Thread: How do I show the taskbar without activating it?

This function should do it:

Code:

void SetTaskbarScreenArea(BOOL bFull){
 RECT rcScreen;
 GetWindowRect(GetDesktopWindow(),&rcScreen);
 if(bFull){
  SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETWORKAREA,0,&rcScreen,SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
 } else {
  RECT rcVis,rcScreen,rcTask;
  HWND taskbar=FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd",0); // get taskbar window
  BOOL istaskbar=taskbar&&IsWindow(taskbar)&&IsWindowVisible(taskbar);
  if(istaskbar)
   GetWindowRect(taskbar,&rcTask);
  else SetRectEmpty(&rcTask);
  SubtractRect(&rcVis,&rcScreen,&rcTask);
  SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETWORKAREA,0,&rcVis,SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
 }
}

void ShowTaskbar(BOOL bShow){
 HWND taskbar=FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd",0); // get taskbar window
 BOOL istaskbar=taskbar&&IsWindow(taskbar);
 if(istaskbar){
  if(bShow){
   ShowWindow(taskbar,SW_RESTORE);
   SetTaskbarScreenArea(FALSE);
  } else {
   ShowWindow(taskbar,SW_HIDE);
   SetTaskbarScreenArea(TRUE);
  }
 }
}