Windows 10: Windows 10 Search Bar Has Recently Turned White

24 hours ago, I don't recall it being white, I thought it was a dark gray, that matched the task bar. Did an update change this, or did I?

Any suggestions as to how to change it..and if it WAS another "brilliant move" on my part.. How to avoid doing it again, would be appreciated.

:)

 

Cortana search bar colour has turned white and cannot change back.

Not sure if you have seen this but my search box changed from gray to white today for reasons unknown. I found this solution and it worked for me so perhaps it will work for you as well. The only difference was that I restarted my PC as opposed to signing
out and then signing back in. As far as the country I used it was the last country on the list. Here's the link.

Fix Cortana "Ask Me Anything" Search Turned White | Fix Errors

Hope this helps anyone that still has this issue.

 

Cortana search bar colour has turned white and cannot change back.

Hi,

For better assistance with Cortana and Windows icon issue, we'd like to know the following:

• Which build and version of Windows 10 are you running on your device?
• Have you installed any Windows updates prior to this issue?

You may check this thread for troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue.

We're looking forward to your reply.

 

I was choosing whether I should make a thread about this after I noticed it.

 

Same here, seems to be something that came with a recent update. My desktop was updated a few days ago and was normal, I updated my notebook recently and it came with this "problem".

 

Hi,

Same issue.. can't find a fix..

 

Found a fix here: Microsoft Community

Update Fix found:
Well I found a fix reading another MS Answers thread.
Cortana `Ask me anything` is always white
Fix (change your region country to locaiton without Cortana and then back):
Settings / Time & Language / Region & Language
Then choose another country from the drop down (Gabon works).
Sign out
Sign back in and change region country back to your correct country.


Tried it, and the search bar is back to normal

 

tried this and the regedit fix (flipping the 1 to a 0) but after a few hours, if i click on the search bar, it goes back to white and stays that way. anyone else having that?

 

My 32 bit W10 clean Anniversary install has just done this. It was fine a couple of days ago when last used. Today and it has the white search box. My main 64 bit install is OK so far. Haven't tried any of the fixes so far......

 

Mine did this on friday night

Did the above fix by changing region to gabon then back again this morning (suppose this is just a place where cortana is not available so turns it off), and it has been fine so far all day, about last 9 hours

Would love to know what is causing this to happen

 

Does the fix bring the 'new style' search box up that it would have had before the problem occurred ? Robs pictures seem to show Cortana in white and then the old pre-Anniversary style search box afterwards.

 

For me it brought it back exactly as it was, just not white
When you change location to Gabon, it disables Cortana and a reboot gives you the generic search (non white)
Change it back to your country and reboot and you get Cortana (non white) back

Not sure if reboots are needed, but i did it anyway

I am thinking that all the fix does is turn cortana off then back on again, the only way to do that now is set location to a country that doesnt have cortana (unless a reg change can turn it off)

 

Thanks Paul, I'll probably give the fix a try tomorrow when I'm back on that PC.

 

Must be a reboot, I did since. that fixed it,... It's back to the new style, now:

 

Changing the region to Gabon and back again has indeed worked. There seem to be a lot of complaints of this issue on the web in general. Wonder what caused it.