Windows XP Taskbar settings via registry/gpo?

S

S.Aarnio

Hi!

I'm trying set the Windows Taskbar property "Keep the taskbar on top
of other windows" to false via registry or gpo. I need to change this
setting to a number of computers/users.

The setting is not in the registry, not as such anyways (did regmon
during the change of the setting and at least it did not write
anything to . HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

Browsing through the gpo settings did not help eather.

Can anyone give a hint how to do this?

br
S.Aarnio
 
W

Wesley Vogel

A lot of Taskbar and Start menu settings are here. Data does not get
written to the registry until you shutdown or log off.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\StuckRects2
Value Name: Settings
Value Type: REG_BINARY
Value Data: (Mine)
hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,1e,\
00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,e4,02,00,00,02,04,00,00,02,03,00,00

SINGLE OPTIONS:
08 = No Settings Enabled
09 = Auto Hide
00 = Show Clock
0A = Always on Top
0C = Show small icons in Start Menu

MULTIPLE OPTIONS:
01 = Auto Hide and Show Clock
02 = Always on Top and Show Clock
03 = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show Clock
04 = Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
0E = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu
0F = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
06 = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
07 = All Options Enabled
0B = Always on Top and Auto Hide
0D = Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
From...
Modifying the Start Menu
http://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm

I have no idea what combination of what does what. You can spend your time
experimenting.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
S

S.Aarnio

A lot of Taskbar and Start menu settings are here. Data does not get
written to the registry until you shutdown or log off.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\StuckRects2
Value Name: Settings
Value Type: REG_BINARY
Value Data: (Mine)
hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,1e,\
00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,e4,02,00,00,02,04,00,00,02,03,00,00

SINGLE OPTIONS:
08 = No Settings Enabled
09 = Auto Hide
00 = Show Clock
0A = Always on Top
0C = Show small icons in Start Menu

MULTIPLE OPTIONS:
01 = Auto Hide and Show Clock
02 = Always on Top and Show Clock
03 = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show Clock
04 = Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
0E = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu
0F = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
06 = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
07 = All Options Enabled
0B = Always on Top and Auto Hide
0D = Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
From...
Modifying the Start Menuhttp://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm

I have no idea what combination of what does what. You can spend your time
experimenting.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

InS.Aarnio <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:









- Näytä siteerattu teksti -
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Thank you very much, this helped a lot!

t sami
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Great piece of info, Wes. Saved it, of course :)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


A lot of Taskbar and Start menu settings are here. Data does not get
written to the registry until you shutdown or log off.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\StuckRects2
Value Name: Settings
Value Type: REG_BINARY
Value Data: (Mine)
hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,1e,\
00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,e4,02,00,00,02,04,00,00,02,03,00,00

SINGLE OPTIONS:
08 = No Settings Enabled
09 = Auto Hide
00 = Show Clock
0A = Always on Top
0C = Show small icons in Start Menu

MULTIPLE OPTIONS:
01 = Auto Hide and Show Clock
02 = Always on Top and Show Clock
03 = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show Clock
04 = Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
0E = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu
0F = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
06 = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
07 = All Options Enabled
0B = Always on Top and Auto Hide
0D = Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
From...
Modifying the Start Menu
http://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm

I have no idea what combination of what does what. You can spend your time
experimenting.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
W

Wesley Vogel

Hi Ramesh,

This is probably why http://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm is no good...

Site currently under new construction as of January 10, 2007
Please check back soon...
http://kixhelp.com/

However, I found this...
http://www.kixtart.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=82893&site_id=1

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Ramesh said:
Great piece of info, Wes. Saved it, of course :)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


A lot of Taskbar and Start menu settings are here. Data does not get
written to the registry until you shutdown or log off.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\StuckRects2
Value Name: Settings
Value Type: REG_BINARY
Value Data: (Mine)
hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,1e,\
00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,e4,02,00,00,02,04,00,00,02,03,00,00

SINGLE OPTIONS:
08 = No Settings Enabled
09 = Auto Hide
00 = Show Clock
0A = Always on Top
0C = Show small icons in Start Menu

MULTIPLE OPTIONS:
01 = Auto Hide and Show Clock
02 = Always on Top and Show Clock
03 = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show Clock
04 = Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
0E = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu
0F = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
06 = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
07 = All Options Enabled
0B = Always on Top and Auto Hide
0D = Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
From...
Modifying the Start Menu
http://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm

I have no idea what combination of what does what. You can spend your
time
experimenting.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
S.Aarnio said:
Hi!

