Windows 7 Internet search via the start menu

Search the internet from the start menu

Windows 7 Internet search via the start menu
In Windows 7, the Internet can also be included when searching via the start menu. The results are then automatically output in the standard browser used. This feature can be implemented using the Windows program GPEDIT. Windows 7 Home Premium users have to do without this function.




With the key combination Windows key + R and the command gpedit.msc first open the program:

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Now navigate to the left to the Start menu and taskbar folder.
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar

Search the internet

 

 

Once you have opened the folder, you will find the setting as the first entry on the right Add “Search the Internet” link to the Start menu. The setting can be edited with a double click.

Enable Internet browsing


Now the point "enabled"selected and with Apply approved.
If you enter a search term in the start menu in the future, you will get the following view:

 

Search the Internet in the start menu

With a click on Search the internet the term is called up in the browser.

Search Results



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