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All you have to do ...(was: Re: TASKBAR - Registry Settings for Autohide?)

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From: Ola Arne SNAPA
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 00:00

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bmitchel@atcon.com (Blair Mitchell) wrote:

>womble@broadwtr.demon.co.uk (Dean Richardson) wrote:

>>Does anyone know the registry entry to make the Taskbar auto hide?  My
>>company needs to know this to modify 900 machines !

>>I've tried exporting the registry, modifying the task bar, exporting
>>the registry again and comparing the two exports.  I can't find
>>anything obvious - apart from possible hex: entries.

>>Any advice to me by EMail please: Womble@broadwtr.demon.co.uk

>>Regards,
>>Dean

>Why edit the registry for this? All you have to do is right click on an empty spot on the task bar,
>choose properties and check "Auto hide".

"All you have to do ...", indeed !  What if it were YOU they'd picked 
to do this - I agree - simple operation? On 900 machines, remember?! 
How many could you do in a day? Wouldn't you look for an 
easier way to do it? A standard setup for every machine?

Sometimes, what's easy for a single user, can be a nightmare for a
sys-op ....

- Ola

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Ola A. Snapa                            snapa@cadrus.fr
"There are three kinds of people: those who can count
 and those who can't;"
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From: snapa@cadrus.fr (Ola Arne SNAPA)
Subject: All you have to do ...(was: Re: TASKBAR - Registry Settings for Autohide?)
Date: 1996/03/16
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