René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Issue with Search settings on Win11 23H2","articleBody":"On Win11 23H3:\r\nThe set search value wasn't working for NEW users that login after the script runs, as it was using the default OS search view.\r\nOtherwise, it seemed to set the search for existing users when only adding \"SearchboxTaskbarMode\" on the user REG loop through.\r\n\r\nIn:  \"HKLM:\\Default\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Search\"\r\n\"SearchboxTaskbarModeCache\", with value \"1\", seems to need set in addition to \"SearchboxTaskbarMode\" to work on the default profile for new users that login.\r\n\r\n\r\nFWIW:  If anyone else was interested on the importance of \"Handle.Close()\" and \"[gc]::Collect()\":\r\nhttps://dansonnenburg.wordpress.com/2022/03/22/setting-value-in-the-default-user-registry-hive/\r\nThe URL underscored the importance of using \"Handle.Close()\" and \"[gc]::Collect()\" to make sure REG changes always write and exit cleanly.\r\n\r\nThanks for the script.\r\n\r\nTake care.\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/blinkblinktwo","@type":"Person","name":"blinkblinktwo"},"datePublished":"2024-04-12T19:51:53.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/2/PowerShell/issues/2"}