Any way of shrinking the SearchUI width? #1273
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Hello,
My main computer has a relatively small screen compared to what Microsoft is programming the OS for: 18.5", 1360x768 vs 23", 1920x1080 (minimum). Since Windows 10 1809, the SearchUI has been enlargened to always include the right-click options right in the search results:

Unlike what was previously available, this takes up almost half the size of a small screen like I own, so I would like to reverse this change, some way or another. Until now, the solution I had was to remain on an old version of Windows, notably 1607. But that cannot be the case anymore, since games are starting to require 1809 or later, understandably so, most likely for the WDDM features included in new Windows versions.

This is what the SearchUI used to look before 1809:
The app responsible for this back when it was thinner was Microsoft.Windows.Cortana. Today, it is MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS. I tried replacing the Microsoft.Windows.Cortana app from 1809 with the one from 1607, but it crashes, even after registering the AppX with PowerShell. At some point I may try replacing it with the one in 1803, but I don't have much hope, since that was when Microsoft began experimenting with the larger version of SearchUI.
Does anybody have any further suggestions for me on where I should look and what I should analyse in the new MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS App to make this happen and maybe implement the change in ExplorerPatcher?
Thank you!
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