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Answered How do I remove the Taskbar?

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      Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:23 PM
       
       
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      Hi,

      How do i completely disable the windows-taskbar, so i don't even see it after logon? Is there a registry setting that can do so? I've already tried

      [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
      "NoSetTaskbar"=dword:00000001

      but it does't work.

      Neither works to replace

      [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
      "Shell"=Explorer.exe

      with iexplorer.exe, because i want to open Workspace with a link on desktop, and i get an error then...

      Who can help? Thanks in advance for help!

      best regards
      NPH0RM
       

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    • Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:40 PM
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      Out of curiosity, why would you want to do this?


      You could just select auto-hide to hide it, but I'm not aware of any way to remove it totally,

       

      Thomas Lee
       
    • Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:02 PM
       
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      If you try to change your shell you need to set it to something that would at least let you start up applications, maybe taskman or powershell -- I REALLY don't recommend that. If you want to be rid of the task bar and start menu, and still have a usable computer, you should consider a 3rd party shell like geoshell or litestep. 

      Be aware that by killing explorer like that you loose not just the task bar but also the start menu and the desktop and the systray (although shells like geoshell and litestep will provide something in their place).
       
    • Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:20 PM
       
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      Another way you could do it, if your computer is in a domain you can applay on it a GPO that disables everything in the start menu and any toolbar on it and implement a logon script that opens an IEXPLORE windows (from script) that has no close option (code added at the end).
      The same thing can be done to a Kiosk computer or any computer that is not connected to the network with Local Policies.

      This will result a computer that has an IExplore window pop up with all the required links, and if closed the user has nothing to do but logoff.

      Here is a code snippet that opens up an IExplore window with no options.

      Good Luck!
      Assaf Miron
      1Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") 
      2SetupIE C:\MyLinksFile.html 
      3 
      4Sub SetupIE(File2Load) 
      5     IE.Navigate File2Load 
      6     IE.ToolBar = False 
      7     IE.StatusBar = False 
      8     IE.Resizable = False 
      9     strComputer = "." 
      10    Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ 
      11        & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") 
      12    Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_DesktopMonitor") 
      13     
      14    For Each objItem in ColItems 
      15        ScreenHeight = objItem.ScreenHeight 
      16        ScreenWidth = objItem.ScreenWidth 
      17    next 
      18 
      19     Do 
      20     Loop While IE.Busy 
      21 
      22     IE.Width = ScreenWidth 
      23     IE.Height = ScreenHeight 
      24     IE.Left = 0 
      25     IE.Top = 0 
      26     IE.Visible = True 
      27     WshShell.AppActivate("Microsoft Internet Explorer") 
      28End Sub 




      Assaf Miron
       
    • Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:24 PM
       
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      Heh, or you could just HIDE the taskbar ...

      http://huddledmasses.org/stupid-powershell-tricks
       

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    • Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:40 PM
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      Out of curiosity, why would you want to do this?


      You could just select auto-hide to hide it, but I'm not aware of any way to remove it totally,

       

      Thomas Lee
       
    • Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:02 PM
       
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      If you try to change your shell you need to set it to something that would at least let you start up applications, maybe taskman or powershell -- I REALLY don't recommend that. If you want to be rid of the task bar and start menu, and still have a usable computer, you should consider a 3rd party shell like geoshell or litestep. 

      Be aware that by killing explorer like that you loose not just the task bar but also the start menu and the desktop and the systray (although shells like geoshell and litestep will provide something in their place).
       
    • Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:20 PM
       
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      Another way you could do it, if your computer is in a domain you can applay on it a GPO that disables everything in the start menu and any toolbar on it and implement a logon script that opens an IEXPLORE windows (from script) that has no close option (code added at the end).
      The same thing can be done to a Kiosk computer or any computer that is not connected to the network with Local Policies.

      This will result a computer that has an IExplore window pop up with all the required links, and if closed the user has nothing to do but logoff.

      Here is a code snippet that opens up an IExplore window with no options.

      Good Luck!
      Assaf Miron
      1Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") 
      2SetupIE C:\MyLinksFile.html 
      3 
      4Sub SetupIE(File2Load) 
      5     IE.Navigate File2Load 
      6     IE.ToolBar = False 
      7     IE.StatusBar = False 
      8     IE.Resizable = False 
      9     strComputer = "." 
      10    Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ 
      11        & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") 
      12    Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_DesktopMonitor") 
      13     
      14    For Each objItem in ColItems 
      15        ScreenHeight = objItem.ScreenHeight 
      16        ScreenWidth = objItem.ScreenWidth 
      17    next 
      18 
      19     Do 
      20     Loop While IE.Busy 
      21 
      22     IE.Width = ScreenWidth 
      23     IE.Height = ScreenHeight 
      24     IE.Left = 0 
      25     IE.Top = 0 
      26     IE.Visible = True 
      27     WshShell.AppActivate("Microsoft Internet Explorer") 
      28End Sub 




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    • Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:24 PM
       
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      Heh, or you could just HIDE the taskbar ...

      http://huddledmasses.org/stupid-powershell-tricks
       
    • Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:22 PM
       
       
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      Thank you all!

      I just replaced the explorer shell with emergeDesktop and i am really satisfied with this solution, because it looks nice and it ist fast.

      you can have a look at my desktop here

      best regards