Monday, December 4, 2017

Where are Windows XP toolbars defined?



I'm trying to find where the Windows XP taskbars are defined. I don't think it is in the registry as I've:





  • created a new folder called "_ZYX_Searchable" and added a new toolbar.

  • searched the registry for this string and found no results.


  • I've also searched the entire "c:" drive in case it has created a ".lnk" file somewhere but not found anything.




Can any one point me in the right direction?
G


Answer



Windows XP (at least) appears to store the position and link information for the taskbar icons and toolbars in the following key:





[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop]
"TaskbarWinXP"




It's encoded as REG_BINARY so appears as a string of hex in a registry editor.


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