Windows

Registry Edits

Enable/disable Bing search on Start Menu

DisableEnable

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"DisableSearchBoxSuggestions"=dword:00000000

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"DisableSearchBoxSuggestions"=dword:00000001

Powershell shortcut to activate venv (Python)

Create an alias called activenv that runs the activate script relative to the current location:

New-Alias -Name activenv -Value venv/scripts/activate.ps1

Export the alias to a script.

Export-Alias -Name activenv -Path "activenv.ps1" -As Script

Add script to startup:

Add-Content -Path $Profile -Value (Get-Content activenv.ps1)