Taskbar problems (can't move it to the top)

[bigred]

Geepers this is frustrating....I can't get my taskbar to move to the top of the screen (as part of my unattended install)....

I've read all the threads I can find (about the TaskBarWinXP key)....and still it's not working for me...

I'm wondering two things....first, do I maybe need to have a key that unlocks the taskbar before I import the reg key with the appropriate settings? (in my case I want to move the taskbar to the top of the screen).

Secondly...can anyone lay this out for me, plain and simple...perhaps I've gotten something messed up as I've read the different threads...

I would simply like my taskbar at the top of the screen....no quick-launch is necessary, as I install True Launch Bar after my setup has completed...if anyone has any ideas, that would be great...

Here's my reg file just in case (it's applied from cmdlines.txt...i guess at the 13 minute mark)...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;This will add "Services" to the right-click menu of "My Computer";[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services];@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00;"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command];@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6;d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,;00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6;d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00
;This adds the "Open Command Window Here" on the right-click menu for folders;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd];@="Open Command Window Here";[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command];@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""
;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon];"LogonType"=dword:00000000
;Move taskbar to top of screen[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop]"TaskbarWinXP"=hex:0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,e2,2b,d8,\  64,57,d0,11,a9,6e,00,c0,4f,d7,05,a2,22,00,1c,00,0a,11,00,00,1a,00,00,00,01,\  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,01,14,02,00,00,00,\  00,00,c0,00,00,00,00,00,00,46,81,00,00,00,11,00,00,00,c4,25,9a,55,16,36,c4,\  01,a0,68,09,b3,48,36,c4,01,a0,68,09,b3,48,36,c4,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\  01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e7,01,14,00,1f,50,e0,4f,d0,\  20,ea,3a,69,10,a2,d8,08,00,2b,30,30,9d,19,00,2f,43,3a,5c,00,00,00,00,00,00,\  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,5c,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,a9,30,52,b3,\  10,00,44,4f,43,55,4d,45,7e,31,00,00,44,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,a9,30,13,74,a9,\  30,52,b3,14,00,00,00,44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,\  20,00,61,00,6e,00,64,00,20,00,53,00,65,00,74,00,74,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,73,\  00,00,00,18,00,30,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,a9,30,53,b3,10,00,43,61,6d,00,1e,00,\  03,00,04,00,ef,be,a9,30,52,b3,a9,30,53,b3,14,00,00,00,43,00,61,00,6d,00,00,\  00,12,00,50,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,aa,30,65,06,12,00,41,50,50,4c,49,43,7e,31,\  00,00,38,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,a9,30,52,b3,aa,30,65,06,14,00,00,00,41,00,70,\  00,70,00,6c,00,69,00,63,00,61,00,74,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,44,00,61,00,\  74,00,61,00,00,00,18,00,42,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,a9,30,a4,b3,14,00,4d,49,43,\  52,4f,53,7e,31,00,00,2a,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,a9,30,52,b3,a9,30,a4,b3,14,00,\  00,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,00,00,18,00,52,\  00,31,00,00,00,00,00,a9,30,d1,b4,10,00,49,4e,54,45,52,4e,7e,31,00,00,3a,00,\  03,00,04,00,ef,be,a9,30,52,b3,a9,30,d1,b4,14,00,00,00,49,00,6e,00,74,00,65,\  00,72,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,20,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,\  72,00,00,00,18,00,48,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,aa,30,06,08,11,00,51,55,49,43,4b,\  4c,7e,31,00,00,30,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,a9,30,cc,b4,aa,30,06,08,14,00,00,00,\  51,00,75,00,69,00,63,00,6b,00,20,00,4c,00,61,00,75,00,6e,00,63,00,68,00,00,\  00,18,00,00,00,60,00,00,00,03,00,00,a0,58,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,63,61,6d,70,\  75,74,65,72,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,f4,2e,5b,d0,4f,79,4a,a5,cc,ec,e8,f8,\  b9,4d,81,87,5b,79,48,1d,a2,d8,11,8b,61,00,04,e2,02,dd,df,04,f4,2e,5b,d0,4f,\  79,4a,a5,cc,ec,e8,f8,b9,4d,81,87,5b,79,48,1d,a2,d8,11,8b,61,00,04,e2,02,dd,\  df,10,00,00,00,05,00,00,a0,1a,00,00,00,09,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,\  02,00,00,00,80,01,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,a0,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,92,\  00,32,00,15,03,00,00,a9,30,d5,b4,20,00,4c,41,55,4e,43,48,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,\  00,00,76,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,a9,30,cc,b4,a9,30,ce,b4,14,00,5e,00,4c,00,61,\  00,75,00,6e,00,63,00,68,00,20,00,49,00,6e,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,6e,00,65,00,\  74,00,20,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,20,00,42,00,72,\  00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,6c,00,6e,00,6b,00,00,00,40,78,70,73,\  70,31,72,65,73,2e,64,6c,6c,2c,2d,31,31,30,30,33,00,00,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,\  00,62,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,54,00,32,00,4f,00,00,00,a9,30,d5,b4,20,00,53,48,\  4f,57,44,45,7e,31,2e,53,43,46,00,00,38,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,a9,30,d5,b4,a9,\  30,d5,b4,14,00,00,00,53,00,68,00,6f,00,77,00,20,00,44,00,65,00,73,00,6b,00,\  74,00,6f,00,70,00,2e,00,73,00,63,00,66,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,72,\  00,00,00,02,00,00,00,64,00,32,00,2e,03,00,00,aa,30,55,07,20,00,57,49,4e,44,\  4f,57,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,48,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,aa,30,55,07,aa,30,55,\  07,14,00,00,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,4d,00,65,00,\  64,00,69,00,61,00,20,00,50,00,6c,00,61,00,79,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,6c,00,6e,\  00,6b,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,60,07,00,00,00,00,00,00,\  1b,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,\  00,00,00,aa,4f,28,68,48,6a,d0,11,8c,78,00,c0,4f,d9,18,b4,0c,03,00,00,60,0d,\  00,00,00,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,00,00,00,\  00,01,00,00,00"Toolbars"=hex:11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
;Disable Windows Picture and Fax Viewer[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview]
;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000
;Move the paging file to drive GHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PagingFiles: 'G:\pagefile.sys 2200 2200'
;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]"DoReport"=dword:00000000
;Disable Imapi CD-Burning Service[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService]"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Messenger Service (to block spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger]"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Remote Registry Service[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Windows Time Service[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time]"Start"=dword:00000004
