Script to Disable or Enable Windows 7 Search Feature (PowerShell)
Introduction
This PowerShell script demo shows how to disable or enable Windows 7 search feature.
Scenarios
This question is asked by users in the TechNet forum. They just want to disable or enable Windows 7 search feature.
Script
Step 1: Click Start, type powershell in the search box on the Start Menu, right-click the
Windows PowerShell icon, and then click Run Windows PowerShell as administrator. If the
User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click
Continue.
Step 2: Run the script in Windows PowerShell Console
, type the one command : Import-Module <Script Path> at the command prompt.
For example, type Import-Module C:\Scripts\DisableWindowsSearchFeature.psm1
The step is shown in the following figure.
For example, type Import-Module C:\Scripts\DisableWindowsSearchFeature.psm1
The step is shown in the following figure.
Step 3: You can type the command Get-Help Set-OSCWindowsSearchFeature -Full
to display the entire help file for this function, such as the syntax, parameters, or examples.
Here are some code snippets for your references. To get the complete script sample, please click the download button at the beginning of this page.
PowerShell
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If($Disable)
{
If($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Disabling Search Feature"))
{
If($FeatureState -match "Enable")
{
Write-Host "Disabling Search Feature..."
Dism /online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:SearchEngine-Client-Package
}
If($FeatureState -match "Disable")
{
Write-Warning "Search Feature is already disabled."
}
}
}
If($Disable) { If($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Disabling Search Feature")) { If($FeatureState-match "Enable") { Write-Host "Disabling Search Feature..." Dism /online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:SearchEngine-Client-Package } If($FeatureState-match "Disable") { Write-Warning"Search Feature is already disabled." } } }
Example
Example 1: Type the Set-OSCWindowsSearchFeature -Disable
command in the Windows PowerShell Console. This command shows how to disable Windows Search Feature.
The result is shown below.
Example 2: Type the Set-OSCWindowsSearchFeature -Enable
command in the Windows PowerShell Console. This command shows how to enable Windows Search Feature.
Prerequisite
Windows PowerShell 2.0
Windows 7