Taskbar "on top" question and bug.

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Freddy Ben-Zeev

Question: Does anyone know where is the state of the "Keep taskbar on top"
option stored? I would like to configure this option off in the image (or
during FBA). Using regmon.exe (on my XP Pro) shows only two registry entries
being written, but they are written with the SAME values - independent of
the state of this option (the values being written correspond to the state
of the "Lock the taskbar" and "Group similar taskbar buttons" options).

Bug: When setting the "Keep taskbar on top" option (manually) on my target
XPE device, the option does not persist past restart (and no, the EWF is NOT
enabled). Any ideas?

Freddy
 
I can confirm you that it is stored for each user in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
So you can find it in hive file ntuser.dat for wanted user.

Values that you see from regmon that are written are irrelevant since they
don't contain setting you need. Since regmon is useless in this case, you
will have to do things manually.

Save ntuser.dat from user folder that you are trying to modify from admin
account.
Then log as user for which you are tracking changes.
Change value.
Log Off.
Log on as admin again.
Then again save ntuser.dat.

Now you have hive before and after the change.

Load them in offline mode. Export values to reg file for each. And then use
fc to compare text files.

You will find differences. But you probably won't like values you will see.

Regards,
Slobodan
 
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