Remove Taskbar 100%

[denxnis]

I have a custom dock and wish to remove the taskbar completely, how do I do it?

BEFORE YOU RESPOND PLEASE READ BELOW!!!

- Hide taskbar is not acceptable, I still see a thin fine line peeking up
- Taskbar eliminator does not work properly - I still see a thin fine line when using full screen programs (ie google chrome CS4)

Is there a windows 7 registry edit to remove it? I am sick of this issue and have yet to find a resolution (trust me I didn't my research).

 

[not so gray matter]

If you have a custom explorer program you could just kill explorer.exe... Then again, maybe not

One way to do it is the method Kiosks use for locking people out of normal Windows functions. You'll need a shell program that either modifies or replaces explorer.exe so that the taskbar doesn't function. Hopefully you can find one that still lets you use the explorer windows. Otherwise you'll need a replacement for that as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_shell_replacement
http://www.visualautomation.com/

EDIT: From what I can tell, this may be your best bet:

http://www.emergedesktop.org/

 

[whs]

Have a look at this. Home Page Hide Taskbar : Hide Taskbar in Windows 7 with a hotkey | The Windows Club

 

[denxnis]

If you have a custom explorer program you could just kill explorer.exe... Then again, maybe not

One way to do it is the method Kiosks use for locking people out of normal Windows functions. You'll need a shell program that either modifies or replaces explorer.exe so that the taskbar doesn't function. Hopefully you can find one that still lets you use the explorer windows. Otherwise you'll need a replacement for that as well.

Windows shell replacement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Visual Automation, Inc.

EDIT: From what I can tell, this may be your best bet:

emergedesktop.org

The applets from emergedesktop do not seem to be functioning properly with my current OS. I do not think it has been tested with Win 7 32/64.

Killing explorer.exe does indeed do the job however it also disables a lot of features.

Is anyone familiar with a registry edit to "hide" the toolbar completely yet still make explorer.exe operable?

And WHS - that program also leaves a thin line of toolbar viewable when using full screen programs.

 

[not so gray matter]

As I mentioned, you'll probably need to find a shell program that disables the taskbar.

If the other option doesn't work for you, try SharpE:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sharpe/files/

You can also try:
Aston: http://www.astonshell.com/
LiteStep: http://www.litestep.net/
BB4Win: http://www.bb4win.org/news.php
Talisman: http://www.lighttek.com/talisman.htm
bblean: http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean/


If you really really want a registry hack:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/taskbarremove.reg

I have no idea if that will work with windows 7 or not but good luck.

 

[whs]

And WHS - that program also leaves a thin line of toolbar viewable when using full screen programs.

According to the author, it is not supposed to leave a thin line. But I have never used it myself. Read this thread where I had a discussion regarding this point with the author. There you can also contact the author directly.

 

[denxnis]

Thanks for the info guys!

 

[Generator]

I can remove your taskbar 100% but you will still be able to open the Start Menu with the Windows key on your keyboard if that's any good to you.

I found the C# source code here but it came as code for a small application with two buttons (one to hide the Taskbar and Start Button and one to show them again). I've modified the code to automatically do what you want upon running it and then it exits, it uses the Windows API so there isn't any dirty hacks involved either.

To make life easier I made it into two exe's, one does the hiding and the other one shows it again.

Simply extract the exe's to your Windows folder and create a shortcut to the 'HideTaskbar.exe' in the Start Menus 'Startup' folder to make it happen upon each bootup.

View attachment HideTaskbar.zip
(Requires Dot.Net 2.0 or higher)

EDIT: Works for Vista too btw!

 

[denxnis]

Generator, you are the man.

Thank you very much for that app.

 

[Generator]

You're more than welcome denxnis.

 

[denxnis]

Hello again!

Your taskbar "hider" has been wonderful, however the taskbar frequently finds its way back after using certain applications such as, full screen video games, movies. When I close out of a game or movie I had just recently ran the taskbar re-appears and I am forced to launch your .exe once again.

Sorry, I am not one to complain and just thought I would let you know. You have quiet a few fans of your software and they are also curious to see if there is a solution to this.

Thanks again for all your help.

 

[metalmania31]

I'm curious why are some of you guys so hell bent on hiding the taskbar?

 

[denxnis]

Many people use rocketDock and Rainmeter to customize their desktops. Not only do these UI modifications look great but they take up less resources than that of the sidebar.

 

[baarod]

Many people use rocketDock and Rainmeter to customize their desktops. Not only do these UI modifications look great but they take up less resources than that of the sidebar.

None of these things do what they need to. Taskbar is part of the shell -- explorer.exe. You'll lose most everything replacing it and that's why they don't try it!

If you really want it gone get Emerge Desktop and add your dock to that.

 

[metalmania31]

Many people use rocketDock and Rainmeter to customize their desktops. Not only do these UI modifications look great but they take up less resources than that of the sidebar.

LOL oh ok. I'm just a little surprised the lengths some of you go to in order to hide it or do a completely different desktop setup. Especially when it could potentially mess up Windows operability.

 

[denxnis]

That's like asking why people modify their cars...

 

[Prisoner]

I noticed it said Solved in the title... but couldn't help posting this. It's my own personal app for hiding the taskbar. It hides it completely, except for the start button. But that can be hidden by using a start orb with full transparency (and it doesn't register when you click in that area when you use this if you are using such a start orb).

View attachment Taskbar Hider.exe

 

[denxnis]

Flawless.

Thank you sir.

 

[Prisoner]

No problem. The code is so simple, I doubt much can go wrong with it

Or at least... so far. Mwuahaha.... (embarrassingly looks around)

 

[baarod]

I noticed it said Solved in the title... but couldn't help posting this. It's my own personal app for hiding the taskbar. It hides it completely, except for the start button. But that can be hidden by using a start orb with full transparency (and it doesn't register when you click in that area when you use this if you are using such a start orb).

View attachment 73033

Source?