Hide Taskbar

Exone,

Actually, there is a problem doing it that way. You have to switch taskbar autohide on and off because if you don't, the space the taskbar takes remains when you kill it. If the space stays there unused, you might as well leave the taskbar there.

Exone,

Thanks. Yes that works well. I should redo some instructions to do it like that.

The only nice thing about switching autohide on and off as I did in my method is that when I hide the taskbar, the Start orb glides away gracefully, and because it takes your eye, it makes it look as if the whole taskbar glides smoothly away. Using StartKiller as you suggested results in a sudden disappearance.

But it would certainly be much simpler to implement.

@Dallas
Get "StartKiller" then, it removes the startorb ;D
and use "ExMenu" ( my app on this site) to access startmenu :P


Nice docklet!

hmm.....
i think that better develop docklet... rly dokclet, not 2 diffrent app.
and own icons.. that changes if state of bar change ^_^
i upload it soon i think)) then dev it)

You didn't reply to my post.

I'd really like the simple functionality that I have managed to accomplish - but in just one tool.

Do you wanna give it a go? :)

Just add the Hide Taskbar exe in your dock and click on it when you want to hide it....

else add it to the startup (Start > All Programs > Startup > right click > open). paste the exe there or create a shortcut there pointing to this exe.

you are done !!

i need help please explain how to do it! :(

Hi, I uploaded a method for toggling the taskbar just a bit before your upload. I've been using the Aviassin TaskbarEliminator for ages (it used to be the KaneBT taskbar hider). Like yours, it kills it very reliably. Some others fail routinely ie the thing just reappears when you do certain processes.

I used to just kill my taskbar until Windows 7, but now I'm finding the Win7 taskbar is just great as a running apps bar. I don't pin anything to it, so don't use it as a launcher. I use my Dock for that, so, likewise, I don't show running apps on the dock, just launchers using shortcuts and Stacks. I find it works very well. No jumble of launcher and running apps on either the dock or the taskbar. So I don't want the taskbar there all the time, but when I do, I want it there quickly and easily. Taskbar autohide is annoying, so I figured it would be good to be able to have a hot corner that would popup the taskbar, and then kill it when I want to.

Hence my technique.

But it's quite complicated for what is, really, quite a simple piece of functionality.

I'm not a coder except for quite simple stuff like a bit of vbs.

I wonder if you could adapt your technique to do in one tool what I've got in my rather complicated method.

The challenge is showing and hiding the Start orb. I notice that, in Win7 at least, your hider doesn't hide the Start orb unless autohide is turned on first. Same with the Aviassin Eliminator. So to have the taskbar either there (with autohide off), or not there at all, you have to turn autohide on when you kill the taskbar, then turn it off when you reactivate the taskbar.

finally got ride of that thing
Works Perfectly
thanks!!

when you rate it low, please feel free to pass a comment/suggestion.
This will help me making the application better.

Thanks,
Koushh