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Im trying to add a button to disable the taskbar so it doesn't interfere with a start button placed where the windows start button is.
For some reason they both open the start menu, and the second one doesn't hide it. At first I thought the buttons might be overlapping, but when I moved the hidetaskbar button away and clicked on it, it still opened the start menu.

What am I doint wrong? Is there a better way to achieve this?

I would try : Note the position of the quotes.

I tried and it didn't do anything. Won't show start menu or hide taskbar.

Try LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["#ROOTCONFIGPATH#Plugins\openstartmenu.exe" /hidetaskbar]

Note the forward slash instead of the backslash. Seems like most command line switches use the forward slash vs. the backslash.

-Brian

already tried that too, doesn't make a difference.

It's been 2 weeks and I still haven't found a solution. Does anyone know how to do this?

Assuming you are using this version of "openstartmenu.exe", then I would say that your problem is not having that program in the correct path.

Try moving the "openstartmenu.exe" to the same path as your skin file, then try:
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["#CURRENTPATH#openstartmenu.exe" /hidetaskbar].

Using the "/hidetaskbar" switch made my taskbar disappear (but left the start button)
Using the "/showtaskbar" switch made my taskbar appear, and opened the start menu.

-Brian

It's finally somewhat working.

How do I completely remove the start button so the one on my skin can be seen?
Also, why does it not work when its in any other location?

I had mine in a plugins folder inside the root of the current skin. I'd like to keep all the plugins in the same location.

skinxsn112 wrote:How do I completely remove the start button so the one on my skin can be seen?

You could use a program like Start Killer. (I have never used it, I just used google to find it)

skinxsn112 wrote:Also, why does it not work when its in any other location?

It will probably work anywhere you put it, you just have to select the correct path.

skinxsn112 wrote:I had mine in a plugins folder inside the root of the current skin. I'd like to keep all the plugins in the same location.

If #ROOTCONFIGPATH# does not work for you, try used that actual path instead, something like: -Brian

If you want it in a \Plugins folder at the root level of the skins you are working on:

LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["#ROOTCONFIGPATH#Plugins\openstartmenu.exe" /hidetaskbar]

That will work assuming you have it in

C:\Users\YourName\My Documents\Skins\MySkins\Plugins, and you are calling it from a skin that is in some other folder in \MySkins like C:\Users\YourName\My Documents\Skins\MySkins\Clock\Clock.ini.

P.S. Just a suggestion, but "plugins" has a specific meaning in Rainmeter, and a whole different folder also called \Plugins that actual plugins are stored in, so I would consider renaming your folder to Utilities or Apps or something else, but that is just a suggestion, Rainmeter won't care a bit, I only worry about confusion going forward.