Turning the Quick Launch Bar on using the Registry

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Hello,

I am trying to customise my default profile using registry hacks. So far I
have been quite successful in finding all of the ones that I want, however,
the only one that I can't get to work is turning on or off the quick launch
bar using the registry.

whenever you turn it on or off it modifies the following key
[HKEY_USERS\temp\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enum]
"Implementing"=hex:1c,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,d5,07,01,00,06,00,16,00,01,00,25,00,\
37,00,bb,00,03,00,00,00,81,45,e0,01,ee,4e,d0,11,bf,e9,00,aa,00,5b,43,83,21,\
bf,5c,0e,5f,d1,d0,11,83,01,00,aa,00,5b,43,83,8b,8a,0d,54,3f,1c,32,4e,81,32,\
53,0f,6a,50,20,90

however, modifying the above values don't do anything.

I then monitored the file system and noticed that the following DLL is being
modified everything I turn it on or off.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcss.dll

I googled this however I couldn't really find alot of information on it.
What does this DLL do?

Does anyone know how I can turn the quicklauch bar on or off using either a
script, registry or whatever?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

See if this helps:

To be launched from Runonce key, not Run

MSFN -> Enabling Quick Launch through registry or script:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.ph [...] 34&t=21941

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Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"goneill3" <goneill3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EEB2007E-74E0-472F-9F44-C519D3AB547B@microsoft.com...
Hello,

I am trying to customise my default profile using registry hacks. So far I
have been quite successful in finding all of the ones that I want, however,
the only one that I can't get to work is turning on or off the quick launch
bar using the registry.

whenever you turn it on or off it modifies the following key
[HKEY_USERS\temp\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enum]
"Implementing"=hex:1c,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,d5,07,01,00,06,00,16,00,01,00,25,00,\
37,00,bb,00,03,00,00,00,81,45,e0,01,ee,4e,d0,11,bf,e9,00,aa,00,5b,43,83,21,\
bf,5c,0e,5f,d1,d0,11,83,01,00,aa,00,5b,43,83,8b,8a,0d,54,3f,1c,32,4e,81,32,\
53,0f,6a,50,20,90

however, modifying the above values don't do anything.

I then monitored the file system and noticed that the following DLL is being
modified everything I turn it on or off.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcss.dll

I googled this however I couldn't really find alot of information on it.
What does this DLL do?

Does anyone know how I can turn the quicklauch bar on or off using either a
script, registry or whatever?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

Hi,

Thanks for the replys.
I did find another thread that pointed to the same web page that Ramesh
pointed out - thanks

This did work for me, however, what I did was to load the default profile in
the registry, change the settings, unload the profile and then log on with a
new user account. Quick launch bar was there.

David, I don't quite understand what you were trying to say about using the
CTRL + ALT. Can you please explain further.

cheers,
oneill3

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> See if this helps:
>
> To be launched from Runonce key, not Run
>
> MSFN -> Enabling Quick Launch through registry or script:
> http://www.msfn.org/board/index.ph [...] 34&t=21941
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "goneill3" <goneill3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EEB2007E-74E0-472F-9F44-C519D3AB547B@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to customise my default profile using registry hacks. So far I
> have been quite successful in finding all of the ones that I want, however,
> the only one that I can't get to work is turning on or off the quick launch
> bar using the registry.
>
> whenever you turn it on or off it modifies the following key
> [HKEY_USERS\temp\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enum]
> "Implementing"=hex:1c,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,d5,07,01,00,06,00,16,00,01,00,25,00,\
> 37,00,bb,00,03,00,00,00,81,45,e0,01,ee,4e,d0,11,bf,e9,00,aa,00,5b,43,83,21,\
> bf,5c,0e,5f,d1,d0,11,83,01,00,aa,00,5b,43,83,8b,8a,0d,54,3f,1c,32,4e,81,32,\
> 53,0f,6a,50,20,90
>
> however, modifying the above values don't do anything.
>
> I then monitored the file system and noticed that the following DLL is being
> modified everything I turn it on or off.
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcss.dll
>
> I googled this however I couldn't really find alot of information on it.
> What does this DLL do?
>
> Does anyone know how I can turn the quicklauch bar on or off using either a
> script, registry or whatever?
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

Well if you change it while explorer is running, when you shutdown explorer will write it's current settings back. The current settings are read from the registry at startup. Kept and adjusted in memory. So it's pointless to edit while explorer is running. As it will never know you changed anything and will overwrite your chances.

If you want to know what Ctrl + Alt does try it.

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"goneill3" <goneill3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2C3723DF-7CF2-4A59-AE8D-4F1F06BDAEE9@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the replys.
> I did find another thread that pointed to the same web page that Ramesh
> pointed out - thanks
>
> This did work for me, however, what I did was to load the default profile in
> the registry, change the settings, unload the profile and then log on with a
> new user account. Quick launch bar was there.
>
> David, I don't quite understand what you were trying to say about using the
> CTRL + ALT. Can you please explain further.
>
> cheers,
> oneill3
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> See if this helps:
>>
>> To be launched from Runonce key, not Run
>>
>> MSFN -> Enabling Quick Launch through registry or script:
>> http://www.msfn.org/board/index.ph [...] 34&t=21941
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "goneill3" <goneill3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EEB2007E-74E0-472F-9F44-C519D3AB547B@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to customise my default profile using registry hacks. So far I
>> have been quite successful in finding all of the ones that I want, however,
>> the only one that I can't get to work is turning on or off the quick launch
>> bar using the registry.
>>
>> whenever you turn it on or off it modifies the following key
>> [HKEY_USERS\temp\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enum]
>> "Implementing"=hex:1c,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,d5,07,01,00,06,00,16,00,01,00,25,00,\
>> 37,00,bb,00,03,00,00,00,81,45,e0,01,ee,4e,d0,11,bf,e9,00,aa,00,5b,43,83,21,\
>> bf,5c,0e,5f,d1,d0,11,83,01,00,aa,00,5b,43,83,8b,8a,0d,54,3f,1c,32,4e,81,32,\
>> 53,0f,6a,50,20,90
>>
>> however, modifying the above values don't do anything.
>>
>> I then monitored the file system and noticed that the following DLL is being
>> modified everything I turn it on or off.
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcss.dll
>>
>> I googled this however I couldn't really find alot of information on it.
>> What does this DLL do?
>>
>> Does anyone know how I can turn the quicklauch bar on or off using either a
>> script, registry or whatever?
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
>>
>>