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How to Enable or Disable Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars in Vista Information | | This will show you how to enable or disable the ability for all users on the computer to add a new taskbar toolbar or remove a current taskbar toolbar in Vista. This is enabled by default in Vista. |  | RELATED LINKS: EXAMPLE: Toolbars Enabled and Disabled in Start Menu and Taskbar Properties NOTE: You can see this window by right clicking on the taskbar, Start menu button, or inside the Start menu and click on Properties.  
EXAMPLE: Toolbars Enabled and Disabled in the Taskbar Right Click (Context) Menu NOTE: If Toolbars is missing and not grayed out, then see this link instead: How to Enable or Disable Taskbar Toolbars in Vista 
| METHOD ONE: |
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| Through the Local Group Policy Editor |
NOTE | | This method is only available for the Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions. See Method Two below for the Vista Home Basic and Home Premium editions. |  | 1. Open the Start Menu.
2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type gpedit.msc and press Enter.
3. Click Continue for the UAC prompt.
4. In the left pane, click on User Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Start Menu and Taskbar. (See screenshot below)
5. In the right pane, right click on Prevent users from adding or removing toolbars and click on Properties.
6. To Enable Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars - A) Dot Disabled or Not Configured and click OK. (See screenshot below)
B) Go to step 8.
7. To Disable Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars - A) Dot Enabled and click OK.
8. Close Local Group Policy Editor window.
| METHOD TWO: |
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| Through the Registry |
NOTE | | This method will work for all Vista versions. | | Through a Download:1. To Enable Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars - A) Click on the download button below to download the
Enable_Add-Remove_Taskbar_Toolbars.reg file.
B) Go to step 3.
2. To Disable Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars - A) Click on the download button below to download the
Disable_Add-Remove_Taskbar_Toolbars.reg file.
3. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the Desktop.
4. Right click on the .reg file (on Desktop) and click on Merge.
5. Click on the Run button in the Security Warning pop-up.
6. Click on Continue (UAC), Yes, and then OK when prompted.
7. When done, you can delete the .reg file (on Desktop).
The Manual Way:1. Open the Start Menu.
2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter.
3. Click the Continue button for the UAC prompt.
4. In regedit, go to: (See screenshot below)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
5. To Disable Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars -A) In the right pane, right click on a empty area and click on New and DWORD (32-bit) Value. (See screenshot above)
B) Type TaskbarNoAddRemoveToolbar and press Enter.
C) Right click on TaskbarNoAddRemoveToolbar and click on Modify. (See screenshot below)
 D) Type 1 and click on OK. (See screenshot below)
 E) The registry will now look like this. (See screenshot below)
 F) Go to step 7.
6. To Enable Adding and Removing Taskbar Toolbars - A) In the right pane, right click on TaskbarNoAddRemoveToolbar and click on Delete. (See screenshot above)
B) Click on Yes to confirm deletion.
7. Close regedit.
That's it,
Shawn
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Applies to | | All Vista Versions | | 64 Bit & 32 Bit | |
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