📜 VBScript (WSH)
Disable Start Menu Web Search (VBScript)
Stops the Start Menu search from including web results. Applies the tweak via WScript.Shell.RegWrite.
SetDisableWebSearch.vbs
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' SetDisableWebSearch.vbs
'
' Disable Start Menu Web Search.
' Stops the Start Menu search from including web results.
'
' Usage: cscript SetDisableWebSearch.vbs
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Option Explicit
Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
On Error Resume Next
objShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\BingSearchEnabled", 0, "REG_DWORD"
If Err.Number = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Disable Start Menu Web Search applied."
Else
WScript.Echo "Failed to apply tweak (Error " & Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description & ")"
End If
On Error Goto 0