🟣 C# / .NET 6+
Hide Taskbar Search Box (C#)
Hides the search box on the taskbar, leaving just an icon or nothing. Applies the tweak via Microsoft.Win32.Registry.
SetDisableTaskbarSearchBox.cs
// SetDisableTaskbarSearchBox.cs
//
// Hide Taskbar Search Box.
// Hides the search box on the taskbar, leaving just an icon or nothing.
//
// Usage: dotnet new console -o SetDisableTaskbarSearchBox, replace Program.cs with this
// file, then dotnet run.
using System;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search");
key.SetValue("SearchboxTaskbarMode", 0, RegistryValueKind.DWord);
Console.WriteLine("Hide Taskbar Search Box applied.");