Nach einer Windows XP Installation ist die nützliche und beliebte Schnellstartleiste standardmäßig nicht aktiv, so dass man diese unter den Eigenschaften von Taskleiste und Startmenü aktivieren muss.
Die Schnellstartleiste lässt sich aber nicht so einfach über die Registry automatisiert aktivieren, da das Erscheinungsbild der Windows Taskleiste in einem einzigen hexadezimalen Registry-Key definiert wird, in welchem mehrere Einstellungen zusammentreffen.
Aus diesem Grund geht man folgendermaßen vor:
1.) Man konfiguriere die Taskleiste auf einem Test-PC nach seinen Wünschen (u.a. auch die Schnellstartleiste aktivieren)
2.) Man öffne die Registry und export den Schlüssel HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop
Das Ergebnis könnte dann folgendermaßen aussehen. Dieser Registry-Eintrag aktiviert die Schnellstartleiste.
; Schnellstartleiste aktivieren
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop]
"Toolbars"=hex:11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"TaskbarWinXP"=hex:0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,e2,2b,d8,\
64,57,d0,11,a9,6e,00,c0,4f,d7,05,a2,22,00,1c,00,0a,10,00,00,1a,00,00,00,01,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,01,14,02,00,00,00,\
00,00,c0,00,00,00,00,00,00,46,81,00,00,00,11,00,00,00,f6,1c,4f,90,a3,23,c7,\
01,48,e9,97,ad,14,33,c7,01,92,b5,ba,95,a3,23,c7,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,15,02,14,00,1f,50,e0,4f,d0,\
20,ea,3a,69,10,a2,d8,08,00,2b,30,30,9d,19,00,2f,43,3a,5c,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,28,36,40,51,\
10,00,44,4f,4b,55,4d,45,7e,31,00,00,4e,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,93,35,8b,98,28,\
36,40,51,14,00,00,00,44,00,6f,00,6b,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,65,00,\
20,00,75,00,6e,00,64,00,20,00,45,00,69,00,6e,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,75,00,6e,00,67,00,65,00,6e,00,00,00,18,00,42,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,93,35,\
37,af,10,00,44,49,53,43,55,53,7e,31,00,00,2a,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,93,35,47,\
9b,28,36,aa,50,14,00,00,00,44,00,69,00,73,00,63,00,75,00,73,00,73,00,49,00,\
54,00,00,00,18,00,62,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,93,35,25,9c,13,00,41,4e,57,45,4e,\
44,7e,31,00,00,4a,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,93,35,48,9b,28,36,aa,50,14,00,34,00,\
41,00,6e,00,77,00,65,00,6e,00,64,00,75,00,6e,00,67,00,73,00,64,00,61,00,74,\
00,65,00,6e,00,00,00,40,73,68,65,6c,6c,33,32,2e,64,6c,6c,2c,2d,32,31,37,36,\
35,00,18,00,42,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,93,35,e2,9c,14,00,4d,49,43,52,4f,53,7e,\
31,00,00,2a,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,93,35,48,9b,93,35,e2,9c,14,00,00,00,4d,00,\
69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,00,00,18,00,52,00,31,00,00,\
00,00,00,93,35,4c,9b,10,00,49,4e,54,45,52,4e,7e,31,00,00,3a,00,03,00,04,00,\
ef,be,93,35,48,9b,93,35,4c,9b,14,00,00,00,49,00,6e,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,6e,\
00,65,00,74,00,20,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,00,00,\
18,00,48,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,93,35,50,9b,11,00,51,55,49,43,4b,4c,7e,31,00,\
00,30,00,03,00,04,00,ef,be,93,35,4b,9b,93,35,50,9b,14,00,00,00,51,00,75,00,\
69,00,63,00,6b,00,20,00,4c,00,61,00,75,00,6e,00,63,00,68,00,00,00,18,00,00,\
00,60,00,00,00,03,00,00,a0,58,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,78,66,69,72,65,2d,30,30,\
33,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,9f,1e,2d,48,d5,5a,4f,99,e7,99,b8,e8,de,a4,04,cb,\
5c,2f,43,9e,8f,db,11,9e,f8,00,40,ca,d8,e8,6d,02,9f,1e,2d,48,d5,5a,4f,99,e7,\
99,b8,e8,de,a4,04,cb,5c,2f,43,9e,8f,db,11,9e,f8,00,40,ca,d8,e8,6d,10,00,00,\
00,05,00,00,a0,1a,00,00,00,37,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,e0,06,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,\
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,aa,4f,28,68,48,6a,d0,11,8c,78,00,c0,4f,d9,18,b4,04,04,\
00,00,e0,0c,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00