Published desktop Clock not displaying

Some GPO's lockdown to taskbar prevent users from seeing the clock in the bottom right. 
If so the folowing reg key can enable the clock again for users.


Deploy with GPO preferences or whatever your favourite reg poker is.


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2

You'll see a "Settings" value, which contains something like this: 
28 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff 02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 6d 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 03 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 04 00 00

The nineth pair of digits determines the Taskbar properties. Possible values are: 
Always on top = 0x02 
Auto hide = 0x01
Show small icons in Start menu = 0x04
Hide clock = 0x08

Combine the properties you want and set the byte. For example: 
Always on top + Show small icons + Show clock = 06 
Always on top + Show small icons + Hide clock = 0e

Note that the changes do not take effect immediately, you have to restart Explorer, or logoff and logon again to see the changes.