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[clement]

Today I have installed IE 8.0 on windows7. After installation of IE 8.0 the Search box was added in the top right corner of my browser. Now I want to remove or hide the search box in IE8. Is there any way to hide this search bar in IE 8.0?

[claude]

You can remove IE Search Box through Group Policy Editor
Start=>Run=>type GPEdit.msc.
Navigate to
Local Computer Policy -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates ->Windows Components -> Internet Explorer.
In the right pane double click on Prevent Internet Explorer search box from displaying option and set it to Enable->OK->close and re-open browser

[baldwin]

:Another method to Disable IE Search Box
(1) Start->Run->Type RegEdit.exe
(2) Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InfoDelivery\Restrictions
(3) Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named as NoSearchBox data, and set its value to 1.
(4) Exit Registry Editor.
(5) Close and re-open IE browser.

[IBM]

Just download the following .REG file to fix the registry to hide IE8 Search Box
HideIESearchBox.reg
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/nnaldnvow