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    Getting rid of a bar

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Nuta, Mar 28, 2008.

  1. Nuta

    Nuta Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, Im creating my desktop for vista and so far so good, nice and clean looking, but one thing I cant stand is the organize bar.(see pic) Just wondering if anyone has experience or knows how to get rid of the bar,

    Thanks, Tyler

    FIX: Auto-hide the bar

    Ok first off if somthing happens I wont take blame for it. Make sure you back-up your files. You need to download reshacker. Launch it and drag C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\ (Whatever theme your using)\Shell\NormalColor\shellstyle.dll into it (make sure you back it up, it does back it up for you, but better be safe then sorry). Then click UIFILE then 1 then 1033. Press ctrl-F and search for

    <style resid='FolderBandStyle'>

    in the script. On the next line put in

    <if mousefocused="false" mousewithin="false"><Element padding="rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,-28rp)"/></if>

    so it should look a little like this

    <style resid='FolderBandStyle'>
    <if mousefocused="false" mousewithin="false"><Element padding="rect(0rp,0rp,0rp,-28rp)"/></if>
    <Element
    background="argb(0, 0, 0, 0)"
    />


    Click compile Script on the top of the page and then save it save. Then re-apply the theme and it should be hidden until mouse is over it. If not, try restarting.
     

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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    I haven't seen a method to get rid of that yet, but if you use a different theme, it can look a lot nicer.

    bar.jpg
     
    pixelot, Mar 28, 2008
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  3. Nuta

    Nuta Notebook Consultant

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    ya ive been looking at different themes, but there pretty hard to come by for vista that is, but this one I use gives me transparent bars on everything, which I want, but in return I get that black bar....no clue why, guess ill keep looking around for a new theme until I figure out how to hide it
     
    Nuta, Mar 28, 2008
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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    have you tried looking in folder options?
     
    Harper2.0, Mar 28, 2008
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  5. Nuta

    Nuta Notebook Consultant

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    That was the first place i Looked. im currently looking at the hex code of explorer.exe......see if somthing shows up
     
    Nuta, Mar 29, 2008
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  6. Nuta

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    FIXED IT. I decided to look around more deeply in other forums and found a auto-hide edit, so now it doesnt show until my mouse is over :) even better then what I wanted
     
    Nuta, Mar 29, 2008
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  7. sathyaterry

    sathyaterry Notebook Evangelist

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    It would be helpful if u posted the edit
     
    sathyaterry, Mar 29, 2008
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  8. j3oomerang

    j3oomerang Notebook Guru

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    that would be helpful indeed. Thats the downside to forums like these. Now i want something i didnt even know i watned before.
     
    j3oomerang, Mar 29, 2008
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