├── README.md ├── HideExplorerSearchBar ├── HideExplorerSearchBar.vcxproj.filters ├── main.c └── HideExplorerSearchBar.vcxproj ├── LICENSE ├── HideExplorerSearchBar.sln └── .gitignore /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Hide Explorer Search Bar 2 | Very simple executable that hides the search bar in File Explorer and in the Open/Save dialogs in Windows 10. 3 | 4 | Download binaries from [releases](https://github.com/valinet/HideExplorerSearchBar/releases). 5 | 6 | Simply execute the downloaded executable file and that's it. To modify common dialogs in elevated applications, run the program as administrator. The 32-bit version works on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. 7 | 8 | To compile, use the included Visual Studio solution or, from a command window, do: 9 | 10 | ``` 11 | cl.exe /nologo /DUNICODE /Oi /GS- main.c Kernel32.lib User32.lib /link /RELEASE /NODEFAULTLIB /ENTRY:wWinMain 12 | ``` 13 | 14 | * `/Oi` will enable the use of `wcscmp` intrinsic (compilation is done without default library) 15 | * `/Gs-` disables security checks (same reason, unavailable when compiling without default library) 16 | 17 | Licensed under [MIT](https://github.com/valinet/HideExplorerSearchBar/blob/master/LICENSE). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /HideExplorerSearchBar/HideExplorerSearchBar.vcxproj.filters: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | {4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF} 6 | cpp;c;cc;cxx;c++;cppm;ixx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx 7 | 8 | 9 | {93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB} 10 | h;hh;hpp;hxx;h++;hm;inl;inc;ipp;xsd 11 | 12 | 13 | {67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01} 14 | rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx;tiff;tif;png;wav;mfcribbon-ms 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Source Files 20 | 21 | 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | MIT License 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2020 Valentin-Gabriel Radu 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /HideExplorerSearchBar.sln: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 2 | Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 3 | # Visual Studio Version 16 4 | VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.30804.86 5 | MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1 6 | Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "HideExplorerSearchBar", "HideExplorerSearchBar\HideExplorerSearchBar.vcxproj", "{454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}" 7 | EndProject 8 | Global 9 | GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution 10 | Debug|x64 = Debug|x64 11 | Debug|x86 = Debug|x86 12 | Release|x64 = Release|x64 13 | Release|x86 = Release|x86 14 | EndGlobalSection 15 | GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution 16 | {454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64 17 | {454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64 18 | {454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32 19 | {454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|Win32 20 | {454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64 21 | {454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64 22 | {454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32 23 | {454316B7-3BA3-46BB-A1EB-6F9B4E4F8E9F}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Win32 24 | EndGlobalSection 25 | GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution 26 | HideSolutionNode = FALSE 27 | EndGlobalSection 28 | GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution 29 | SolutionGuid = {6DAA424A-FDB1-4E9B-804C-5B0D74E8DDDD} 30 | EndGlobalSection 31 | EndGlobal 32 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /HideExplorerSearchBar/main.c: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN 2 | #include 3 | #include 4 | 5 | // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30141592/how-do-i-find-a-handle-inside-a-control 6 | HWND FindChildWindow( 7 | HWND hwndParent, 8 | wchar_t* lpszClass 9 | ) 10 | { 11 | HWND hwnd = FindWindowEx( 12 | hwndParent, 13 | NULL, 14 | lpszClass, 15 | NULL 16 | ); 17 | if (hwnd == NULL) 18 | { 19 | HWND hwndChild = FindWindowEx( 20 | hwndParent, 21 | NULL, 22 | NULL, 23 | NULL 24 | ); 25 | while (hwndChild != NULL && hwnd == NULL) 26 | { 27 | hwnd = FindChildWindow( 28 | hwndChild, 29 | lpszClass 30 | ); 31 | if (hwnd == NULL) 32 | { 33 | hwndChild = FindWindowEx( 34 | hwndParent, 35 | hwndChild, 36 | NULL, 37 | NULL 38 | ); 39 | } 40 | } 41 | } 42 | return hwnd; 43 | } 44 | 45 | // https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/blob/master/Src/ClassicExplorer/ExplorerBHO.cpp 46 | VOID HideExplorerSearchBar(HWND hWnd) 47 | { 48 | HWND band = NULL, rebar = NULL; 49 | band = FindChildWindow( 50 | hWnd, 51 | L"TravelBand" 52 | ); 53 | if (!band) 54 | { 55 | return; 56 | } 57 | rebar = GetParent(band); 58 | if (!rebar) 59 | { 60 | return; 61 | } 62 | int idx = 0; 63 | idx = (int)SendMessage( 64 | rebar, 65 | RB_IDTOINDEX, 66 | 4, 67 | 0 68 | ); 69 | if (idx >= 0) 70 | { 71 | SendMessage( 72 | rebar, 73 | RB_SHOWBAND, 74 | idx, 75 | FALSE 76 | ); 77 | } 78 | idx = (int)SendMessage( 79 | rebar, 80 | RB_IDTOINDEX, 81 | 5, 82 | 0 83 | ); 84 | if (idx >= 0) 85 | { 86 | SendMessage( 87 | rebar, 88 | RB_SHOWBAND, 89 | idx, 90 | TRUE 91 | ); 92 | } 93 | RedrawWindow( 94 | rebar, 95 | NULL, 96 | NULL, 97 | RDW_UPDATENOW | RDW_ALLCHILDREN 98 | ); 99 | } 100 | 101 | // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4407631/is-there-windows-system-event-on-active-window-changed 102 | VOID CALLBACK WinEventProcCallback( 103 | HWINEVENTHOOK hWinEventHook, 104 | DWORD dwEvent, 105 | HWND hwnd, 106 | LONG idObject, 107 | LONG idChild, 108 | DWORD dwEventThread, 109 | DWORD dwmsEventTime 110 | ) 111 | { 112 | wchar_t szClassName[257]; 113 | szClassName[0] = 0; 114 | GetClassName( 115 | hwnd, 116 | szClassName, 117 | 257 118 | ); 119 | if (wcscmp(szClassName, L"CabinetWClass") || 120 | wcscmp(szClassName, L"#32770")) 121 | { 122 | Sleep(100); 123 | HideExplorerSearchBar(hwnd); 124 | } 125 | } 126 | 127 | int WINAPI wWinMain( 128 | _In_ HINSTANCE hInstance, 129 | _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, 130 | _In_ LPWSTR lpCmdLine, 131 | _In_ int nShowCmd 132 | ) 133 | { 134 | MSG msg; 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