How to Remove the People Bar from Windows 10 Taskbar without kill explorer?

[youtuber]

How does the Windows operating system do it manually? 
There must be a magic code or deceptive code for this 😕

#RequireAdmin
RegWrite('HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\People', 'PeopleBand','REG_DWORD',Number('0'))
RegWrite('HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer', 'HidePeopleBar','REG_DWORD',Number('1'))
RegWrite('HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer', 'HidePeopleBar','REG_DWORD',Number('1'))

 

[tinygoblin]

Maybe something like this after RegWrite:

taskkill /im StartMenuExperienceHost.exe /f

 

[rsn]

This sparked interest in me and I looked around for a solution but it's beyond my understanding. It looks like it can be done via dll call/sendmessage but the syntax is the challenge. I found this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70260518/how-can-i-refresh-the-taskbar-programatically-in-windows-10-and-higher

It seems right on the cusp of what you're trying to do but, again, beyond my meager understanding.

 

Also killing StartMenuExperienceHost.exe won't refresh the taskbar. 

[youtuber]

@rsnThe Task at the url you posted hides the view, I converted it to autoit code but People Bar does not hide.

#RequireAdmin
Global $HWND_BROADCAST = 0xffff
Global $WM_SETTINGCHANGE = 0x001A
Global $WM_ERASEBKGND = 0x0014

RegWrite('HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced', 'ShowTaskViewButton','REG_DWORD',Number('0'))
RegWrite('HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\People', 'PeopleBand','REG_DWORD',Number('0'))
RegWrite('HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer', 'HidePeopleBar','REG_DWORD',Number('1'))
RegWrite('HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer', 'HidePeopleBar','REG_DWORD',Number('1'))

;SendNotifyMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, 0, (LPARAM) TEXT("TraySettings"))

DllCall("user32.dll", "lresult", "SendNotifyMessage", _
"int", $HWND_BROADCAST, _
"int", $WM_SETTINGCHANGE, _
"int", $WM_ERASEBKGND, _
"str", "TraySettings")

 

 

[rudi]

Hello,

 

try this one, it might help to refresh the desktop settings (task bar is a part of it) without the need to logoff / logon:

RUNDLL32.EXE USER32.DLL,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters 1, True

 

[youtuber]

I tried all possibilities for this but unfortunately, People Bar is still available in Taskbar 😃

I even cleared the cache of the icons, maybe it will work, but unfortunately.

#RequireAdmin
RegWrite('HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\People', 'PeopleBand','REG_DWORD',Number('0'))
RegWrite('HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer', 'HidePeopleBar','REG_DWORD',Number('1'))
RegWrite('HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer', 'HidePeopleBar','REG_DWORD',Number('1'))

_Update_Explorer()
Run("RunDll32.exe USER32.DLL,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters ,1 ,True")
Run("ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache")
DllCall("shell32.dll", "int", 660, "int", 1) ;660 = FileIconInit

Func _Update_Explorer()
Local $bOld = Opt("WinSearchChildren", True)
Local $a = WinList("[CLASS:SHELLDLL_DefView]")
For $i = 0 To UBound($a) - 1
DllCall("user32.dll", "long", "SendMessage", "hwnd", $a[$i][1], "int", 0x111, "int", 28931, "int", 0)
Next
Opt("WinSearchChildren", $bOld)
EndFunc   ;==>_Update_Explorer

I even searched for the "TraySettings" parameter in Spy++, which is in the solution with the url on stackoverflow sent by your @rsn friend. There is no such parameter.

;SendNotifyMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, 0, (LPARAM) TEXT("TraySettings"))

[rsn]

The applet that is at that stackoverflow link does toggle the Task View button. Your conversion of it does it as well. I was thinking that People might not be too dissimilar but I don't actually understand what the heck is going on so there's that. So much so that People doesn't even show up in my right click menu!   

My understanding is that "UpdatePerUserSystemParameters" stopped working around Windows 8. 

[youtuber]

9 minutes ago, rsn said:

So much so that People doesn't even show up in my right click menu!   

This will bring it back.

#RequireAdmin
RegWrite('HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer', 'HidePeopleBar','REG_DWORD',Number('0'))

 

[rsn]

Ah, yes, duh.  And thank you.