📊 VBA (Excel)
Apply Hide Taskbar Search Box (VBA)
Hides the search box on the taskbar, leaving just an icon or nothing. Applied via WScript.Shell.RegWrite from VBA.
DisableTaskbarSearchBoxRegSet.bas
Attribute VB_Name = "DisableTaskbarSearchBoxRegSet"
Option Explicit
Public Sub DisableTaskbarSearchBoxRegSet()
Dim wsh As Object
Dim regPath As String
Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
regPath = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\SearchboxTaskbarMode"
wsh.RegWrite regPath, 0, "REG_DWORD"
MsgBox "Hide Taskbar Search Box applied." & vbCrLf & regPath, vbInformation
End Sub