Disable Bing search in the Windows 10 Start Menu

Disable-BingSearch.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Disable Bing search in the Windows 10 Start Menu

.DESCRIPTION
    Inspired by https://www.windowscentral.com/how-fix-taskbar-search-not-working-windows-10
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param()

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
Set-StrictMode -Version 5.0

$key = Get-Item "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\"
$changesMade = $false

$bingSearchProp = "BingSearchEnabled"
if (0 -ne $key.GetValue($bingSearchProp)) {
    $key | Set-ItemProperty -Name $bingSearchProp -Value 0
    $changesMade = $true
}

$cortanaConsentProp = "CortanaConsent"
if (0 -ne $key.GetValue($cortanaConsentProp)) {
    $key | Set-ItemProperty -Name $cortanaConsentProp -Value 0
    $changesMade = $true
}

if ($changesMade) {
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Success! Bing search will be disabled after you reboot your PC."
} else {
    Write-Host "Bing search was already disabled."
}