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Combine Windows 8 app and settings search?

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00:00 Combine Windows 8 App And Settings Search?
00:42 Answer 1 Score 3
01:14 Accepted Answer Score 7
01:38 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 7


No. They dropped the unified search as we know it in favor of the new platform. This was largely done to accommodate the ability to search among a large number of apps that use this feature.

Since this is done by sending a Function variable into the app, which it handles according to its own programming, Microsoft has to set up their inter-OS search the same way.

They combated this issue with the new Win+W combination.




ANSWER 2

Score 3


There's a simpler way than that but this answer won't answer your last question. It'll just make searching for settings quicker and easier.

  1. Open the control panel through the settings button on the charms bar.
  2. Pin the control panel.
  3. Now search on the control panel for whichever setting you want.

Or you could get the Windows start menu back by using Start8.

Start8

It will give you same search function as the start menu from Windows 7.