How To Get Rid Of "Click Here to enable Instant Search"??

[cmay]

I have office 2007, and I tried installing the "Instant Search", which
is really just windows Desktop search, and it totally screwed up my
computer.

It took me a few hours and a couple trips in safe mode to remove it.

So now I have the "Click here to enable Instant Search" wasting space
on my screen.

Is there no way to remove this??

 

[K. Orland]

Did you connect a Sharepoint library or list to Microsoft Office?

 

[leadfoot]

I have office 2007, and I tried installing the "Instant Search", which
is really just windows Desktop search, and it totally screwed up my
computer.

It took me a few hours and a couple trips in safe mode to remove it.

So now I have the "Click here to enable Instant Search" wasting space
on my screen.

Is there no way to remove this??

 

[leadfoot]

I have office 2007, and I tried installing the "Instant Search", which
is really just windows Desktop search, and it totally screwed up my
computer.

It took me a few hours and a couple trips in safe mode to remove it.

So now I have the "Click here to enable Instant Search" wasting space
on my screen.

Is there no way to remove this??

Same here although in my case I just found it in add/remove programs and it
went away painlessly

Whoever put "Click Here to enable Instant Search" in Outlook without a
painless way to remove it should lose their job.

 

[cmay]

Did you connect a Sharepoint library or list to Microsoft Office?

Nope. I didn't do anything other than upgrade from my old version of
outlook 2003 to the new version and install the windows desktop search.

Thats as far as I got.

 

[bdk]

From the menu select Tools > Options... > 'Other' Tab > Under General
Settings 'Show prompts to enable Instant Search'

 

[strrlvr]

Disable Instant Search

To not get prompted to download the Windows Desktop Search component, do the
following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click Other, and then click Advanced Options.
3. Under General settings, clear the Show prompts to enable Instant
Search check box.

Note This check box does not appear if your computer runs Windows
Vista or if your computer runs Microsoft Windows XP and you have already
installed the Windows Desktop Search component.

To disable Instant Search if the Windows Desktop Search components are
already installed on your computer, clear the check boxes under Index
messages in these data files in the Search Options dialog box. For more
information, see Change the Instant Search options. Clearing the check boxes
disables search functionality, but does not remove the Instant Search pane.

Important Disabling Instant Search prevents you from using the Windows
Desktop Search query syntax. You can, however, use Advanced Find as in
earlier versions of Outlook. To use Advanced Find, on the Tools menu, point
to Instant Search, and then click Advanced Find, or just press CTRL+SHIFT+F.

 

[cmay]

Thanks!

I was finally able to get rid of that!

I'll just use google desktop. It works great and doesn't crash my
computer like Windows Desktop Search.

 

[Chewie]

Disable Instant Search

To not get prompted to download the Windows Desktop Search component, do the
following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click Other, and then click Advanced Options.
3. Under General settings, clear the Show prompts to enable Instant
Search check box.

Note This check box does not appear if your computer runs Windows
Vista or if your computer runs Microsoft Windows XP and you have already
installed the Windows Desktop Search component.

To disable Instant Search if the Windows Desktop Search components are
already installed on your computer, clear the check boxes under Index
messages in these data files in the Search Options dialog box. For more
information, see Change the Instant Search options. Clearing the check boxes
disables search functionality, but does not remove the Instant Search pane.

Important Disabling Instant Search prevents you from using the Windows
Desktop Search query syntax. You can, however, use Advanced Find as in
earlier versions of Outlook. To use Advanced Find, on the Tools menu, point
to Instant Search, and then click Advanced Find, or just press CTRL+SHIFT+F.

This goes to show exactly how unwieldy Office options are. Trying to find
the option you want is a complete nightmare and the manus are not much better.

MS: sort them out so they're useable!
While you're there, why not just have a shortcut to your search instead of
another 'feature' that's wanted by few, used by less and needed by none.

 

[Chewie]

Disable Instant Search

To not get prompted to download the Windows Desktop Search component, do the
following:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click Other, and then click Advanced Options.
3. Under General settings, clear the Show prompts to enable Instant
Search check box.

Note This check box does not appear if your computer runs Windows
Vista or if your computer runs Microsoft Windows XP and you have already
installed the Windows Desktop Search component.

To disable Instant Search if the Windows Desktop Search components are
already installed on your computer, clear the check boxes under Index
messages in these data files in the Search Options dialog box. For more
information, see Change the Instant Search options. Clearing the check boxes
disables search functionality, but does not remove the Instant Search pane.

Important Disabling Instant Search prevents you from using the Windows
Desktop Search query syntax. You can, however, use Advanced Find as in
earlier versions of Outlook. To use Advanced Find, on the Tools menu, point
to Instant Search, and then click Advanced Find, or just press CTRL+SHIFT+F.

This goes to show exactly how unwieldy Office options are. Trying to find
the option you want is a complete nightmare and the manus are not much better.

MS: sort them out so they're useable!
While you're there, why not just have a shortcut to your search instead of
another 'feature' that's wanted by few, used by less and needed by none.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

While you're there, why not just have a shortcut to your search instead of

another 'feature' that's wanted by few, used by less and needed by none.

Actually, it's very popular and useful - and much needed by many people. The
old search was slow - the new search is very, very fast. Its a huge
improvement over the old search engine.

 

[Paul]

I installed Office 2007 last night. It prompted me to apply the desktop search, so I though OK - must be a cool new feature like Google's. It took my to the web page and I stupidly downloaded it. Well, this AM when I tried to use my PC everything was soooo slow (even just opening IE). I checked my Task Manager and saw PF Useage was quite high. Looking at the processes and adding the Page Fault column, I discovered a couple of the Search Index service exe's running with high values. I closed out the Search tool in my sys tray, but they remained running. I tried killing them (End Process) through Task Manager, but they came back. I decided to uninstall it, so I went to Add/Remove Programs and located the Windows Desktop Search 3.01. After opening up Office and getting through a few clunky spots, it's now running like a champ. My recommendation: Don't install it. And thanks to whoever posted the nugget on getting rid of the "Click here to enable..." message. That's a really dumb thing for them put in there.

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

After search has had time to completely index your mail, it actually runs
quite well - but it can take some time if you have a large pst.



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[Charles W Davis]

My Office 2007 is also running like a champ. Once the indexing is completed,
you will seldom notice it. Let it run to completion, even if you have to
leave the computer on all night. I do search my computer frequently (once a
week) and it is nice to find the results quickly.

 

[suse]

anybody good for an idea to get ridd of that message right from scratch (i.e.
via registry setting or GPO)?

-thanks
-thomas

 

[Montreal MCSA]

instead of google try looking at www.x1.com ... amazing!

 

[CarlS]

If you are seeking a desktop search tool which grants you, the user, complete
control, and which stores your data ONLY on your local PC, not communicating
anything to any outside source, then give Copernic Desktop Search a try.
It's 100% free for non-commercial home use. The web site is
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/ . You can set CPU
priority and control how indexing is done and where the index is maintained.
Impact on the system is minimal.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I have not used Copernic in a long time but I agree that it is a sweet little program.

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After furious head scratching, CarlS asked:

| If you are seeking a desktop search tool which grants you, the user,
| complete control, and which stores your data ONLY on your local PC,
| not communicating anything to any outside source, then give Copernic
| Desktop Search a try. It's 100% free for non-commercial home use.
| The web site is http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/ .
| You can set CPU priority and control how indexing is done and where
| the index is maintained. Impact on the system is minimal.ace