Disable News and Interests Feed

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Disable News and Interests Feed.

.DESCRIPTION
    Hides the taskbar News and Interests / Widgets feed.

    Sets HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds \ ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode to 2.

.EXAMPLE
    .\Set-DisableNewsAndInterests.ps1
#>

[CmdletBinding()]
param()

$regPath = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds'

if (-not (Test-Path $regPath)) {
    New-Item -Path $regPath -Force | Out-Null
}

New-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name 'ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode' -Value 2 -PropertyType DWord -Force | Out-Null

Write-Host "Disable News and Interests Feed applied. Sign out and back in (or restart explorer.exe) for it to fully take effect." -ForegroundColor Green