📜 VBScript (WSH)
Check "Disable Start Menu Web Search" Status (VBScript)
Reads the registry value behind the "Disable Start Menu Web Search" tweak to confirm whether it's applied.
CheckDisableWebSearchStatus.vbs
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' CheckDisableWebSearchStatus.vbs
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' Checks whether "Disable Start Menu Web Search" is currently applied.
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' Usage: cscript CheckDisableWebSearchStatus.vbs
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Option Explicit
Dim objShell, currentValue
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
On Error Resume Next
currentValue = objShell.RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\BingSearchEnabled")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
WScript.Echo "'BingSearchEnabled' is not set (using the Windows default)."
Else
WScript.Echo "Current value of 'BingSearchEnabled': " & currentValue
End If
On Error Goto 0