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I've installed Taskbar eliminator, while it works most of the time, alerts being the taskbar back.

I've also installed object dock which can disable the taskbar, object dock appears during window changes.

Has anyone had any luck permanently removing, hiding the taskbar in Windows 7?

Update

I found an application that seems to be working:

http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/79667-remove-taskbar-100-a.HTML

Second update

I took the leap and installed a shell replacement (bblean). So far so good.

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Uh...... Why? How will you launch programs, or switch windows? – Fake Name Dec 8 '10 at 7:10
@Fake Hot keys. I'm using a program called Launchy (launchy.net) – Charles Conway Dec 11 '10 at 13:04
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The only way to do this would be to completely and entirely stop using Windows Explorer, and use a custom shell to replace explorer completely. This means you would no longer have the usual start menu, explorer windows, etc, and would have to rely entirely on some other piece of software for browsing your file system. Some people do this, and there are replacements available, so if you really want to completely eliminate the windows taskbar, find and use one of these of your choice. There is already a SuperUser question discussing the various options.

In order to completely replace explorer, and have your replacement be the default shell which opens up when you log in, create a REG_SZ value called Shell in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] using the registry editor. This will completely replace explorer for your account, making it unnecessary to use any taskbar hiding/killing techniques.

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this. kill explorer.exe => taskbar gone, no mods needed. – stijn Dec 8 '10 at 8:38
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@stijn, essentially yes, but it works better to set your replacement shell to be the shell, so it runs instead of explorer automatically when you log in. I will update my answer with instructions on how to do that. – nhinkle♦ Dec 8 '10 at 16:21
Yep, this works great for deploying applications in "kiosk-mode". But you still have access to the task manager (Ctrl+Esc) for launching other apps or shutting down the PC. – Simon Nov 16 '11 at 4:43
@Simon do you mean Ctrl + Shift + Esc? Ctrl+Esc opens the start menu, which of course won't work when explorer is disabled. For what it's worth, if you want to disable the Task Manager that can be done too. – nhinkle♦ Nov 16 '11 at 4:59
Ah! My mistake. Totally correct, Ctrl+Shift+ESC. – Simon Nov 17 '11 at 4:28
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Taskbar Eliminator.win7
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-hide-or-remove-windows-7-taskbar ,-no-ok
this is a reg hack - it's an xp and controls have changed a bit, i have not tried it.I have checked it out on my win7 it required the second hack and then i was not sure which option as numbers were differant-backup the reg. and try removing each one by one if you want to.
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/87/1/How-to-remove-Taskbar-and-Start-Menu-icon-from-My-Computer.html if that fails and I know you are on win 7 but this article tells you how to remove the taskbar,
http://www.aeonity.com/frost/removing-windows-xp-taskbar-hack
the comments below the article have more ways to remove the xp taskbar including this program kang-bt/removes t.bar sorry all xp and most where 'anonymous'
http://all-shares.com/download/903390-kane-bt-taskbar-and-start-menu-remover-exe.html

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You can hide all all notifications on your taskbar by going to Taskbar and Start Menu Properties. From there you can customize the Notification Area.

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I'm not looking to hide notifications. I'd like to permanently remove the entire taskbar. – Charles Conway Dec 8 '10 at 6:30
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