Windows 10: Change Color of Cortana Search Box to White in Windows 10

How to: Change Color of Search Box on Taskbar to White in Windows 10


Warning This tutorial will no longer work starting with Windows 10 version 1903.



Information Searching from your taskbar makes it easier for you to search the web and Windows.

Starting with show a search box on the taskbar instead of an icon.

The default color of the search box will be a faded version of the show on the taskbar.

This tutorial will how you how to change the color of the search box on taskbar to white for your account in Windows 10.


Note The downloadable .bat files below will modify the Current and RotateFlight DWORD values to 0 in the registry key below.

*Arrow HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\Flighting

The downloadable .bat files below will also add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

*Arrow HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\Flighting\0\WhiteSearchBox

Value DWORD

0 = Default search box color
1 = White search box color

EXAMPLE: Default and white Cortana search box on taskbar









Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (white) or step 3 (default) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Use White Cortana Search Box Color
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

White_Cortana_Search_Box_Color.bat

Download

3. To Use Default Cortana Search Box Color
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

Default_Cortana_Search_Box_Color.bat

Download
4. Save the .bat file to your desktop.

5. Unblock the .bat file.

6. Run the .bat file.

7. You will now notice your screen flicker and a command prompt quickly open and close as explorer is restarted to apply the registry changes.

8. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .bat file if you like.



That's it,
Shawn


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Is there a way I can change the color of the Cortana search bar back to black?

Could you check the method here:

Change Color of Cortana Search Box color in Windows 10

 

Cortana search box

Hello Hari,

You might see if the method in the tutorial below can change your Cortana search box color to white for you.

Change Color of Cortana Search Box to White in Windows 10

 

Change your Region to say "Vanuatu" where Cortana is not available and click on the Search Window, you will be told that Cortana is not available, switch back to your Country and click on the search field again. This will resolve it. May have to do it several times.

 

Thank you for the fix, but when I reboot the box change again to white, so I "deny authorization" in regedit to "WhiteSearchBox" field and after restart it seem to work.
I hope this is a help for you.
(Sorry for my bad english) *Smile

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