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Disable Bing search and Cortana in the Windows 10 Start Menu
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| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Disable Bing search in the Windows 10 Start Menu | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Inspired by https://www.windowscentral.com/how-fix-taskbar-search-not-working-windows-10 | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| param() | |
| $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop" | |
| Set-StrictMode -Version 5.0 | |
| $key = Get-Item "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\" | |
| $changesMade = $false | |
| $bingSearchProp = "BingSearchEnabled" | |
| if (0 -ne $key.GetValue($bingSearchProp)) { | |
| $key | Set-ItemProperty -Name $bingSearchProp -Value 0 | |
| $changesMade = $true | |
| } | |
| $cortanaConsentProp = "CortanaConsent" | |
| if (0 -ne $key.GetValue($cortanaConsentProp)) { | |
| $key | Set-ItemProperty -Name $cortanaConsentProp -Value 0 | |
| $changesMade = $true | |
| } | |
| if ($changesMade) { | |
| Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Success! Bing search will be disabled after you reboot your PC." | |
| } else { | |
| Write-Host "Bing search was already disabled." | |
| } |
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