;Removes Language Bar[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}]@="Language bar""MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\msutb.dll,-325"
;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]
;Remove Shortcut Arrows[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]"IsShortcut"=-
;Change the location of the My Documents Folder[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]"Personal"="D:\\""My Music"="D:\\My Music""My Pictures"="D:\\My Pictures"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]"Personal"="D:\\""My Pictures"="D:\\My Pictures""My Music"="D:\\My Music"
;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000
;Turn off the delete confirmation dialog[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\SysTray]"Services"=dword:0000001b
;Speed up browsing remote computers[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]
;Speed up NTFS[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
;Always unload Dlls[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"AlwaysUnloadDll"=dword:00000001
;RAM usage tweaks[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000001"IoPageLockLimit"=dword:1bf00000"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100
;Prefetcher tweak(faster booting)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003
;Changes Windows Driver Signing Policy 'prompt' to 'ignore'[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Driver Signing]"Policy"=hex:00
;Disable Nvidia Driver Helper Service[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NVSvc]"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable System Restore;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore];"DisableSR"=dword:00000001
;Disable Autoupdates[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001
;Disable Autoupdates[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update]"AUOptions"=dword:00000001"AUState"=dword:00000007
;Disable QoS;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched];"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000
;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]"NoRun"=dword:00000001
;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a
;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Control Panel\Desktop]"MenuShowDelay"="2"
;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]"RunCount"=dword:00000000
;NoLowDiskSpaceChecks won't check if you are low on diskspace or pop-up a balloon telling you.[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001
;Disable Recycle Bin;Removes low disk space check, recent docs, and forces control pannel into classic mode[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001;"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091;"NoCDBurning"=dword:00000001;"NoRecycleFiles"=dword:00000001"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000
;Stop Messenger from Loading;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger];"AppSettings"= hex:22,04,00,00
;IE stuff[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"ShowGoButton"="no""NotifyDownloadComplete"="no""Use FormSuggest"="yes"
;Enabling Long File Names for Live Update Installation[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000000
;Stuff[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"Hidden"=dword:00000001;"ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000;"DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000000;"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001;"HideIcons"=dword:00000000;"MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000000;"WebView"=dword:00000000;"Filter"=dword:00000000"SuperHidden"=dword:00000001;"SeparateProcess"=dword:00000000;"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000;"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000000;"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000;"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000;"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002;"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000"Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000000;"Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000001;"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000000;"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000000;"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000000;"Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000000"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000000"Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000000;"Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000000;"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001;"Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000000;"Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000001;"Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000000;"Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000000"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000;"Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000000"StartMenuAdminTools"=dword:00000000;"TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000001"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000;"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001;"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001;"FriendlyTree"=dword:00000000;"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001;"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001;"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000001;"PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000;"CascadeNetworkConnections"="YES""StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002"Start_ShowNetConn_ShouldShow"=dword:00000042"Start_ShowNetPlaces"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"Hidden"=dword:00000001
;Classic search, full path in title bar and address bar.[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]"FullPath"=dword:00000001"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001"Use Search Asst"="no""Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00
;Disables Preview of Movie file formats (allowing you to move/rename/delete without errors)[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\ShellEx][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\ShellEx][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\ShellEx]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]"DefaultUserName"="xxx""DefaultPassword"="xxx""AutoAdminLogon"="1"

Thanks to anyone who can help

[bigred]

This is still drivin' me nuts....anyone have any ideas...

Or maybe a better question is: has anyone actually gotten this to work properly? (I mean does anyone's unattended install actually put the toolbar at the top of the screen every time?)....

My ToolbarWinXP value seems to be different every time...?

[Bachus]

I haven't gotten the taskbar at the top, either. You're not alone.

[bigred]

...well that's 0 for 2 ...anyone else?

[raduking]

mine doesn't work either

[jrzycrim]

See this:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...=0entry161263

Heres the gist of it:

Setup your taskbar position and size like you want, log off and then back on, then export this key from your registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]

Use the settings you exported in your unattended setup.