The tray_clock_fix_width advanced option is created to fix a bug in the Windows 7 taskbar when small icons are used (i.e. when the date is hidden). It sounds like you found a different use case for it, but it wasn't intended and isn't supported.

If you want to change the date format, even though 7+ Taskbar Tweaker doesn't provide such an option, there are several existing solutions. See the Custom date format topic and comments for details.

There's no way to do this currently. There's a way to do the opposite - choose to display the tooltip every time, even when the text fits the button on the taskbar (the always_show_tooltip advanced option). The reason is simply that nobody asked for it before.

I'll add an option for it in the next version of the tweaker.

I wasn't able to reproduce it. See attached gif. If you have any ideas (maybe a conflicting program) let me know.

I wasn't able to reproduce it. Can you try to provide the exact steps to reproduce the issue?

Also, can you check whether other options work properly, to make sure it's an issue with the tray_icons_padding advanced option and not a global issue?

That's not the first time an incompatibility with TClock is reported. Unfortunately, if TClock stomps over the tweaker's hooks, there's not much I can do (and TClock-specific hacks is something I prefer to avoid). If you provide exact reproduction steps, I might look at it one day in case there's an elegant fix on my side.

That's possible with Taskbar Inspector. Refer to the help file that comes with the program for more details.

Works for me on the same version. Did you adjust the "no_start_btn_spacing" advanced option properly?

Perhaps you're using Windows 10 version 1709. Check out my answer here:

https://tweaker.userecho.com/topics/959-could-not-load-library-5

The function is quite straightforward, and wasn't changed for years. I suspect that the target application or the OS have to do with the behavior you're seeing.

You can get previous versions of the tweaker here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mcbychsh0xc1dvu/AAC7NwQTQ-tOTNL2BUZ_CwUua?dl=0

You can also compare the behavior with the behavior of other programs, such as the Task Manager.

Let me know if you find out that it worked properly in a previous version of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker (and in this case, which version introduced the issue).

Use the beta version. More details:

https://tweaker.userecho.com/topics/959-could-not-load-library-5