Solved How To Make Windows 11 Taskbar Uncombined and Unlocked

blacxarea · Jul 23, 2021

RubberDuck said:
Well now I've done it. I followed the instructions from te top most post in this thread. I renamed Explorer to Exploder.exe. I copied explorer.exe from windows 10. That didn't work out well at all so I went back in to delete Explorer.exe and rename the Exploder.exe back to Explorer.exe.
I had a finger twitch ( yeah a likely story) and suddenly Exploder.exe is gone and there is no Explorer.exe either. I found Exploder.exe in Recycle bin and now it wont restore. I get a "required privilege is not held by the client" error.

I am accessing the Windows 11 drive from the Windows 10 drive I have on the same computer. I need the Explorer.exe file from a Windows 11
install or anywhere else I can obtain it. Does anyone have any ideas how I can recover this? Thanks

(gettin older sucks)

Never mind!!! I got it. I ran cmd.exe from taskmanager. I then ran c:\sfc /scannow. I recovered the explorer.exe file nicely.

(gettin older still sucks)

On another note. When I replaced the Explorer.exe file from windows 10 all I got was a black screen and I could not run Explorer.exe from taskmanager. I may try it again.

Hehe.. This is a happy failing story. Never read such this one before.
FYI, I don't replace explorer.exe anymore since the build 22000.71, just apply the "undocking" reghack, install StartIsBack++, and other reghack to make network, volume, and clock show on the system tray.

RubberDuck · Jul 23, 2021

blacxarea said:
Hehe.. This is a happy failing story. Never read such this one before.
FYI, I don't replace explorer.exe anymore since the build 22000.71, just apply the "undocking" reghack, install StartIsBack++, and other reghack to make network, volume, and clock show on the system tray.

Yep . It didn't work the second time either. I'll try what you mentioned here.

I'm the worlds worst at asking for help and than not need it. I am a Ham radio operator aslo. In the past few years ther has appeared what is
call Software Defined Radio or SDR. You have the needed components in the box to receive the signals. All the processing, filtering and audio
setup is done in a PC. It is a great hobby. Anyway, I have been known to look for days trying to gain an answer to a problem in the software. It seems every single time I finally post a question for help, the answer occurs to me. Then a bunch of folks posts solutions about problem I have just found a solution for. I should have waited a little longer this morning.

I'm running the SDR program in Windows 11 and it's working quite well. It seems Microsoft has removed my favorite features. I realize they may add them back over time. Or, someone might find a workaround. Time will tell.

Thanks for the post and have a great weekend.

Heck Yes! The uundocking reghack was absolutely what I was needing. Now I can move the Taskbar where I want it. StartIsBack++ is great as well
I was in the correct thread. I should have started reading from the beginning. Thanks again for the information.

Ruben

blacxarea · Jul 23, 2021

It's a new environment for MS to build on. They remove and add back features slowly until they think it's ready for final release. I believe all the reghack I've use today will not be necessary things later. The updates coming more often and fix any bug one by one. In time, I might still tinkering the registry lines, or maybe not.

Have a great weekend for you too..

RubberDuck · Jul 23, 2021

I've got my vertical Taskbar back and all is there except for the Clock.

blacxarea · Jul 23, 2021

RubberDuck said:
I've got my vertical Taskbar back and all is there except for the Clock.

Try to do this:
Press WIN + R, type:
shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}

That will bring a dialog to activate tray icons.

Or, advanced option, use this:
Add Personalize (classic) context menu in Windows 10

RubberDuck · Jul 23, 2021

blacxarea said:
Try to do this:
Press WIN + R, type:
shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}

That will bring a dialog to activate tray icons.

Or, advanced option, use this:
Add Personalize (classic) context menu in Windows 10

The shell command worked great . I like the seconds on the clock also. Thanks again.

Ruben

blacxarea · Jul 23, 2021

I played with the clock for 1 day or 2 recently, changed the AM/PM to some custom symbols:
Unicode Character Table

Edwin · Jul 24, 2021

Got everything the way I wanted with all the hacks, now it's just boring!

boms19 · Jul 24, 2021

Edwin said:
View attachment 2872

This theme very nice. Can you share me? Thank you so much!

Edwin · Jul 24, 2021

boms19 said:
This theme very nice. Can you share me? Thank you so much!

"Old N Style" for 'Windows Blinds'

blacxarea · Jul 24, 2021

Indeed..

Edwin · Jul 24, 2021

Edwin said:
"Old N Style" for 'Windows Blinds'

His "Old N Foobar" doesn't work properly in W10 and W11...,
... there's a re-pack version somewhere, I just have to find it and post it!

blacxarea · Jul 24, 2021

Edwin said:
His "Old N Foobar" doesn't work properly in W10 and W11...,
... there's a re-pack version somewhere, I just have to find it and post it!

Maybe just upload your repacked version or attach a zip file here..

Edwin · Jul 24, 2021

blacxarea said:
Maybe just upload your repacked version or attach a zip file here..

It's a bit more complicated..., I'll figure something out.

vannn · Jul 24, 2021

ey, can you guys upload the build .51 and or .65 explorer?

Edwin · Jul 24, 2021

vannn said:
ey, can you guys upload the build .51 and or .65 explorer?

I don't think we're allowed to!

(Wouldn't be wise, at least..., could cause an unwary user a lot of grief)

blacxarea · Jul 24, 2021

vannn said:
ey, can you guys upload the build .51 and or .65 explorer?

Why want that?

boms19 · Jul 24, 2021

blacxarea said:
Hehe.. This is a happy failing story. Never read such this one before.
FYI, I don't replace explorer.exe anymore since the build 22000.71, just apply the "undocking" reghack, install StartIsBack++, and other reghack to make network, volume, and clock show on the system tray.

When I apply "unlocking" reghack. Taskbar back to like windows 10 very nice but have one issue "Menu right click on explorer" has been hide under explorer. So how i can fix it? Thanks you!

Edwin · Jul 24, 2021

boms19 said:
...one issue "Menu right click on explorer" has been hide under explorer...

I had the same thing a couple of times..., I don't know why..., restart Explorer or reboot.

blacxarea · Jul 25, 2021

boms19 said:
When I apply "unlocking" reghack. Taskbar back to like windows 10 very nice but have one issue "Menu right click on explorer" has been hide under explorer. So how i can fix it? Thanks you!

Doesn't happens here. But I can't explain anything, because I forgot what are reghacks that applied on my PC. I've tried too many codes and didn't document them, silly me.

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