Windows – Create and configure a Windows taskbar toolbar via a script

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When I right-click a Windows taskbar toolbar, I can toggle some options such as Show Text, Show Title and Lock the Taskbar. I can also reorder the icons on the toolbar and set it's position.

How can I do the following via a script?

create a new taskbar toolbar
set the toolbar position
set the order of the icons
toggle Show Text
toggle Show Title
lock the toolbar

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Most of the settings can only be altered by the user, this was a concious design decision by Microsoft. See here and here for some reasons why. If the user runs the script their taskbar could be adjusted. See here for an example.

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Windows – How to save Windows 7 taskbar toolbars into the toolbar list permently

For information: The taskbar's setup is stored in the following registry key :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop.

However, the contents are in binary, so not that easy to change.

The solution could be to use regedit to export the above registry key in its two states : with or without the toolbar. The only hitch is that Explorer has probably to be restarted for the change to take effect, which can be done with a batch file.

Here is a suggestion for such a .bat file :

regedit.exe /s "path of .reg file"
taskkill explorer.exe
explorer.exe

If anything is missing, you could use Sysinternals Process Monitor to trace the "Toolbars -> New toolbar" operation, to see what else is changed in the registry when the toolbar is added.

Windows – Script/Tool to Auto Hide/Unhide Windows Taskbar

Try using Aviassin Taskbar Eliminator.

I heard it is a good one.

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