{"id":13397,"date":"2018-12-03T15:08:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=13397"},"modified":"2018-12-03T15:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:18:24","slug":"disable-or-lock-all-taskbar-settings-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/disable-or-lock-all-taskbar-settings-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable or Lock All Taskbar Settings in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After customizing the taskbar in Windows 10, you can lock all the taskbar settings to prevent others from resizing, arranging, moving its location, using small\/large taskbar buttons and so on. Here&#8217;re 2 simple ways to disable or lock all taskbar settings in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/windows-10-taskbar-settings-greyed-out.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"660\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13402\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Disable or Lock All Taskbar Settings via Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-local-group-policy-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open the Local Group Policy Editor<\/a> and browse to: <code>User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar<\/code>, then double-click the &#8220;<strong>Lock all taskbar settings<\/strong>&#8221; policy in the right side.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lock-all-taskbar-settings-in-windows-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13399\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Change the setting from <strong>Not Configured<\/strong> to <strong>Enabled<\/strong>. Click <strong>OK<\/strong> and then restart your computer.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/disable-all-taskbar-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13400\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>When you right-click Windows 10 taskbar, you&#8217;re unable to select the &#8220;<strong>Taskbar settings<\/strong>&#8221; option any longer. If you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-pc-settings-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open the Settings app<\/a> and navigate to <strong>Personalization<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Taskbar<\/strong>, all your taskbar settings are also greyed out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Disable or Lock All Taskbar Settings via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open the Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to the following key:<br \/>\n<code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer<\/code><\/li>\n<li>In the right hand side, look for a 32-bit DWORD named <strong>TaskbarLockAll<\/strong> and change its value data to 1 to disable all the taskbar settings. If you don&#8217;t see <strong>TaskbarLockAll<\/strong>, you have to create it manually.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/TaskbarLockAll.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13401\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will need to restart Windows for the changes to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note that you&#8217;re still able to pin or unpin items in the taskbar after locking all taskbar settings in Windows 10. That&#8217;s all there is to it.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After customizing the taskbar in Windows 10, you can lock all the taskbar settings to prevent others from resizing, arranging, moving its location, using small\/large taskbar buttons and so on. Here&#8217;re 2 simple ways to disable or lock all taskbar settings in Windows 10. 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