Windows 10: Hide or Show Search Box or Cortana Icon on Taskbar in Windows 10

Discus and support Hide or Show Search Box or Cortana Icon on Taskbar in Windows 10 in Windows 10 Tutorials to solve the problem; It turns out that your taskbar must be on the bottom of your main display to have "Show search box" as well. Discussion in 'Windows 10 Tutorials' started by Charlie, Nov 8, 2014.

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  1. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Hide or Show Search Box or Cortana Icon on Taskbar in Windows 10


    It turns out that your taskbar must be on the bottom of your main display to have "Show search box" as well.
     
    Brink, Aug 8, 2015
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  2. GP41
    gp41 Win User

    By golly miss molly. That fixed it... and so simple. Thank you! Its just going to take some getting used to.
     
    gp41, Aug 8, 2015
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  3. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Yeah, who would of thought that was why. LOL
     
    Brink, Aug 8, 2015
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  4. MARTINVG
    Martinvg Win User

    Hide or Show Search Box or Cortana Icon on Taskbar in Windows 10

    I have just run the Show_Search_box_on_Taskbar.bat and my taskbar has completely disappeared. Please help!! how do I get it back?
     
    Martinvg, Mar 20, 2016
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  5. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Hello Martin, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

    It sounds like something has interfered with the .bat file restarting explorer. You can do this below to start explorer again.

    1) Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) in "More details" view.

    2) Click on File (menu bar), and click on Run new task.

    3) Type explorer, and click on OK.
     
    Brink, Mar 20, 2016
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  6. MARTINVG
    Martinvg Win User
    Aha, OK thank you. That worked.
     
    Martinvg, Mar 20, 2016
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  7. Brink
    Brink New Member
    You're most welcome. *Smile
     
    Brink, Mar 20, 2016
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  8. KMAN67
    kman67 Win User

    Hide or Show Search Box or Cortana Icon on Taskbar in Windows 10

    Hi, I ran the "Show_Search_Icon_on_Taskbar.bat" file and the screen blanked out. I got the desktop to show up again by restarting the system, but now the taskbar items have white boxes around them, and my Firefox start screen has an all-black background. How do I fix this? Thanks, Karl
     
    kman67, Jun 17, 2016
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  9. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Brink, Jun 17, 2016
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  10. BOA999
    boa999 Win User
    I had only the search icon (magnifying glass). Bat file did enter new keys and set DWORD but no box, just the icon as before. So I guess the question is how to turn the icon into the search box?
     
    boa999, Aug 9, 2016
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  11. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Hello boa, *Smile

    Are you using the .bat file currently available in the tutorial?

    Do you have the latest build of Windows 10 installed?
     
    Brink, Aug 9, 2016
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  12. BOA999
    boa999 Win User
    With a little more research I learned that if the screen resolution is below a certain level you will only see the Search Icon, never the box. The particular computer was a netbook running 1024x768
     
    boa999, Aug 10, 2016
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  13. CMA6
    cma6 Win User

    Hide or Show Search Box or Cortana Icon on Taskbar in Windows 10

    I have build 1607. My Search Box disappeared when I disabled Cortana (or tried to, since I believe it can be hidden, not disabled).
    I tried your regedit:
    The .bat files below are for the registry key and value below.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search

    SearchboxTaskbarMode DWORD

    0 = Hidden
    1 = Show Cortana icon
    2 = Show search box

    But this only restored the Search icon, which does nothing, but no search box. I have the right screen resolution and large taskbar buttons.
     
    cma6, Nov 6, 2016
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  14. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Hello cma6, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

    As a test, how does it work using OPTION ONE instead?
     
    Brink, Nov 6, 2016
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  15. CMA6
    cma6 Win User
    After using "1", there is no longer any Search Box; only the Cortana icon. Nothing happends when that is clicked on.
     
    cma6, Nov 6, 2016
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