Hide/Remove Taskbar and Start Button

[BattleAngel444]

Hi All

So there is a way to remove the Taskbar and Start Button via
(http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm) The application has
an option "Hide or show the Taskbar" which will completely hide the
start button and taskbar.

All I need to do is that functionality from a cmd line .exe. I know it
can be done, now does anybody know how to do it?

I am lead to believe that I am not the only one that has this need to
remove the taskbar. I have looked into making a custom shell that that
it a lot of work for what this app already does

thanks for your time

 

[Guest]

Change registry key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
from "Shell"="Explorer.exe"
to "Shell"="Cmd.exe"

....Jim Hughen

 

[Gordon Smith \(eMVP\)]

Hi All

So there is a way to remove the Taskbar and Start Button via
(http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm) The application
has an option "Hide or show the Taskbar" which will completely hide
the start button and taskbar.

All I need to do is that functionality from a cmd line .exe. I know
it can be done, now does anybody know how to do it?

I am lead to believe that I am not the only one that has this need to
remove the taskbar. I have looked into making a custom shell that
that it a lot of work for what this app already does

thanks for your time

Save the following (between the lines) as a .reg file and then run "reg
/import removetaskbar.reg"

 

[BattleAngel444]

I added the new value. There was no "NoSetTaskbar" present. It didn't
seem to do anything. Is there a component that I need to add to get
this functionality?

 

[Guest]

Very Good! This "NoSetTaskbar" will work well in my application also.

Also, my first test seems to have no effect.
Maybe the same registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE instead of
HKEY_CURRENT_USER will work immediately when set.

How do these two interact to control the task bar?

....Jim Hughen

 

[Guest]

At the following web site:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/6df6b383-45d3-4b30-b8b4-99cec910588b1033.mspx

The following statement is made:
"To change the value of this entry, use the Group Policy Object Editor
(Gpedit.msc). The corresponding policy is located in Administrative
Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar."

I'm afraid that I can not understand what is being said here.
Regedit32 seems to change the indicated value(s) just fine, but no effect...

I have changed the ...LOCAL_MACHINE and ...CURRENT_USER keys together but
still can not see any effect.

....Jim Hughen

 

[Guest]

These values are kept in memory and updated whenever a user logs on.
See this site for a detailed explanition:
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/system/security/article.php/c5737/

....Jim Hughen

 

[BattleAngel444]

Here's some code that will do the trick.

http://www.dotnetheaven.com/Uploadf...rticleID=effe58e4-0d6e-4510-a912-ab2be55ba181

works like a charm
enjoy

 

[Adora Belle Dearheart]

Here's some code that will do the trick.

http://www.dotnetheaven.com/Uploadf...rticleID=effe58e4-0d6e-4510-a912-ab2be55ba181

works like a charm
enjoy

Just out of curiosity - does this hide the it all the time or is it
visible for a while when the box first starts up?

 

[BattleAngel444]

You'll need to call the function everytime you boot up. Obviously by
default the start bar and task bar will be visible until the function
is envoked.

 

[BattleAngel444]

you ll need to inoke it every time you boot. so you will see the start
button and task bar until you call you .exe