![]() The registry location is identical, but the name of the dword is “WebWidgetAllowed” instead of “WebWidgetIsEnabledOn Startup”. reg file, but below that article was a link to another article written by him on how to permanently disable the search bar from appearing at all, no matter what. I saw Shawn Brink’s article at the url mentioned in your post detailing the actual registry change you were trying to post in a. I took things a bit farther than the registry value that you mentioned. and the fact that the REG file appeared so quickly after the first appearance of this nonsense shows that Microsoft were well aware that it may be a contentious change. I doubt that there will be an update to the current GP template as the pace of Edge development shows no sign of slowing.Īlso, let’s face it – it’s not likely that Microsoft will deliberately annoy with one hand yet also give an easy method to smote that annoyance with the other? I suspect the REG setting that Shawn Brink published was due to an immediate and very adverse reaction from industry…. That’s all LGPE is… a GUI front end to the registry. This IS a Group Policy, just not in the Local Group Policy Editor console that you were hoping for. ![]() "WebWidgetIsEnabledOnStartup"=dword:00000000 REG file I provided: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 Would still be nice to know if there’s a corresponding entry in Group Policy This topic was modified 6 months ago by Bob99. NOW, is there a corresponding entry in Group Policy to make thing easier for those running Windows 10 (or even 11) Pro? Although I’ve marked this topic as “Resolved”, an answer to this question would help folks in the future. ![]() REG file from the contents as listed in the second post, or using regedit on your own to go to the exact location and creating the entry yourself is a viable option. The first one shows a description of what the file is supposed to do, the second one shows the actual contents of the file.Įither creating a. reg file that was rejected by the forum software for some strange reason. It’s a registry entry that has to be created, and he tried to post it in a. UPDATE: I have found a pair of posts from that describe just how to do what I was looking for. I keep Edge around for sites that don’t “like” Firefox’s privacy controls and so don’t display properly in it. Edge is NOT my default browser, Firefox is. Thanks In Advance for any guidance that can be offered! SO, is there a way to stop this thing from being shown with every update to Edge? A Group Policy setting, perhaps, since I am running the Pro version of 10, specifically 19045.2846 圆4? My installed version currently sits at 1.42, with Edge’s WebView2 runtime sitting at 1.35.Įach time, I’ve gone into its settings to turn off the persnickety thing, and it doesn’t show back up at all…until Edge is updated, at which time it’s baaack.Īfter being deleted, if I go into the taskbar’s settings, and go to the part where you can see what’s allowed to show up in the taskbar’s notification area, Edge Search bar is listed, but it’s set to not be allowed to be shown, its’ slider is set to the “off” position. For the last three or four updates, MS seems to have insisted on enabling the new Edge Search Bar on my desktop and in my taskbar’s notification area every time that an update has been installed for Edge.
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