Disable widgets in task bar

[djspatule]

Describe the bug

disabling the widgets isn't working

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to Tweaks
2. Toogle off Widgets Button in Task Bar
3. See error in "## additionnal context"

Additional context

====Chris Titus Tech=====
=====Windows Toolbox=====
Running Script for WPFTweaksRestorePoint
WARNING: The 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Management' module was not imported because the 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Management'
snap-in was already imported.
System Restore Point Created Successfully
Set HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\RealTimeIsUniversal to 1
=================================
--     Tweaks are Finished    ---
=================================
Enabling Numlock on startup
Disabling Taskbar Widgets
Set-ItemProperty : Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.
At line:2761 char:9
+         Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name TaskbarDa -Value $value
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (TaskbarDa:String) [Set-ItemProperty], UnauthorizedAccessException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand

Disabling Search Button
Disabling Taskbar Widgets
Set-ItemProperty : Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.
At line:2761 char:9
+         Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name TaskbarDa -Value $value
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (TaskbarDa:String) [Set-ItemProperty], UnauthorizedAccessException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand

[menesc]

There was a issue before, #2862 .Chris has it too on new live stream at 07.10.2024

[mind12]

This command worked for me: reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Dsh" /v AllowNewsAndInterests /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

[zmileski]

2802 about unable to change taskbarda

2769 also

[coldReactive]

Mine is a different line:

Line |
2917 |          Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name TaskbarDa -Value $value
     |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.

Don't know how to show verbose errors, and the powershell is running as admin:

[zmileski]

https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/issues/2769#issuecomment-2368879286

[mpuzelj]

Have same issue on 2 machines:

• hw older install win11 24H2
• vm clean install win11 24H2

Running on both machines as administrator. Toggling "Widgets Button in Taskbar" in "Tweaks" menu does nothing, produces an error. 2 different errors depending on the machine.

Older one

New clean one

[zmileski]

as i commented before to fix this in cmd with admin type this "sc config UCPD start=disabled" to disable the service

and this "schtasks /change /Disable /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\AppxDeploymentClient\UCPD velocity"" to disable the task after reboot try again winutil This is due latest update of UserChoice Protection Driver (UCPD) that wont let u change TaskbarDa (widgets)

[mpuzelj]

Thank you for the information, did not find you other post.

I can confirm that I am not getting an error anymore after disabling the service and restarting the computer. I cannot confirm that it works. While I am not getting an error anymore, there is also no change. I get the notification in terminal "Enabling Taskbar Widgets" but nothing happens even after about 15 minutes. Same thing on both VM and MW machines (enabling Widgets on HW, disabling Widgets on VM).

I can see Widgets are still disabled in taskbar (on HW machine) for example.

[zmileski]

Then run this in cmd with admin reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Dsh" /v AllowNewsAndInterests /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

or in gpedit.msc go to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Widgets​ and set "Allow widgets" to Enabled

[mpuzelj]

Thank you @zmileski, this works on both computers.