TASKBAR problems. CANNOT hide.

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i cant hide my taskbar properly. my object dock is set as 'Always On Top'. from what i know after hiding the taskbar the normal windows are suppose to remain at their current size, not extend all the way to the bottom. i need to know how i can hide the taskbar and getting the various windows (ie. folders, ie) to remain the same size and not stretch all the way to the bottom of the screen. one more problem - whenever i click on the 'show desktop' docklet on object dock, even the object dock gets hidden!? how do i solve that. im using object dock plus v1.1 emails to me at [email protected] would also be appreciated. thanks.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"Show Desktop" does not minimize anything. What really happens is a full screen, borderless, explorer window, opens on top of everything.

You can use.

Winkey + M to minimize all
Winkey + shift + M to restore all

Or

Copy and paste the following into a text file and save it as ShowDesktop.vbs. Then create a new shortcut linked to this file.

Set Shell = CreateObject ("Shell.Application")
Shell.MinimizeAll
Set Shell = Nothing

and

Copy and paste the following into a text file and save it as RestoreAll.vbs. Then create a new shortcut linked to this file.

Set Shell = CreateObject ("Shell.Application")
Shell.UndoMinimizeAll
Set Shell = Nothing

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I'll let someone else tackle the other problem. My solution is a bit radical.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have heard of the maximized windows covering ObjectDock when using "Hide windows taskbar" before, and never saw a solution that was an easy setting in windows itself.

Windows is doing what it would normally do if you right-click the taskbar and select "Auto-hide the taskbar" - which then allows maximized windows to occupy the complete screen. Selecting "Keep the taskbar on top of other windows" will allow you to bump the edge to show taskbar.

Probably stuff you already know.

I am thinking that the only solution via "explorer.exe" (windows shell) would be to size your windows as you want them, and use the "Restore" setting instead of "Maximize", to prevent covering the dock.

This way you can always go full screen with maximize, and use restore before closing the window, so the OS will remember the size that you closed at and return it when re-opening.

Hopefully someone with more experience in this issue will drop by with a better alternative.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What about using WindowFX to set the desktop margins?