ashdar · March 16, 2023 11:54 · Mar 16, 2023
diff --git a/Disable-BingButtonEdge.ps1 b/Disable-BingButtonEdge.ps1
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+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+If you don't like the 'Bing' Button that Edge wants to display, you can use this script to turn it off.
+
+.NOTE
+Ultimately, we are just setting a registry entry. You can also do this via Active Directory policies (and a couple of other ways).
+
+There is another, per-user rather than whole-machine, registry entry that you can set. (This is per a thread on Reddit, but I did
+not bookmark that thread and I don't have time to search for it now...)
+
+.LINK
+https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/samples/working-with-registry-keys?view=powershell-7.3
+
+.LINK
+https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/update-or-add-registry-key-value-with-powershell/
+
+.LINK
+https://techdows.com/2023/03/disable-or-remove-bing-button-microsoft-edge.html
+
+#>
+#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
+
+$Path = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft"
+
+$RegistryKeyPath = $Path + '\' + 'Edge'
+$RegistryEntryName = "HubsSidebarEnabled"
+$RegistryEntryValue = "0"
+
+if (test-path $RegistryKeyPath) {
+    $Message = "The Registry Key '{0}' already exists." -f @($RegistryKeyPath)
+    Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message $Message
+    Get-ChildItem -Path $RegistryKeyPath
+}
+else {
+    $Message = "The Registry Key does not exist. Creating...."
+    Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message $Message
+    New-Item -Path $RegistryKeyPath | Out-Null
+}
+
+if (Get-ItemProperty -Path $RegistryKeyPath -name $RegistryEntryName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+    $Message = "The Registry Entry already exists."
+    Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message $Message
+}
+else {
+    $Message = "The Registry Entry does not exist. Creating...."
+    Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message $Message
+    New-ItemProperty -Path $RegistryKeyPath -Name $RegistryEntryName -Value $RegistryEntryValue -PropertyType 'DWORD' -Force  | Out-Null
+}
+
+$Message = "This is the Registry Entry and its' path:"
+Write-Verbose -Verbose -Message $Message
+Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge -name $RegistryEntryName
+
+Get-ChildItem -Path $RegistryKeyPath -Recurse
+$ValuePath = $RegistryKeyPath + '\' + $RegistryEntryName
+
+
+# Some output for the user, as a reminder of a next step...
+$Message = "You should not need to reboot the computer."
+Write-Verbose -Verbose $Message
+$Message = "You should be able to restart Edge and see the Bing Button has disappeared."
+Write-Verbose -Verbose $Message
+$Message = "If the 'Bing' button is still being shown, try pasting 'settings://policies' into the Edge address bar, press 'Enter' and then click the 'Reload Policies' button."
+Write-Verbose -Verbose $Message
+