Disable taskbar context menu.

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The menu that appears on right-clicking the taskbar can be disabled through this setting.
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Description:
The taskbar right-click menu gives the option to re-arrange open windows in different styles, manage toolbars, check the properties of taskbar as well as perform other tasks. This registry setting can apply a check and disable the right-click menu on taskbar. For this, go to start > run, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value taskbarcontextmenu, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can disable taskbar context menu. However, if you want to show the menu back, change the value data to 0 or delete the value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]</b>, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "TaskbarContextMenu" in "Advanced" key.
Next, right-click on "TaskbarContextMenu" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value User "1" without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'.


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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: TaskbarContextMenu
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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