Autohide Taskbar script

[joe43wv]

I'm looking for either a batch script or a VB script that'll run at startup to hide the taskbars on all machines, we are running XP in the entire house. I've done some research but haven't found what I'm needing, any ideas? Thanks!

[cogumel0]

I'm looking for either a batch script or a VB script that'll run at startup to hide the taskbars on all machines, we are running XP in the entire house. I've done some research but haven't found what I'm needing, any ideas? Thanks!

You can do changes to the registry to that effect. Just make a reg file and call it using reg command on a batch file.

As for the keys to change on registry...

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

The value you want to change is the 9th binary value. To test it, you don't need to restart or logout, just ctrl+alt+del, kill explorer and start it up again.

hope it helps.

cogumel0

[joe43wv]

Thanks cogumel0. I'll try that.

[joe43wv]

I tried using this on some of the systems that have autologon setup and it doesn't want to seem to work with that script. Any thoughts? Is there a way that no matter who logs onto a certain device that it will autohide the taskbar. Kind of autohide on all accounts sort of thing?