Windows 10: Change Cortana Search Box Highlight Transparency in Windows 10

How to: Change Cortana Search Box Highlight Transparency in Windows 10

How to Change Cortana Search Box Highlight Transparency in Windows 10


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



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

Starting with Cortana search box highlight to opaque (white), semi-transparent (default), or fully transparent.

You will see the Cortana search box highlight when you hover the pointer over the search box.

This tutorial will how you how to change the transparency level of the Cortana search box highlight for your account in Windows 10.



Note The downloadable .bat files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry keys below.

Code:

Value DWORD

0 = Transparent
80 (decimal) = Semi-transparent
100 (decimal) = Opaque (solid white)

You can manually modify the Value DWORD to a decimal value of 0 to 100 for a custom transparency level.


EXAMPLE: Opaque, semi-transparent, and transparent Cortana search box highlight





Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (opaque), step 3 (semi-transparent), step 4 (transparent) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Change Cortana Search Box Highlight Transparency to Opaque
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 5 below.

Opaque_Cortana_Search_Box_Highlight.bat

Download

3. To Change Cortana Search Box Highlight Transparency to Semi-transparent
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 5 below.

Default_semi-transparent_Cortana_Search_Box_Highlight.bat

Download

4. To Change Cortana Search Box Highlight Transparency to Transparent
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 5 below.

Transparent_Cortana_Search_Box_Highlight.bat

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

6. Unblock the .bat file.

7. Run the .bat file.

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

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

10. It is recommended that you also change the Cortana search box text color to black or white depending on what you set above to see the text better against the background.


That's it,
Shawn


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Change Cortana Search Box Text Color in Windows 10


You read my mind. *Wink

Cortana Search Box Background Transparency - Change in Windows 10

 

Cortana search box changed to white color


This just happened to my laptop on upgrading to Pro! Step 3 here fixed it for me Change Color of Cortana Search Box to White in Windows 10

 

Change Cortana Search Box Text Color in Windows 10


Good one @Brink! *Thumbs

I noticed also, if you do 'bold' Menus, it'll take up there.
Menus Text Size - Change in Windows 10

(Also: Change Search Box Transparency) *Wink
(.bat files are real handy!!!) *Wink *Wink

 

search box

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I appreciate your interest in Windows 10.We sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if are able to find search box.

• 
  Right click on the task bar.
  
• 
  Go to Cortana.
  
• 
  Click on show search box.
  

Now check if you are able to find search box.

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

Thank you.

 

Cortana search box - type request

Since I got a Win 10 update a few days ago, Cortana has been hard to deal with :>). She will take requests verbally but if it try to type something into her search box, as soon as I enter a letter, a white box appears as though some suggestions will be
listed (as it did before the update) and then all of a sudden it disappears and I am back to the original Cortana window. Any ideas? I did set up other admin user and Cortana will allow that user to type into the box and she will immediately start a list
of suggestions. Also I tried "method 1 and 2 that required changes to the registry.