How to programmatically move Windows taskbar?

Question

I\'d like to know any sort of API or workaround (e.g., script or registry) to move (or resize) Windows taskbar to another position including another monitor (if dual monitors).

Answer 1

I've had some luck with this task in an AutoHotkey script, just in case you don't care about the language used. It uses simulated keystrokes and mouse movements to move your taskbar. I stopped short of automatically unlocking/locking the taskbar.

The hard part was getting it to work reliably. A lot of the code is dedicated to making sure that the taskbar moved. It still doesn't work 100%... it fails like 10% of the time from what I've seen. However, it should be good enough to get you started!

If I ever come back to this script to make it work perfectly, I'll repost here.

Here is the example script (highlighting is a bit odd here, as the language is AHK):

F3::
    reload
return

F5::
    MoveTaskbar(2,"bottom")
return

F6::
    MoveTaskbar(2,"left")
return

F7::
    MoveTaskbar(1,"top")
return

; Move the taskbar
; dspNumber:    number.  device number (primary display is 1, secondary display is 2...)
; edge:         string.  Top, Right, Bottom, or Left
MoveTaskbar(dspNumber, edge)
{
    Critical 
    OutputDebug MoveTaskbar - called to move taskbar to display #%dspNumber% ("%edge%" edge)

    ; absolute coordinate system
    CoordMode, Mouse, Screen

    ; error checking for dspNumber
    SysGet, numMonitors, MonitorCount
    if (numMonitors