[HELP NEEDED] Configure Tweaks on Taskbar and Computer Name

[weehong]

Hello all,

I spent about 20 hours setting up the following:

• Combine task buttons
  Always, hide label
• Always show all icons in the notification area
  Off
• Setup Device Name

After repeated attempts, none of them succeeds.
Therefore, I would like to ask for help in this forum.

I have these properties inside the XML file.

<settings pass="specialize">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup">
        <ComputerName>DESKTOP-VMWARE</ComputerName>
    </component>
</settings>
<Tweaks>
    <Settings>
        <TweakGroup name="DesktopTweaks">
            ...
            <Tweak name="Advanced\TaskbarGlomLevel">2</Tweak>
        </TweakGroup>
        <TweakGroup name="Explorer">
            <Tweak name="Explorer\EnableAutoTray">1</Tweak>
        </TweakGroup>
    </Settings>
</Tweaks>

I attached my preset here.

 

[tistou77]

From memory, these "options" are not present in NTLite,

And in your preset, I see this

<Tweak name="Advanced\TaskbarGlomLevel">0</Tweak>

In your screen, it's

<Tweak name="Advanced\TaskbarGlomLevel">2</Tweak>

if really not present in NTLite, you can add them via the registry

For example, for Combine task buttons Always, hide label, it is

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarGlomLevel"=dword:00000000

For When Taskbar is full "Combined Taskbar buttons and Hide Labels"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarGlomLevel"=dword:00000001

For, Always show all icons in the notification area, it's

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableAutoTray"=dword:00000001

You can save these registry keys in a .reg file and integrate them with NTLite
Or in Post Setup, but never saw the interest, where NTL can integrate them very well (or if it's just for 2 keys to add, why not)

 

[weehong]

From memory, these "options" are not present in NTLite,

And in your preset, I see this

<Tweak name="Advanced\TaskbarGlomLevel">0</Tweak>

In your screen, it's

<Tweak name="Advanced\TaskbarGlomLevel">2</Tweak>

if really not present in NTLite, you can add them via the registry

For example, for Combine task buttons Always, hide label, it is

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarGlomLevel"=dword:00000000

For When Taskbar is full "Combined Taskbar buttons and Hide Labels"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarGlomLevel"=dword:00000001

For, Always show all icons in the notification area, it's

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableAutoTray"=dword:00000001

You can save these registry keys in a .reg file and integrate them with NTLite
Or in Post Setup, but never saw the interest, where NTL can integrate them very well (or if it's just for 2 keys to add, why not)

Thank you.
I guess that's the only way to use Registry.

 

[tistou77]

In NTLite, inded, I found the option "Always show all icons and notificationd in the taskbar"

Disabled :

        <Settings>
            <TweakGroup name="Explorer">
                <Tweak name="Explorer\EnableAutoTray">1</Tweak>
            </TweakGroup>
        </Settings>

Some options didn't work anymore (MS had changed/removed some registry keys for some options) if it doesn't work, maybe change it to that one too, and NTL will have to be "updated" if possible and work

I don't use that one, by default it's already "disabled" on my Windows

 

[tistou77]

"Combine taskbar buttons always, hide label" will be re added in the next version of NTLite for W11 for info