Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Microsoft's telemetry

Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by air7 on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:50PM (#28599451)

One of the relies makes sense to me: it's because the win10 search bar is also a web search and this is intended functionality, normal for search bars. they send a new request every time you type a character i assume for predictive search and fast results. you can also see this in bing for sure.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by JacobLinney on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:52PM (#28599474)

search bar != run dialogue

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by NobodyNada on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:53PM (#28599496)

This isn’t the search bar though, it’s the “run” window (Win+R), which has no search functionality and is more-or-less equivalent to typing a command in Command Prompt.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by jfrunyon on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:09PM (#28600195)

I'm actually fairly certain that the Twitter post is referring to the start menu search. I see exactly 0 network requests when typing into the run box.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by NiekvdMaas on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:40AM (#28602553)

OP has posted an update... It was actually the start menu search instead of the run dialog...

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by anigbrowl on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:26PM (#28599844)

It has search functionality. I slightly mistyped something the other day and was mystified to see the correct answer in a mini browser window while Windows itself was failing to match it up with the software I had installed and run every day. You can also just start typing search queries and it will try to launch MS Edge as soon as you hit enter.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by jfrunyon on Monday September 20, 2021 @07:08PM (#28600186)

> Windows cannot find 'foobar'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by anigbrowl on Monday September 20, 2021 @09:15PM (#28601033)

Maybe you're not using the latest version. I get a mini browser window inviting me to try www.foobar2000.org. Windows 10, 21H1.

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