🐍 Python 3.10+
Hide Taskbar Search Box (Python)
Hides the search box on the taskbar, leaving just an icon or nothing. Applies the tweak via the stdlib winreg module.
set_disable_taskbar_search_box.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
set_disable_taskbar_search_box.py
Hide Taskbar Search Box.
Hides the search box on the taskbar, leaving just an icon or nothing.
Usage:
python set_disable_taskbar_search_box.py
"""
import winreg
def main() -> None:
key = winreg.CreateKeyEx(
winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search", 0, winreg.KEY_SET_VALUE
)
winreg.SetValueEx(key, "SearchboxTaskbarMode", 0, winreg.REG_DWORD, 0)
winreg.CloseKey(key)
print("Hide Taskbar Search Box applied.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()