Hello Everyone,

Microsoft has been released Vista sP1 to RTM since 4 Feb 2008 and available to MSDN/Technet or Microsoft Connect users and will be available publically soon.

In Vista SP1, lots of bugs're fixed. But a thing that annoying me, they have removed centerlized "Search" from Start menu.

So here is the registry trick that enable centerlized "Search" in start menu by replacing "Run..." and via (My) Computer context menu.

Copy n paste this reg code into notepad and save as <file name>.reg file.

Double click and patch it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

; "Search" in start menu by replacing "Run..." 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}] 
@="Search" 
"LocalizedString"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,\ 
6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,65,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,\ 
00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,37,00,30,00,32,00,30,00,00,00 
"InfoTip"="@explorer.exe,-7000" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon] 
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,69,00,6d,00,\ 
61,00,67,00,65,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,\ 
00,37,00,37,00,00,00 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\InProcServer32] 
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\ 
64,00,6f,00,63,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00 
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance] 
"CLSID"="{3f454f0e-42ae-4d7c-8ea3-328250d6e272}" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag] 
"CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}" 
"command"="@shell32.dll,-12708" 
"method"="FindFiles" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\ShellFolder] 
"Attributes"=dword:00000000 

; Enable or disable "Search" in Start menu from start menu and taskbar properties 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\StartMenu\StartPanel\ShowRun] 
"Type"="checkbox" 
"Text"="Search" 
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001 
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced" 
"ValueName"="Start_ShowRun" 
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000001 
"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000 
"HelpID"="windows.hlp#51142" 
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\StartMenu\StartPanel\ShowRun\Policy] 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\StartMenu\StartPanel\ShowRun\Policy\NoRun] 
@="" 

; "Search" as context menu under the (My) Computer 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Search] 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Search\command] 
@="explorer" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Search\ddeexec] 
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Search\ddeexec\application] 
@="Folders" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Search\ddeexec\topic] 
@="AppProperties"

You may log off and reboot to take effect.

I thought I was going crazy when I couldn't find search anywhere. Is it that they want people to use the search boxes that show up in explorer? Or the start menu search? I still would prefer the option to see search on my start menu so thanks for this

I confused, please can you tell me how to get the run button back.

I have tried to import the backup copy of my registry but it wont work, please help me solve this problem

I confused, please can you tell me how to get the run button back.

I have tried to import the backup copy of my registry but it wont work, please help me solve this problem

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
@="Run..."
"LocalizedString"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,\
  6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,65,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,\
  00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,37,00,30,00,32,00,33,00,00,00
"InfoTip"="@explorer.exe,-7003"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,69,00,6d,00,\
  61,00,67,00,65,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,\
  00,30,00,30,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\InProcServer32]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,\
  64,00,6f,00,63,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,00
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{3f454f0e-42ae-4d7c-8ea3-328250d6e272}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}"
"command"="@shell32.dll,-12710"
"method"="FileRun"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:00000000

Copy this reg code into notepad and save with <file name>.reg extension....and patch this...

You must restart or log off to take effect...It will help you to revert back to Run...