SharePoint 2010 How to Change the Search Settings In a Site Collection using PowerShell

By walter.munoz on August 19th, 2011
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The following script sets the Site Collection Search Center, Stie Collection Dropdown Mode and Site Collection Search Results Page for all Site Collections that are not a Search Center in the Web Application.

?Download ChangeSearchCenterSettings.txt 
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#Search Center URL
$searchURL = "/searchcenter/Pages/results.aspx"
#Get the Web Application
$webApplication = Get-SPWebApplication "<a href="http://alvsptw03:11682&quot;">http://localhost"</a>
 
#loop through the sites in the web application
foreach ($site in $webApplication.Sites)
{
      #Get the root web
      $web = $site.RootWeb
      #We want to update all sites that are not a search center
      if ($web.WebTemplate -ne "SRCHCEN")
      {
         #Site Collection Search Center
         $web.AllProperties["SRCH_ENH_FTR_URL"] = $searchURL
 
         #Site Collection Search Dropdown Mode
         #Show scopes Dropdown = ShowDD
         $web.AllProperties["SRCH_SITE_DROPDOWN_MODE"] = "ShowDD"
 
         #Site Collection Search Results Page
         $web.AllProperties["SRCH_TRAGET_RESULTS_PAGE"] = $searchURL
 
         $web.Update()
 
         Write-Host "Updated Search Settings on Site: " $web.Url
 
      }
}

The SRCH_ENH_FTR_URL is the URL or relative path of the Search Center you want to use.

The Drop Down can be set to one of the following values:

Site Collection Search Dropdown Mode

 Value

Do you need to set the Sit Collection Search Results Page?

Do Not Show Scopes Dropdown, and default to contextual scope

HideScopeDD_DefaultContextual

YES

Do Not Show Scopes Dropdown, and default to target results page

HideScopeDD

NO

Show scopes Dropdown

ShowDD

YES

Show, and default to ‘s’ URL parameter

ShowDD_DefaultURL

YES

Show and default to contextual scope

ShowDD_DefaultContextual

YES

Show, do not include contextual scopes

ShowDD_NoContextual

NO

Show, do not include contextual scopes, and default to ‘s’ URL parameter

ShowDD_NoContextual_DefaultURL

NO
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