Lock Taskbar's Size and Position

  • Section(s): Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 3 out of 5 based on 21 votes.
Got the taskbar the way you want it and want to prevent its location from being moved or resized? Use the following registry hack to control this function:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Name: TaskbarSizeMove
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0 locked
Value: 1 unlocked

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