Security aside, the latest Windows 11 Patch Tuesday also hides Start and Taskbar search.

Microsoft released the first Patch Tuesday update for the year today. And while for Windows 10 and Windows 11, these will be the first of many, for Windows 7 and 8.1, this was the last release as Extended Security Support (ESU) ended today. While Patch Tuesday updates are mostly security patches, there are some hidden features within today’s release on Windows 11.

Spotted by Windows enthusiast and spy PhantomOcean3, the new build features the new taskbar search that was introduced in beta channel build 2262x.1037.

Along with this, the start menu search is also yet to be announced which is quite interesting.

Features can be enabled using ViVeTool. The IDs for the properties are given below:

• Find the new taskbar: 40887771
• Find the new Start Menu: 38937525

caution: Undeclared properties are often crude, unstable, or borderline unusable. Backup important data before activating them with ViveTool app. Remember that using a stable Windows 11 is the best way to ensure that your system remains as bug-free as possible.

Here’s how to enable the new taskbar search:

1. Download ViveTool. From GitHub And unzip the files into a convenient and easily searchable folder.
2. press Win + X and select terminal (admin).
3. Switch to a Windows terminal with a command prompt profile. Ctrl+Shift+2 Shortcut or by clicking the arrow button at the top of the window.
4. Go to the folder containing the ViveTool files with CD command. For example, if you placed ViveTool in C:\Vive, type CD C:\Vive.
5. Kind of vivetool /enable /id:40887771 And press enter.
6. (For PowerShell try: .\vivetool /enable /id:40887771)
7. Restart your computer.

Next, we have the steps to find the new Start Menu:

1. Download ViveTool. From GitHub And unzip the files into a convenient and easily searchable folder.
2. press Win + X and select terminal (admin).
3. Switch to a Windows terminal with a command prompt profile. Ctrl+Shift+2 Shortcut or by clicking the arrow button at the top of the window.
4. Go to the folder containing the ViveTool files with CD command. For example, if you placed ViveTool in C:\Vive, type CD C:\Vive.
5. Kind of vivetool /enable /id:38937525 And press enter.
6. (For PowerShell try: .\vivetool /enable /id:38937525)
7. Restart your computer.

If you change your mind and want to restore. repeat the above steps and change. /active with /unfunctional In the commands in steps 5 and 6.

Source: PhantomOcean3 (Twitter)