With a little more research I learned that if the screen resolution is below a certain level you will only see the Search Icon, never the box. The particular computer was a netbook running 1024x768

I had only the search icon (magnifying glass). Bat file did enter new keys and set DWORD but no box, just the icon as before. So I guess the question is how to turn the icon into the search box?

I hope I am posting this in the right place. I just did the GWX thing and most things work as expected. They say old dogs like me can't learn new tricks. That's not true, we just don't want to. I...