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Disable Taskbar Search ​

Overview ​

  • ID/URL: disable-taskbar-seach
  • Description: Hides the search box from the taskbar.
  • Risk Level: Safe

Added Version

This tweak was added in 2.22.0, Sparkle 2.22.0+ is required.

Details ​

Disables the search box on the Windows taskbar by setting 'SearchboxTaskbarMode' to 0 under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search. Explorer is restarted to apply the change.

Apply ​

powershell
$path = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search"

if (-not (Test-Path $path)) {
    New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
}

New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name "SearchboxTaskbarMode" -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null

Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force
Start-Process explorer.exe

Unapply ​

powershell
$path = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search"

if (-not (Test-Path $path)) {
    New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
}

New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name "SearchboxTaskbarMode" -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null

Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force
Start-Process explorer.exe