How to bring the Windows 8 search bar to Windows 10

Smart search engine on Windows 10 has helped users a lot in the process of working. However, sometimes the Windows 10 Cortana virtual assistant tool still fails, such as searching slowly or being unable to perform a search affects a lot of users' work. In this article, we will help you overcome that situation by changing the Windows 10 search bar with the Windows 8 / 8.1 search bar.

Step 1:

In an empty area on your computer screen, right-click and select New and then select Shortcut .

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Step 2:

As soon as the Create shortcut dialog box appears, enter the white box in the following line and click Next .

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Step 3:

We will name the option for the shortcut and click Finish to finish. A shortcut will appear on the screen.

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Step 4:

Next we will download the new icon according to the link below.

1. Download icon for shortcut

To change the icon for the new shortcut, right-click and select Properties .

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Select Next Change icon and click Browse . Here, you will select the folder to store the downloaded icon above. Click and click Open> OK> Apply> OK to change the icon for that shortcut.

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Step 5:

At that shortcut, right-click and select Pin to taskbar to bring it to the taskbar more conveniently during the process.

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As such, we have completed the operation. From now on, you can use the Windows 8 / 8.1 search bar right on your Windows 10 computer. We still perform familiar search operations for every program, folder or any type of file from text, image, audio, etc. on the computer with the Windows 8 search bar.

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With this little trick, you can still use the parallel search engine of Windows 10 and Windows 8 / 8.1 on your computer. Pretty convenient right ?!

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I wish you all success!