Microsoft is working on a new search UI for Windows 10

In the latest version of Windows ten, searching for files, documents, the spider web, and apps is handled via the Cortana UI, which to many is confusing or unnecessary. By and large, people who are searching for things on their device don't want or need to collaborate with Microsoft's virtual banana, and at present it appears the company is working on a new search UI to rectify this.

In the latest Redstone iv Insider Preview builds, a new, hidden search UI can be enabled via a elementary registry edit that brings a new "immersive" search experience to the desktop. With the registry edit enabled, the user tin click on the Cortana icon (when the search box is hidden) that will bring upwards a search UI that floats in the center of the user'south display, similar to how it works on the latest version of macOS Sierra.

This UI too pops up by hitting the Start button and immediately typing, as many users are accustomed to. Right now, the new search UI'due south implementation within the OS is a little crude, and in some usage scenarios doesn't brand sense. This is likely because we're just seeing i part of a bigger flick. Recent rumors suggest Microsoft is planning to motion Cortana into the Arrangement Tray, which would give this new search UI a much meliorate reason for existing.

Users running build 17040 tin effort out this new search UI via the post-obit registry edit (via Inside Windows Group Conversation):

Right-click on the Windows Start push button.
Select Run.
In the Run dialog box, type "regedit."
Select OK.
Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\Flighting\
Right-click the "Flighting" folder and select New > Primal
Name the key "Override."
In the Override binder, correct-click and select New > DWORD (32-bit)
Name the newly created DWORD "ImmersiveSearch" and press enter to ostend.
Double-click the DWORD and change its "value data" to 1.
Restart your PC.

Now the registry edit has been practical, brand sure you minimize the Cortana search bar on the taskbar before clicking the icon.

Microsoft has non officially announced that information technology is working on a new search UI for Windows ten just still, meaning this feature could exist canceled or removed from Windows preview builds at whatsoever time. Information technology's too likely to exist pretty buggy, considering its unfinished state.

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