Disable autocomplete search in the Run dialog on Windows

Question

I need to disable autocomplete search which is happening when we type a command in the Run dialog (WinKey+R) on Windows.

For example : If "reg" is typed there, "regedit" shouldn't be suggested as an auto-completion.

I tried to edit the below registry key methods :

1. "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete" key name - "Append Completion" with string value "no".

2. Deleting "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU" hive

Both the methods didnt help in disabling autocomplete in the Run dialog. How can we tackle this problem?

Answer 1

According to this article you need to create a key "AutoComplete" and in that key a string value "AutoSuggest" with the value "no", for instance via reg.exe:

reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete
reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete /v AutoSuggest /t REG_SZ /d no

or by importing a .reg file with the following content:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]
"AutoSuggest"="no"

The change will become active at the next logon or if you restart the Explorer process that renders the desktop.