How can I disable this explorer bar?

DaveX · 24 Oct 2009

How can I get rid of this bar? I don't need it! I want to smash it!

sergiogarcia9 · 24 Oct 2009

DaveX said:

How can I get rid of this bar? I don't need it! I want to smash it!

I do not think that can be done.
Cant see why anyone would wanna smash it, it is useful.

DaveX · 24 Oct 2009

sergiogarcia9 said:

I do not think that can be done.
Cant see why anyone would wanna smash it, it is useful.

I never use it and all the exact same options can be access simply by pressing ALT. Hate it being in my face.

och · 24 Oct 2009

Yes, I would like to know too if this bar can be disabled!

nguyenxuanhoa · 24 Oct 2009

FolderBand Auto-Hide

Location: Shellstyle.dll\UIFILE\1.txt

Insert Next Line:
<if mousefocused="false" mousewithin="false"><Element padding="rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,-28rp)"/></if>

DaveX · 25 Oct 2009

nguyenxuanhoa said:

FolderBand Auto-Hide

Location: Shellstyle.dll\UIFILE\1.txt

Insert Next Line:
<if mousefocused="false" mousewithin="false"><Element padding="rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,-28rp)"/></if>

Uhm, what?

moinmoin · 25 Oct 2009

For disable FolderBand:
Open the Shellstyle.dll with Restorator or Reshacker
Extract the UIFile/1
Open the 1.txt and look for
<style resid="FolderBandStyle">
Insert in the next line

<Element padding="rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,-32rp)"/>

Save and replace this in the shellstyle.dll.

hyzy · 27 Oct 2009

<if mousefocused="false" mousewithin="false"><Element padding="rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,-28rp)"/></if>

not working

mouseware · 04 Nov 2009

what about for 64bit versons of win7? the dll cannot be compiled as 32bit....

mouseware · 04 Nov 2009

what about for 64bit versons of Windows 7? the dll cannot be compiled as 32bit....

nevermind, answered my own question...

found this link:[VP} - Msgboard: XP 64 Shell32.dll queries

which said use Restorator 2007. Trial worked to recompile in x64.

However i just used

Code:

<Element 

padding="rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,-32rp)"

/>

As the mouseover code caused weird problems when you hover to show the bar, then hover slightly below the bar, it would jump all around...

This bar is useless to me so i just hid it completely...

If you want the complied DLL let me know.