Hide the TaskView button
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Start Menu and Taskbar
Supported on
At least Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education with Windows Sandbox

Supported OS tags: Windows11

This policy setting allows you to hide the TaskView button. If you enable this policy setting, the TaskView button will be hidden and the Settings toggle will be disabled.

Internal name
HideTaskViewButton
Policy ID
815656919205
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
HideTaskViewButton
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
HideTaskViewButton
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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