Windows 10: Taskbar Auto hide option on a custom Start Menu XML File + Hide Clock, Hide Search and Hide...

Hello,


I'm Creating a Standard windows Desktop for the computers in my company, so I want to Import a custom Start Menu, and Taskbar along with some group policies.

So it's rather easy to deploy a Custom Start Menu and Taskbar, I'm Looking for a rather Clean one, here's my code so Far for the XML File


Code Block:

<LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" Version="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout">

<LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth="6" />

<DefaultLayoutOverride>

<StartLayoutCollection>

<defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth="6" />

</StartLayoutCollection>

</DefaultLayoutOverride>

<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">

<defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>

<taskbar:TaskbarPinList>

</taskbar:TaskbarPinList>

</defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>

</CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

</LayoutModificationTemplate>


What I'm missing is a way to turn the Task bar Auto hide on, is there a XML command that will allow me to do this?

I'm also looking for a way to disable the Clock, Search bar and Taskview Button.

I know that I can click all those off but I would prefer to make it trough a script, default XML Start Menu File or Group Policiy because those are easy to deploy


I know that there's group policy to hide the Clock

and one can disable the Search box & Taskview button with the following registry keys, changed in Powershell:


New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" -Name "SearchboxTaskbarMode" -Value "0" -PropertyType DWORD -Force



New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" -Name "ShowTaskViewButton" -Value "0" -PropertyType DWORD -Force


And Theoretically I can set the Autohide with:


&{$p="HKU:\[$sid]\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3";$v=Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $p.Settings;$v[8]=2;&Set-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $p -Name Settings -Value $v;&Stop-Process -f -ProcessName explorer}


But this is not 100% Reliable since I'm trying to change these settings for just one user.

Is there a way to do it trough an custom XML?


Thx in Advance

:)

 

how to effectively hide or disable the taskbar?

Hi,



Did you try the “Auto-hide the taskbar” option from Taskbar properties?



If you have not tried it, I would suggest you to follow these steps and auto-hide the taskbar:

• Right click on Taskbar.
• Click on Properties
• Check the box Auto-hide the taskbar.
• Click on OK.

Hope this information helps.

 

Auto Hide Taskbar Not hiding Windows 10

Hi Peter,

It looks like you're having problems with the auto-hide feature of your taskbar. For us to effectively assist you with your concern, we would like to know the following:

• When did you start experiencing the problem?
• Did you make any changes to your computer prior to the issue?
• Have you tried to turn on and off the auto-hide feature, and see if it helps?
• Have you tried turning on the auto-hide function without any apps opened on the taskbar?

Also, make sure that there are notifications from apps whether on the taskbar or on the system tray that requires your attention, and need to be checked. This is also one of the reasons why the taskbar doesn't automatically hide.

Regards.

 

Auto hide taskbar not working

Hi Susan,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand your concern about auto-hiding Taskbar on Windows 10.

This issue might have occurred due to Taskbar settings, try the below and check if it helps.

Steps to enable auto-hide Taskbar:

• Right click in the empty space on the Taskbar, click on
  Properties,
• Under Taskbar tab, check mark the Auto-hide the Taskbar option, click on
  Apply and Ok.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.