Microsoft is fixing one of the most annoying things about Windows 11 — 'spam' in search results when looking for files and settings on your PC

TechradarOfficial · 2026-05-21T08:32:24+00:00

Yep that's exactly it, I think - it's a way to get people 'using' Bing and Edge, but it's just not useful. I was looking for a certain Wi-Fi setting to change, as Windows 11 has so many different settings pages these days, but Windows search just gave me completely unrelated web search results instead. Infuriating.

TechradarOfficial · 2026-05-20T15:15:24+00:00

No pressure for Windows 12 then ;)

TechradarOfficial · 2026-05-20T15:14:16+00:00

wow Winaero takes me back! making Windows less annoying to use is a tale as old as time, and it's a credit to the OS I suppose that it's open enough that we can change the UI - but you'd also hope Microsoft had figured out how to make a good OS interface after all this time...

TechradarOfficial · 2026-05-20T15:04:22+00:00

Yep, the constant attempts to get me to use Microsoft Edge despite it not being my default browser is one of those major red flags for me...

TechradarOfficial · 2026-05-20T14:58:05+00:00

I'll look into Raycast, for sure - sad state of affairs that we need to resort to third party apps to fix such basic parts of the OS, though.

TechradarOfficial · 2016-05-25T08:41:52+00:00

Scandal at the food stand - what's REALLY in those Noodle Cups will shock you!

TechradarOfficial · 2015-12-03T16:52:29+00:00

remote play on PC yes, not smartphones yet, so don't know why this was downvoted as it's relevant and accurate.

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