I'm trying set the Windows Taskbar property "Keep the taskbar on top
of other windows" to false via registry or gpo. I need to change this
setting to a number of computers/users.

The setting is not in the registry, not as such anyways (did regmon
during the change of the setting and at least it did not write
anything to . HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

Browsing through the gpo settings did not help eather.

Can anyone give a hint how to do this?

br
S.Aarnio
Click to expand...
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R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

The link is now added to my notes folder!

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Ramesh,

This is probably why http://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm is no good...

Site currently under new construction as of January 10, 2007
Please check back soon...
http://kixhelp.com/

However, I found this...
http://www.kixtart.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=82893&site_id=1

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Ramesh said:
Great piece of info, Wes. Saved it, of course :)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


A lot of Taskbar and Start menu settings are here. Data does not get
written to the registry until you shutdown or log off.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\StuckRects2
Value Name: Settings
Value Type: REG_BINARY
Value Data: (Mine)
hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,1e,\
00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,e4,02,00,00,02,04,00,00,02,03,00,00

SINGLE OPTIONS:
08 = No Settings Enabled
09 = Auto Hide
00 = Show Clock
0A = Always on Top
0C = Show small icons in Start Menu

MULTIPLE OPTIONS:
01 = Auto Hide and Show Clock
02 = Always on Top and Show Clock
03 = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show Clock
04 = Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
0E = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu
0F = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
06 = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
07 = All Options Enabled
0B = Always on Top and Auto Hide
0D = Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
From...
Modifying the Start Menu
http://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm

I have no idea what combination of what does what. You can spend your
time
experimenting.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
S.Aarnio said:
Hi!

I'm trying set the Windows Taskbar property "Keep the taskbar on top
of other windows" to false via registry or gpo. I need to change this
setting to a number of computers/users.

The setting is not in the registry, not as such anyways (did regmon
during the change of the setting and at least it did not write
anything to . HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

Browsing through the gpo settings did not help eather.

Can anyone give a hint how to do this?

br
S.Aarnio
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
W

Wesley Vogel

You better copy the info off of the page, Ramesh or kixtart.org will be
under construction when you really want to see it. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Ramesh said:
The link is now added to my notes folder!

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Ramesh,

This is probably why http://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm is no
good...

Site currently under new construction as of January 10, 2007
Please check back soon...
http://kixhelp.com/

However, I found this...
http://www.kixtart.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=82893&site_id=1

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Ramesh said:
Great piece of info, Wes. Saved it, of course :)

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


A lot of Taskbar and Start menu settings are here. Data does not get
written to the registry until you shutdown or log off.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\StuckRects2
Value Name: Settings
Value Type: REG_BINARY
Value Data: (Mine)
hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,1e,\
00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,e4,02,00,00,02,04,00,00,02,03,00,00

SINGLE OPTIONS:
08 = No Settings Enabled
09 = Auto Hide
00 = Show Clock
0A = Always on Top
0C = Show small icons in Start Menu

MULTIPLE OPTIONS:
01 = Auto Hide and Show Clock
02 = Always on Top and Show Clock
03 = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show Clock
04 = Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
0E = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu
0F = Always on Top and Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
06 = Always on Top and Show small icons in Start Menu and Show Clock
07 = All Options Enabled
0B = Always on Top and Auto Hide
0D = Auto Hide and Show small icons in Start Menu
From...
Modifying the Start Menu
http://www.kixhelp.com/udfs/udf/82893.htm

I have no idea what combination of what does what. You can spend your
time
experimenting.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
S.Aarnio said:
Hi!

I'm trying set the Windows Taskbar property "Keep the taskbar on top
of other windows" to false via registry or gpo. I need to change this
setting to a number of computers/users.

The setting is not in the registry, not as such anyways (did regmon
during the change of the setting and at least it did not write
anything to . HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

Browsing through the gpo settings did not help eather.

Can anyone give a hint how to do this?

br
S.Aarnio
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