Hack to Disable Quick Launch Bar from Reappearing After Enable Windows 7 Superbar

After unlock and enable Superbar (the awesome new Taskbar) feature in Windows 7 pre-beta build version 6801 M3, some users who has disabled or turned off the Quick Launch bar on Taskbar’s Properties (right click on Taskbar to access) may face with peculiar problem. The symptom is that the classic Quick Launch bar may reappear or re-enable itself on log on after every system restart.

To make matter worse, even after users disable and uncheck the Quick Launch option in “Task Bar and Star Menu Properties” again and again after each login, Quick Launch Bar may still mysteriously appear and turn on automatically after system reboot.

In actual, Quick Launch Bar shouldn’t be existed in Windows 7 anymore, as it has been integrated and merged with Taskbar’s button to create the new Superbar. But anyhow, Quick Launch Bar still exist and live in Windows 7 build 6801, even after users unlock the hidden protected features.

To permanently disable Quick Launch Bar in Windows 7, especially with Awesome Bar or Superbar enabled, users can set a policy using Local Group Policy Editor using steps below.

  1. Click on Start button.
  2. Type gpedit.msc into Start Search box, and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter keys simultaneously to run the Group Policy Editor with administrator rights (under default UAC settings).
  3. Navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar tree branch.
  4. Locate Show QuickLaunch on Taskbar option in the right pane.

    Show QuickLaunch on Local Group Policy Editor

  5. Double click on Show QuickLaunch on Taskbar line and set its value to Disabled, and then click OK to confirm the change.

    Policy to Disable Quick Launch Bar on Taskbar

  6. Restart the computer to make the change effective, and Quick Launch Bar won’t appear again forever.

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 30th, 2008 at 2:15 am and is filed under Operating Systems. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Hack to Disable Quick Launch Bar from Reappearing After Enable Windows 7 Superbar”

  1. admin
    January 24th, 2009 13:54
    4

    This is only valid for Windows 7 Build 6801, which is pre-beta.

  2. Skumar
    January 23rd, 2009 21:45
    3

    I have a problem. I can`t find Show quick launch on taskbar, as you have written. Any sugestion?

  3. dilip
    December 26th, 2008 19:30
    2

    I have a problem. I want to remove quick launch and i have read you text. I typed gpedit.msc in run window and it opened a window like in the picture. I selected User configuration-administrative templates-start menu and task bar. Now I have a problem. I can`t find Show quick launch on taskbar, as you have written. Any sugestion?

  4. FreeYM
    November 30th, 2008 16:13
    1

    I wanna thank you for this tip.
    This site is great; i found a lot a useful things.

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