Windows 7 search feature?

[Cazale]

Short story: I've inherited a bunch of Windows 7 PCs in a domain without the Windows Search Service installed (in Control panel : Turn Windows Features On or Off). This prevents the search box appearing in the start menu and on Windows Explorer.

 

Question: Is there an easy way to install this, so the search bar shows for a group of users (if not; all users), perhaps through GPO (although I'm open to other suggestions), so I don't have to go into each PC and turn the feature on manually?

 

Answer: .. (over to you. Thanks in advance!).

[amudamai]

Hi Cazale,

 

Try this "dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:SearchEngine-Client-Package /quiet" for a computer startup script.

 

Note the feature name is case sentitive

[Cazale]

You sir, are a legend! That works very nicely indeed! TYVM.