• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
WebSetNet

WebSetNet

Technology News

  • Technology News
    • Mobile
    • Games
  • Internet Marketing
  • System Admin
    • Windows 11
    • Linux
    • Mac & Apple
    • Website Scripts
      • Wordpress
You are here: Home / System Admin / Windows 11 / How to Make Windows 10’s Taskbar Clock Display Seconds

How to Make Windows 10’s Taskbar Clock Display Seconds

June 10, 2022 by Martin6

Generic W10 RegEdit Header

Windows 10’s taskbar clock can display the precise time down to the second. This feature requires a registry hack to enable, and only works on Windows 10. Windows 7 users will instead need a third-party utility like T-Clock Redux to do this instead.

Early beta versions of the taskbar clock did show seconds. However, this caused performance problems in the 90’s, and the feature was removed before the release of Windows 95.

How to Show Seconds by Editing the Registry

Warning: The Registry Editor is a powerful tool and misusing it can render your system unstable or even inoperable. This is a pretty simple hack and, as long as you stick to the instructions, you shouldn’t have any problems. That said, if you’ve never worked with the Registry Editor before, consider reading about how to use the Registry Editor before you get started. And definitely back up the Registry (and your computer!) before making changes.

To get started, open the Registry Editor by clicking Start, typing “regedit” into the box at the bottom of the Start menu, and pressing Enter. Give the Registry Editor permission to make changes to your PC.

Use the left sidebar to navigate to the following key in the Registry Editor:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced

Right-click the “Advanced” key in the left pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.

Name the value ShowSecondsInSystemClock and press Enter.

Double-click the value you just created, enter a value data of 1, and click “OK”.

You can now close the Registry Editor. You will have to sign out and sign back in again before your changes will take effect.

If you want to undo this change, return here and either delete the “ShowSecondsInSystemClock” value or set its value data to 0.

Download Our One-Click Registry Hack

If you don’t feel like editing the registry yourself, you can use our downloadable registry hacks. We’ve created two hacks: One that will show seconds in the system clock, and one that will reverse the change and hide seconds from the clock. Both are included in the following ZIP file. Double-click the hack you want to use, agree to the prompt, and then sign out and sign back in again for your changes to take effect.

Show Seconds In System Clock Hacks

These hacks just set the ShowSecondsInSystemClock value in the same way we described above. Running the “Show Seconds In System Clock” hack creates the ShowSecondsInSystemClock value with a value data of 1, while running the “Remove Seconds From System Clock” hack deletes the ShowSecondsInSystemClock value from your registry. If you’re ever curious what these or any other .reg files do, you can right-click them and select “Edit” to view their contents in Notepad, or any other plain text editor. And, if you enjoy playing with the registry, it’s worth learning how to make your own registry hacks.

You may also be interested in showing the current day of the week in the taskbar clock. This is possible without visiting the registry at all, as you can easily customize the date format that appears below the time from the standard Control Panel interface.

Original Article

Twitter Facebook Pinterest Linkedin WhatsApp

Related posts:

  1. The ultimate guide to fixing problems with the May 2020 Update
  2. How To Pin Any File To Windows 10 Taskbar
  3. How To Sign In And Sign Out Of Sticky Notes In Windows 10
  4. Fix The RPC server is unavailable error in Windows 10
  5. Running out of storage? Try these tips to free up space on Windows 10
  6. FIX: Another installation is already in progress error
  7. How to Move Windows 11’s Taskbar to the Top of the Screen
  8. How To Take Ownership Of Registry Keys In Windows 10
  9. 7 Ways to Tweak Your Windows 10 Taskbar
  10. How to Move Windows 11’s Taskbar to the Top of the Screen

Filed Under: Windows 11 Tagged With: display, make, Taskbar, windows

Primary Sidebar

Trending

  • FIX: Microsoft Store error code 0x80d02017
  • How To Extract & Install tar.gz Files In Ubuntu
  • 8 Best Sites to Read Manga Online for Free
  • Exclamation Mark on Network Signal, Mobile Data Not Working? 8 Ways to Fix
  • 3 Ways to Disable GetApps on Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco Phones Running MIUI
  • How to find a lost Apple Pencil using your iPad (1st and 2nd gen)
  • How to Track a Stolen or Lost Nintendo Switch
  • How Much Data is Consumed by Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Slack and Hangouts?
  • Samsung TV model numbers explained 2022: What you need to know about Samsung’s OLED, Mini LED, QLED and LCD televisions
  • 7 Ways to Save an Image From Google Docs
  • Microsoft Edge’s newest feature? Shopping in Microsoft Edge
  • How to lock Shape, Image or Objects in Microsoft PowerPoint
  • How To Fix No Sound On YouTube
  • How to Make Any Wired Printer Wireless in 6 Different Ways
  • NVSlimmer: remove unwanted components from Nvidia drivers
  • How To Enable Or Disable Snipping Tool In Windows 10
  • [Working] Remove Blue Circle From Your Samsung Phone Touchscreen
  • How to change the time on your Fitbit

Footer

Tags

Amazon android Apple Asus available download: edge feature features first free from galaxy Game games gaming gets google install Intel iPhone launches linux Microsoft more OnePlus phone release released review: samsung series support this Ubuntu update using video watch what will windows with xbox your

Archives

  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org