Solved How To Make Windows 11 Taskbar Uncombined and Unlocked


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Found something interesting for anyone using the reghack without replacing explorer.exe
YTrayClock

Fully customizable
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dacrone said:
so this says "can't replace tray clock" when attempting to launch... anything in particular you did to run it? thanks.
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Didn't happens on mine. I just turn off the original Windows 11 clock and installed this one. Running really smooth..
 

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Santa is coming again. I wonder what he wraps now..

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Does Windows Search Work after replacing the explorer?
 

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bisaalz said:
Does Windows Search Work after replacing the explorer?
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Yes it works.
Except if you apply the reghack to "undocking disabled," the button on the Taskbar usually doesn't work.
I installed StartIsBack++ to replace the Start Menu, and the search works again.
The "undocking disabled" reghack also makes Win + X, Win + S, and Win + Q shortcuts failed.

This reghack is to block the new right-click menu. If you only need the old taskbar and just happy with
the new right-click menus, don't apply this one.
 

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blacxarea said:
Yes it works.
Except if you apply the reghack to "undocking disabled," the button on the Taskbar usually doesn't work.
I installed StartIsBack++ to replace the Start Menu, and the search works again.
The "undocking disabled" reghack also makes Win + X, Win + S, and Win + Q shortcuts failed.

This reghack is to block the new right-click menu. If you only need the old taskbar and just happy with
the new right-click menus, don't apply this one.
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I need the old windows 10 taskbar with search functioning. I am still on leaked build 21996.1. The main reason i like this build because you can only get windows defender updates no big cummulative update which hangs during background update because i am on Laptop spinning HDD I will move to rtm when i purchase SSD. I find this build lot stable. Using undocking disabled not only breaks the search but also breaks the windows explorer search. Is there a registry hack to fix search with old windows 10 taskbar enabled. I just dont like the spacing between icons of windows 11 taskbar when small taskbar is enabled.
 

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bisaalz said:
I need the old windows 10 taskbar with search functioning. I am still on leaked build 21996.1. The main reason i like this build because you can only get windows defender updates no big cummulative update which hangs during background update because i am on Laptop spinning HDD I will move to rtm when i purchase SSD. I find this build lot stable. Using undocking disabled not only breaks the search but also breaks the windows explorer search. Is there a registry hack to fix search with old windows 10 taskbar enabled. I just dont like the spacing between icons of windows 11 taskbar when small taskbar is enabled.
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no other way.

you can install startisback and use its search.

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vannn said:
no other way.

you can install startisback and use its search.

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After replacing windows 10 21h1 explorer.exe to windows 11 search is working but its on the center of screen even i enabled windows 10 start menu(because i am on build 21996.1) which is not a big deal for me but right click on startmenu button doesnot work is there a way to enable right click on start button.
 

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bisaalz said:
After replacing windows 10 21h1 explorer.exe to windows 11 search is working but its on the center of screen even i enabled windows 10 start menu(because i am on build 21996.1) and right click on startmenu button doesnot work is there a way to enable right click on start button.
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just remove the UndockingDisabled or set it to 0
 

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vannn said:
just remove the UndockingDisabled or set it to 0
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I haven't use the UndockingDisable in registry i just replaced the explore.exe from windows 10 but right click on start button not working but in rest of taskbar area it is working. Even i installed startisback it is still not working.
 

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bisaalz said:
I haven't use the UndockingDisable in registry i just replaced the explore.exe from windows 10 but right click on start button not working but in rest of taskbar area it is working. Even i installed startisback it is still not working.
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it doesnt work on mine either.

what are the functions you want to get from it?

you can still access them from start menu >> all programs >> Windows Tools/Windows System
 

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I'm sorry, guys. I can't check so details about these because there are too many registry hacks that I've been used and I don't really remember what. I am now on the latest build (22000.100), didn't use the replacing method, and only apply the "undocking." Installed StartIsBack++ version 2.9.15, and because I'm using multi monitors, I installed Actual Multiple Monitors, so each screen have different customizable taskbar, and we can pin anything to each Taskbar.

I am waiting to install a fresh copy on other PC and will see the results of each hack, you'll be inform.
 

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Third update in a row, didn't touch any of my tweaks! (y)
 

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Well now I've done it. I followed the instructions from te top most post in this thread. I renamed Explorer to Exploder.exe. I copied explorer.exe from windows 10. That didn't work out well at all so I went back in to delete Explorer.exe and rename the Exploder.exe back to Explorer.exe.
I had a finger twitch ( yeah a likely story) and suddenly Exploder.exe is gone and there is no Explorer.exe either. I found Exploder.exe in Recycle bin and now it wont restore. I get a "required privilege is not held by the client" error.

I am accessing the Windows 11 drive from the Windows 10 drive I have on the same computer. I need the Explorer.exe file from a Windows 11
install or anywhere else I can obtain it. Does anyone have any ideas how I can recover this? Thanks

(gettin older sucks)

Never mind!!! I got it. I ran cmd.exe from taskmanager. I then ran c:\sfc /scannow. I recovered the explorer.exe file nicely.

(gettin older still sucks)

On another note. When I replaced the Explorer.exe file from windows 10 all I got was a black screen and I could not run Explorer.exe from taskmanager. I may try it again. 😁
 
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