Windows search change default

Next, go to the bottom left and click the windows icon. From here, you can access the Windows search. At this point, any web search through the Windows search feature will open in Google Chrome or your browser of choice. However, these links will still be performed using Bing, while the majority of people use Google as their default. Redirecting Bing searches to Google will be handled via a Google Chrome extension in the next step.

I would like to have the default view for the search results be "large icons" and not have to change it manually every time I use the search feature. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Artoo Smith. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Darian Tab Microsoft Agent. Hi, By default, Windows will use the index when searching to give you faster search results.

Indexing will now be in progress. Let us know if you need further help. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Darian Tab's post on April 4, Darian As you can see in the attached screenshot, the indexing "included locations" list is empty. What I wan to do is set this "indexing location" list to the default list. Rebuilding the index via the "Index Settings - Rebuild" does not do this.

In reply to ecsorensen's post on April 8, Do let us know if you need any other assistance. David Rights. In reply to Darian Tab's post on April 9, DT does not answer the question. The question is simple: how do I reset the original "out of the box" locations for indexing? Anne Ros Microsoft Agent. In reply to David Rights's post on May 20, If you are using Firefox as the default browser, then use Foxtana Pro Add-on.

Once installed, click on the Extensions icon at the top right corner and then select Chrometana Pro extension. This will redirect to Chrometana Pro Setting.

Here click on Cortana and Bing and set it to Cortana. Or else, it will redirect to Google even when you search on Bing from the browser.

Then click on Google and select your favorite search engine. But you can select custom and add other search engines like Brave search, Ecosia, or StartPage that are not listed.

Now when you search using the Start menu, it will open results in Chrome browser and Google Search.