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I have encountered a problem where I couldn't access environment variables after disabling Bing search via:

  1. WinKey + R → Open: regedit → OK
  2. Created new DWORD BingSearchEnabled with value 0 within: 
    HKCU\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search

After making these changes, I noticed that Change environment variables option no longer appears when I search for env or other keywords, and restarting the computer did not resolve the issue.

  • When I revert the changes by deleting DWORD BingSearchEnabled, the issue goes away and I can access environment variables again
  • Although I haven't found similar reports of this specific problem, it seems that disabling Bing search affects the visibility of various options beyond just search keyword env.

If anyone has encountered a similar issue or has insights into resolving this problem in Windows 11, I would greatly appreciate your assistance, as restoring access to the environment variables is crucial for my workflow.

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    There shouldn't be any correlation between the two. In any case, the Start menu option is called "Edit the system environment variables" and not "Change environment variables".
    – harrymc
    Commented Aug 9, 2023 at 9:40
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    I was unable to reproduce the behavior you describe on any of my Windows 11 machines
    – Ramhound
    Commented Aug 9, 2023 at 11:54
  • Sorry. I just translated the key because my language on the machine isn't English. Forgot to mention that. Is this related?
    – sudoer
    Commented Aug 10, 2023 at 2:06
  • Also if I search with my system language with direct keywords, the search result can return.
    – sudoer
    Commented Aug 10, 2023 at 2:08

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