Windows 11 26H2: How to Revert Search Menu Dialog Box to Default Appearance

Problem
The search menu dialog box appearance has changed on my system (I am assuming this is the new look in Windows 11 26H2, though I am not certain). I do not like the appearance of it at all and would like help restoring it back to its default appearance and settings.

What I tried

• Ran all the DISM commands and SFC (i.e. sfc, etc.), but nothing has helped.
• Used a point-in-time restore to an earlier date, but the search menu still looks like this.

Extra details

• I am not using any third-party tools on the system.
• This change occurred on my primary system, but not on my other system, so I am not sure what caused it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

This is indeed the new look for some 26H2 systems and there are no known ways to roll it back to the previous look.

If you don't like it and want something that does pretty much all that does.. the configurable search box of Open Shell Start menu is worth considering... and you get a way better configurable start menu as well, for free.

That way you become independent of MS's vagaries.