In this guide, we will show you the steps to enable Search on the left of the Taskbar on your Windows 11 PC. The latest OS version brings a slew of intriguing goodies to the fore. Some of the noteworthy ones include the likes of Task Manager Settings in Taskbar, Live Preview in File Explorer, drag and drop in System Tray, and tablet-optimized taskbar. Apart from that, the search functionality has also been revamped.
In its current form, it simply exists as an icon in the taskbar. However, you could now enable the new revamped Search field on the left of the Taskbar on your Windows 11 PC. This feature has already rolled out to the Developer Preview and is slowly rolling out to beta users. However, you could skip this waiting queue and enable this feature right away. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along.
Enable Taskbar Search on the Left in Windows 11
- To begin with, download the open-source ViveTool from GitHub.
- Then extract it to any convenient location on your PC.
- After that, right-click on it and select Copy as path.
- Now launch Command Prompt as an administrator.
- Then type in cd and paste the copied path via Ctrl+V.
- Now execute the following two commands to enable Search on the left of the Taskbar in Windows 11.
vivetool /enable /id:40887771 vivetool /disable /id:38937525
- Once done, restart your PC. Then go to Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar Items and enable the new search field from there.
Disable Taskbar Search on the Left in Windows 11
If for some reason, this new search style isn’t in sync with your requirement, then you could easily revert to the old style using the instruction given below:
- Right-click on the ViveTool folder and select Copy as path.
- Now launch Command Prompt as an administrator.
- Then type in cd and paste the copied path via Ctrl+V.
- Now execute the following two commands to disable Search on the left of the Taskbar in Windows 11.
vivetool /disable /id:40887771 vivetool /enable /id:38937525
- Finally, restart your PC for the changes to take place.
That’s it. These were the steps to enable/disable Search on the left of the Taskbar on your Windows 11 PC. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
