I am still having continual problems with this. Sometimes hiding the search bar works, but every time I re-open Quickbooks, it bugs out again. Even after "saving" desktop in preferences. Now, I have to perform a ritual every time I logon in order to get it to hide the bar or position it to the left. I cannot use the top bar at all - whether choosing to hide the search box or include the search box, it covers the entire right side of the top bar and I can't see any of my icons. You would think, with as many people that are having this same or similar problem, that they would have tried to fix it by now. It's tedious.