How can I remove "Search" from the classic Start Menu?

[LeveL]

Its possible to remove "Search" from the normal XP Start Menu, but if you switch to "Classic"

Start Menu (where Control Panel is under "Settings" like in Win98/Win2000) there is no option

on the "Customize" section!

Stupid Microsoft.

So digging in the registry I searched for "For &Files or Folders" and yeah, its under this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions\Static\ShellSearch

I even went so far as to remove the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions

Better not wipe out the Explorer key, lol, well doing that has removed the sub-branch of the "Search"

on the Start Menu, but the "Search" is still there!

Any way to remove it? Only on the Classic Start Menu.

[Yzöwl]

Please see here. I included the removal of Settings too, so if that isn't required then you'll need to remove just the bottom four lines!

[LeveL]

Thanks man this is very helpful!

So where it says:

	POPUP "&Settings", 508, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
	{
		MENUITEM "&Control Panel", 505, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
		MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
		MENUITEM "&Windows Security...", 5001, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
		MENUITEM "&Network Connections", 557, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
		MENUITEM "&Printers and Faxes", 510, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
		MENUITEM "&Taskbar and Start Menu", 413, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED
	}
	POPUP "Sear&ch", 520, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
	{
		MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
	}

I should only remove these 4 lines:

	POPUP "Sear&ch", 520, MFT_STRING, MFS_ENABLED, 0
	{
		MENUITEM "", 65535, MFT_SEPARATOR, MFS_ENABLED
	}

Makes sense to me, cheers.