TaskbarDa (Widgets) registry change is now blocked

12 lb Turkey · Sep 5, 2024

Reposted using a CMD wrapper. Fixed the "0" output.

Code:

<# : batch script
@echo off
powershell -nop ^
"if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] 'Administrator')) { ^
    Start-Process 'cmd' -ArgumentList '/c start /min %~dpnx0' -Verb RunAs ^
} ^
else { ^
    Invoke-Expression ([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('%~f0')) ^
}"
goto :eof
#>

$MethodDefinition = @'
[DllImport("Shlwapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = false)]
    public static extern int HashData(
        byte[] pbData,
        int cbData,
        byte[] piet,
        int outputLen);
'@

$Shlwapi = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $MethodDefinition -Name 'Shlwapi' -Namespace 'Win32' -PassThru

$option = 2 # 2 is for off

$machineIdReg = Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SQMClient\' -Name 'MachineId' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$machineId = '{C283D224-5CAD-4502-95F0-2569E4C85074}' # Fallback Value

if( $machineIdReg) {
    $machineId = $machineIdReg.MachineId
}

$combined = $machineId + '_' + $option.ToString()
$reverse = $combined[($combined.Length-1)..0] -join ''
$bytesIn = [system.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($reverse)
$bytesOut = [byte[]]::new(4)
$Shlwapi::HashData($bytesIn,0x53, $bytesOut, $bytesOut.Count) | Out-Null

$dwordData = [System.BitConverter]::ToUInt32($bytesOut,0)

Copy-Item (Get-Command reg).Source '.\reg1.exe'

Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath '.\reg1.exe' -ArgumentList "add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds /v ShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode /t REG_DWORD /d $option /f 1>NUL"
Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath '.\reg1.exe' -ArgumentList "add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds /v EnShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode /t REG_DWORD /d $dwordData /f 1>NUL"

Remove-Item '.\reg1.exe'

TaskbarDa (Widgets) registry change is now blocked

12 lb Turkey MDL Member