cortana
     
  16. erpsterm35

    erpsterm35 MDL Expert

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