Windows 10: Trying to hid the searchbar for all users using HKU\dfltstgs "C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT...

I'm in the process of building a Windows 11 23H2 image. I'm trying to use registry to modify the OS to my liking. I have 30 other registry settings that I have confirmed that work and I'm using batch scripting to apply the settings. During my testing, I confirmed that this first registry key,REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "SearchBoxTaskbarMode" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /fwill work when run on the local administrator account and the search bar becomes hidden. I'm trying to use REG LOAD HKU\DfltStgs "C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT" followed byREG ADD "HKU\DfltStgs\SOFTW

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Trying to hid the searchbar for all users using HKU\dfltstgs "C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT and its not applying the setting. All other settings I have apply and work

I'm in the process of building a Windows 11 23H2 image. I'm trying to use registry to modify the OS to my liking. I have 30 other registry settings that I have confirmed that work and I'm using batch scripting to apply the settings. During my testing, I confirmed that this first registry key,

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "SearchBoxTaskbarMode" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

will work when run on the local administrator account and the search bar becomes hidden.

I'm trying to use REG LOAD HKU\DfltStgs "C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT" followed by

REG ADD "HKU\DfltStgs\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "SearchBoxTaskbarMode" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

So that this key can be applied to any user that logs into the machine. What I found interesting is that this key is not applying the correct DWORD value to any other account that logs in besides the local admin that ran the script. However, other keys have worked with different accounts and displayed the correct value. When I look in regedit HKCU hive on any other account, I see the "SearchBoxTaskbarMode" is there, but its REG_DWORD value is a 2 even though I set it as a 0 in the script.

I'm not really sure why the value is changing. Maybe an invalid setting? Any troubleshooting tips would be appreciated.

 

NTUSER reg entries does not get reflected in Current user

The registry settings used as the default settings for a user who logs in and does not have an existing profile are at C:\Users\Default\ntuser.

HKEY_USERS (HKU Registry Hive)

 

NTUSER reg entries does not get reflected in Current user

adding in C:\Users\Default\ntuser does not copy all the keys. out of 10, 2 are missing..need to understand why two are missing