WinXP and a clean desktop

Hi there. I got a nice little HTPC with a remote. I use the a program called uICE for my remote and it displays the menus right on the windows desktop, it looks a little ugly if the desktop is not clean. I know how to hide the icons, but i also want to hide the startmenu and bar. I know that you can drag the bar out of the screen, but it leaves a litle line left of the bar down in the screen corner, and it irretates me :) Is it anyway to hide it exaktly like the icons? /Anders

Hi, I never got into the HTPC stuff, but if you don't know these links you'll find it interesting :) Bilu

i know them :) Both forums are dedicated to their projects, and dont like threads outside their own applications. And this is not a general HTPC question, more a windows question howto remove the startmenu and bar (if possible) /Anders

Anywhere you recommend to get skins for Tclock2? I checked out some of the links from the site, but nothing really struck my fancy.

@int 21h Sorry, I haven't seen any good skins for TClock2 myself, although I certainly wouldn't say I looked very hard. Probably the best thing to do if you are interesed in a dramatically different look is to use a program like 3cc which changes all the color settings, including the taskbar color. Make sure you try and play around with all of the settings in Tclock2 though, if you haven't already - using small desktop icons, a flat taskbar, and icons only for tasks makes a HUGE difference in the way your Windows will look. If you're looking for an even bigger impact, check out , although it's not for the faint of heart :D .

Download this little tool>>(Right Click "Save As") and forget your Taskbar like a bad dream :D,check the readme file for further instruction.

Thanks. I'll use taskbarhide. Nice little program :) do you know if it's freeware for commercial use? /Anders

By the way, is the program memeory resident? I couldnt find it in the task manager after i've executed it. /Anders

I've tried to make it start at startup like they say in teh readme "To run it at startup for all users then include the entire path in the following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" But i just dont get it. Should i create a new sring named Run under the key CurrentUser or what? And then give it the atribute "c:\program\tbh.exe" ? /Anders

This program where created by Spenser Schroeder (CrazyOne) and it's copyrighted, no, I don't know how to contact him.:) No this program isn't memory resident, upon execution it's makes one API call and then quits. Create One String Value inside the "Run" folder and name it "TaskBarHide" then open it and write within "Edit String" box full path to the TBH.exe. >>