getting rid of the taskbar...

[lovehatehero]

Well, as the title says i would like to know if i can get rid of the taskbar...I like to use rocketdock and have it all set up and nice, just want to know if i can get that ugly task bar to gtfo...also, if anyone uses rocketdock how do i get programs to minimize to the dock instead of the taskbar..

[SephYuyX]

This? Right Click it > Properties > uncheck 'lock the taskbar' > check 'Autohide the taskbar' > uncheck Keep the taskbar on top of other windows' > ok

Or do you actually want to kill it?
Use at your own risk:

delete
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]

and add to
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
“NoSetTaskbar”=dword:00000001
“NoTrayItemsDisplay”=dword:00000001
“HideClock”=dword:00000001
“NoToolbarsOnTaskbar”=dword:00000001
“NoTrayContextMenu”=dword:00000001
“NoSaveSettings”=dword:00000000

*NOTE if you wish to have this only applied until your next reboot, run this with:
“NoSaveSettings”=dword:00000001 instead.
this will keep windows from saving these settings, and the taskbar should reappear on your next reboot
**If it doesn’t, change all the values to 000000 to disable ALL features, also remove the - from the first path line. This will return the taskbar and it’s components.
*NOTE you may have to re-add

[geno]

Hiding the bar: RocketDock - TaskBar Toggler *UPDATED FOR XP* or if you have Vista this one should work: RocketDock - Taskbar Hider Beta

This guy's docklet thing should do the trick I think. There are really a ton of addons on that website too for things like that if you search around. It is a common thing a lot of rocketdock users want to get rid of I think (though I don't mind both)

As for getting things to minimize to it, I'm pretty sure its right-click > Dock Settings > General > Minimize Windows to the Dock. I don't use that feature though so maybe you need to check some other things too to get it to work for everything.