Hide Search Bar & Hide Task View Button via Powershell and intune on W10 devices

Question

Hi guys,

i would like to run the reg entries to hide the taskview button in the taskbar and show only the search icon. When I test it manually it works fine. If I want to distribute it via Intune PS scripts Intune brings an error at the taskview button script. The searchbar script runs successfully, but does not change anything on the W10 device. Device is in group which is assigned to the script.

Scripts are:

Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced -Name 'ShowTaskViewButton' -Type 'DWord' -Value 0

and:

Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search -Name 'SearchboxTaskbarMode' -Type 'DWord' -Value 1

Regards Martin

Answer 1

@Martin Schwabe Thanks for posting in our Q&A.

To clarify this issue, we appreciate your help to collect some information:

1. Please try to run the scripts in the System account using the psexec tool locally.
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec
   If it runs successfully, it is suggested to try to set "Run this script using the logged on credentials" to "No".
2. Please pay attention to the setting "Run script in 64-bit PowerShell host". Please make sure that the device meet this setting.
3. If possible, please check if there is any error message in IntuneManagementExtension log under C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\IntuneManagementExtension\Logs

If there is anything update, feel free to let us know.

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