Policy

Show QuickLaunch on Taskbar

This policy setting controls whether the QuickLaunch bar is displayed in the Taskbar. If you enable this policy setting, the QuickLaunch bar will be visible and cannot be turned off. If you disable this policy setting, the QuickLaunch bar will be hidden and cannot be turned on. If you do not configure this policy setting, then users will be able to turn the QuickLaunch bar on and off.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Policy ID6187655f915c
Internal nameQuickLaunchEnabled

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\QuickLaunchEnabled (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\QuickLaunchEnabled (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether the QuickLaunch bar is displayed in the Taskbar. If you enable this policy setting, the QuickLaunch bar will be visible and cannot be turned off. If you disable this policy setting, the QuickLaunch bar will be hidden and cannot be turned on. If you do not configure this policy setting, then users will be able to turn the QuickLaunch bar on and off.

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