Help with an XP hack

danj · 11-29-2007, 09:31 PM

Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone could help me either change a setting I'm not aware of, or do a registry hack to customize certain features of my task bar.

I keep it hidden because I don't like it on the screen, and I use the program "start killer" to get rid of the start button while keeping its functionality with the windows key on my keyboard (or ctrl+esc). What I want to change is how when you move the mouse to the edge of the screen where the task bar is hidden, it pops up - I want it to only pop up when I hit the windows key or ctrl+esc.

This is an annoying feature because it pops up when I don't want it to.

thanks,

-dan

dmaksimov · 11-29-2007, 10:19 PM

umm im not sure if you could do that, you probably cant

danj · 12-02-2007, 04:02 AM

thanks for trying.... I'll go to a forum where folks know about programming.

leeroyMarv · 12-02-2007, 11:44 AM

As dmaksimov already said its highly unlikely that you could do that and programmers won't be able to help you either because what you're talking about would likely require modifying the code of Windows itself, and clearly you can't do that as its not open source, otherwise everyone would have their own versions of Windows

run4it · 12-02-2007, 12:40 PM

umm.... this might seem really simple and probably isn't what you're looking for but i'll give it a shot anyways. couldn't u just shrink it down as far as it'll go so that it doesn't pop up? i mean, if u do that a little blue line will show up at the bottom of the screen if u move the mouse down there but unless you're that picky that shouldn't matter.

danj · 12-04-2007, 05:00 AM

Very good. This works well. Thanks a lot! It solves my problem.

By the way, I talked to a programming friend of mine who informed me that the windows code is not that hard to modify with the right tools, and that a hack like this really isn't that hard.

thanks for the help run4it!

-dan

Eternal Rest · 12-04-2007, 08:00 AM

Just for future reference, editing windows is not hard at all. All you have to do is search download.com for a hex editor (I use hex workshop) and then open up explorer.exe in there. Make sure you don't change anything though without knowing what you're doing, or you'll mess explorer up.

11-29-2007, 09:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
danj Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: earth Posts: 58	Help with an XP hack Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could help me either change a setting I'm not aware of, or do a registry hack to customize certain features of my task bar. I keep it hidden because I don't like it on the screen, and I use the program "start killer" to get rid of the start button while keeping its functionality with the windows key on my keyboard (or ctrl+esc). What I want to change is how when you move the mouse to the edge of the screen where the task bar is hidden, it pops up - I want it to only pop up when I hit the windows key or ctrl+esc. This is an annoying feature because it pops up when I don't want it to. thanks, -dan

11-29-2007, 10:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
dmaksimov Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 85	umm im not sure if you could do that, you probably cant __________________ cpu: amd athlon 64 3200+ ram: 1 gb 120 gb hard drive 200 gb hard driv graphics card: 128 mb nvidia geforce 6100

12-02-2007, 12:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
run4it Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 20 Posts: 234	umm.... this might seem really simple and probably isn't what you're looking for but i'll give it a shot anyways. couldn't u just shrink it down as far as it'll go so that it doesn't pop up? i mean, if u do that a little blue line will show up at the bottom of the screen if u move the mouse down there but unless you're that picky that shouldn't matter. __________________ Intel Quad-Core Q6600 G0 2.4 GHz Kentsfield XFX nForce 680i SLI Socket 775 Motherboard XFX GeForce 8600GTS 256 MB PCI-E G.Skill 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz 320 GB Seagate Sata, 2 x 80 GB WD Pata Hard Drives Xp Pro x32

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12-02-2007, 04:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
danj Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: earth Posts: 58	thanks for trying.... I'll go to a forum where folks know about programming.

12-02-2007, 11:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
leeroyMarv Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 181	As dmaksimov already said its highly unlikely that you could do that and programmers won't be able to help you either because what you're talking about would likely require modifying the code of Windows itself, and clearly you can't do that as its not open source, otherwise everyone would have their own versions of Windows

12-04-2007, 05:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
danj Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: earth Posts: 58	Very good. This works well. Thanks a lot! It solves my problem. By the way, I talked to a programming friend of mine who informed me that the windows code is not that hard to modify with the right tools, and that a hack like this really isn't that hard. thanks for the help run4it! -dan

12-04-2007, 08:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
Eternal Rest Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 122	Just for future reference, editing windows is not hard at all. All you have to do is search download.com for a hex editor (I use hex workshop) and then open up explorer.exe in there. Make sure you don't change anything though without knowing what you're doing, or you'll mess explorer up.