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TREILLE Philippe edited this page Jan 17, 2026 · 13 revisions

Settings in HKCU/Software/CoolBytes/Explorip/Taskbar :

DelayBeforeShowThumbnail : Set time (in milliseconds) before show preview window when mouse pass over thumbnail opened application window

MaxRecursiveSubFolderInToolbar : Maximum subfolder to browse recusively when preview it when mouse pass over an icon of folder (or shortcut to folder) on a toolbar

MaxWidthTitleApplicationWindow : Maximum width of task application in taskbar when select to show title with icon (in pixels)

ReplaceStartMenu : Replace the Start Menu of the Windows by the one in Explorip (model look like the one of Win10) (5 by default)

StartMenuHeight : Set the height of Start Menu Window (if replaced with previous setting) (640 by default)

CollapseNotifyIcons : Collapse icons in systray that are not pinned.
You can pin/unpin icons in systray by left click with mouse on icon with Ctrl pressed too.

DateFormat : You can choose how the time (and/or date) are displayed on the right bottom corner
You can add "<%dayofweek%>\r<%t%>\r<%d%>" for example. <%dayofweek%> is replaced by the full label of the day of the week (monday, tuesday, etc...)
Or/And you can use values of Microsoft NET DateFormat, list all of them here :
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-date-and-time-format-strings

DelayBeforeCloseThumbnail : Number of milliseconds before auto close thumbnail of window (when your mouse leave the thumbnail)

DelayBeforeShowThumbnail : Number of milliseconds before show thumbnail of window

DragGhostBorderColor : Code color of border of task button when you drag it to change order of task button
(Code color, like all others, are : A,R,G,B (Alpha(transparency), Red, Green, Blue)

DragGhostBorderSize : Size (in pixel) of border of task button when you drag it to change order of task button

DragGhostOpacity : Opacity in decimal (0=transparency, 1=no opacity) of the content of task button when you drag it to change order of task button

LockOnMonitorPowerOff : If set to True : when all monitors connected are sleep mode/power off, your current session will be auto locked

MarginTitleApplicationWindow : Space (in pixel) between title of application and border of task button

MaxRecursiveSubFolderInToolbar : Maximum subfolder browsed when display preview of folder in toolbar button

MaxWidthTitleApplicationWindow : Maximum (in pixel) of size of application title in task button

MouseOverBackgroundColor : Code color of task button when mouse over task button
(Code color, like all others, are : A,R,G,B (Alpha(transparency), Red, Green, Blue)

PopUpCornerRadius : Corner radius of preview of folder in toolbar button (to have rounded popup instead of rectangular)

ProgressBarHeight : Size (in pixel) of the progress displayed in task button... if the window/application support progress indicator
Zero to set all the task button as the progress bar (only background, to still show icon and title application)

ReduceTitleWidthWhenTaskbarFull : Auto reduce max with of title application when taskbar in full, like Explorer, instead of show a scrollbar to have more lines of tasks buttons

ReplaceStartMenu : Replace the Start Menu of Windows by the one of Explorip, when launch Explorip with "taskbars" command line

ShowIconOnThumbnailWindow : Show icon of application in thumbnail preview window, next to title

SpaceBetweenThumbnail : Space (in pixel) between thumbnail preview window, if there is more than one windows of application and set tasks list to "Grouped"

StartMenuHeight : Height (in pixel) of the Start Menu of Explorip (if you use the one of Explorip. Does not change the heightof the Windows Explorer Start Menu

SwitchToDesktopWhenDragEnter : Switch to desktop window, when enter "Desktop" button in taskbar (on right bottom corner) with dragding something

TaskButtonCornerRadius : Corner radius of task button, to have more rounded button instead of rectangular one

TaskButtonProgressBarColor : Code code of the progress displayed in task button... if the window/application support progress indicator
(Code color, like all others, are : A,R,G,B (Alpha(transparency), Red, Green, Blue)

TaskButtonSelectedColor : Code color of current selected task button application in task bar
(Code color, like all others, are : A,R,G,B (Alpha(transparency), Red, Green, Blue)

ThumbnailCornerRadius : Corner radius of window that show thumnail preview of windows

UseJumpList : Enable show "JumpList" (shortcuts of application) of task/application in context menu (right click on task button)
When application support "JumpList", like "Explorer", Web navigator...




There is a lot of others settings, but can be changed/set with context menu on taskbar
There is a subkey for each screen, if you have multi monitor

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