Lock taskbar

[Herbert Eppel]

I know the taskbar can be locked in XP, but can it also be locked in 2000?

 

[Newbie Coder]

Herbert,

The only way to Lock (disable) the Taskbar I know of in Windows 2000 is via
code, but disables it making it unclickable

As far as I know only ME & XP can lock the Taskbar

There is a policy setting that enables you to remove context menu items for the
Taskbar & Control Panel

START | RUN | Type 'regedit' (without quotes) & press ENTER.

Navigate to:

User Key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

All Users:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

In the right pane:

Key Name: NoSetTaskBar
Key Type DWORD
Value: 1 = Disable Taskbar options, 0 = Enable Taskbar options

Exit the registry editor

Please note: maybe the EXPLORER key won't exist, as by default it does not

 

[Herbert Eppel]

Herbert,

The only way to Lock (disable) the Taskbar I know of in Windows 2000 is via
code, but disables it making it unclickable

Thanks for your reply, and sorry about the delay in responding.

I have my taskbar positioned vertically on the left edge of the screen.
The width is just wide enough to make the application icons visible fully.

I don't want to *disable* the taskbar - what I'm mainly looking for is a
way to prevent me accidentally changing the size of the taskbar by
pulling it with the mouse. If it can't be locked I guess I just have to
be more careful