Hide Windows 7 Taskbar Permanently
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Hide Windows 7 Taskbar Permanently
I'm banging my head on this one and need some help. I want the ability to hide the taskbar permanently in Windows 7. I already use auto-hide option, however the problem is upon boot-up, or transititions to applications like GameEx the taskbar is still visible and will pop-up. Is there an application or some kind of registry setting I can use to make it not pop-up and keep permantely hidden until I press Ctrl-Esc or something? Appreciate any insight on this.
Thanks,
Theniteowl
Thanks,
Theniteowl
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There may be a more simple way, but I use an application called dWinlock to lock down the windows desktop, this hides the desktop completely and the taskbar / start button.
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I''ll give it a shot. Thanks all.
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Another option for the list:
On my dedicated Media Center machines, I've replaced the explorer shell with ehshell.exe (Media Centre). That way the machine boots straight into Media Centre and there's nothing else running underneath it.
If I need to do any explorer-based operations, I can RDP in.
On my dedicated Media Center machines, I've replaced the explorer shell with ehshell.exe (Media Centre). That way the machine boots straight into Media Centre and there's nothing else running underneath it.
If I need to do any explorer-based operations, I can RDP in.
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How do you do that?dduk wrote:Another option for the list:
On my dedicated Media Center machines, I've replaced the explorer shell with ehshell.exe (Media Centre). That way the machine boots straight into Media Centre and there's nothing else running underneath it.
If I need to do any explorer-based operations, I can RDP in.
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*Registry Alert*w84no1 wrote:How do you do that?dduk wrote:Another option for the list:
On my dedicated Media Center machines, I've replaced the explorer shell with ehshell.exe (Media Centre). That way the machine boots straight into Media Centre and there's nothing else running underneath it.
If I need to do any explorer-based operations, I can RDP in.
Change the string value of "Shell" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon from "Explorer.exe" to "%windir%\ehome\ehshell.exe"
- EmirOfGroofunkistan
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This might be a good option as well... I haven't tried it yet, but I'm about to
http://www.itsamples.com/taskbar-hider.html
http://www.itsamples.com/taskbar-hider.html