| Registry : User shell | |
| Desktop - Windows - Icons - Menus - Buttons - InfoText - Explore My Computer | |
| Top | Desktop |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : AppWorkSpace System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 128 128 128 |
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| Application workspace color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : Background System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 0 128 128 |
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| Desktop background color. In order to change the logon screen background color, make this change in HKU \.DEFAULT \Control Panel \Colors. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : Wallpaper System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Desktop background picture. Indicate full path and name even if your picture is in %WinDir%, otherwise it will not work. In order to change the logon screen background picture, make this change in HKU \.DEFAULT \Control Panel \Colors. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : WallpaperOriginX and WallpaperOriginY System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| WallpaperOriginX :
Vertical position of the picture. Number of pixels from
the top where the picture will be displayed. WallpaperOriginY : Horizontal position of the picture. Number of pixels from the left where the picture will be displayed. Works only if TileWallpaper is disabled. |
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| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : WallpaperStyle System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Range : 0 or 1 Default : 0 |
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| 0 : Normal. 1 : Stretches the Desktop background picture until it fills the screen. |
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| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : TileWallpaper System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : 0 or 1 Default : 0 |
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| 0 : Centered wallpaper. 1 : Tiled wallpaper. |
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| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : Pattern System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| 8-byte character string representing an 8x8-pixel pattern. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : FontSmoothing System : 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : 0 or 1 Default : 0 |
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| 1 : Enables font smoothing. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : GridGranularity System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : 0 to 49, 8-pixel step Default : 0 |
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| Size of the grid used to place windows on the screen. From 0 to 49, 8-pixel step. | |
| Top | Windows |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : ActiveBorder System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 192 192 192 |
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| Active window border color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : ActiveTitle System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 0 0 128 |
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| Active window title bar background color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : InactiveBorder System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 192 192 192 |
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| Inactive window border color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : InactiveTitle System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 128 128 128 |
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| Inactive window title bar background color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : InactiveTitleText System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 192 192 192 |
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| Inactive window title color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : Scrollbar System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 192 192 192 |
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| Scrollbar color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : ScrollHeight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Scrollbar height. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : ScrollWidth System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Scrollbar width. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : TitleText System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 255 255 255 |
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| Active window title color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : Window System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 255 255 255 |
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| Window background color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : WindowFrame System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 0 0 0 |
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| Application menu and dialog box border color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : WindowText System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 0 0 0 |
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| Window and dialog box text color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : BorderWidth System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Window border width. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : MinAnimate System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 or 1 Default : 1 |
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| 0 : Disables window animation. | |
| Key : HKCU \Control Panel
\Desktop \WindowMetrics Entrée : CaptionFont System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD |
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| Caption font. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : CaptionHeight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Caption font height. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : CaptionWidth System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Caption font width. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : SmCaptionFont System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD |
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| Small caption font. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : SmCaptionHeight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Small caption font height. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : SmCaptionWidth System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Small caption font width. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : StatusFont System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD |
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| Status bar font. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : MessageFont System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD |
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| Dialog box font. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion
\Explorer Entry : AltColor System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_BINARY Default : 00 00 FF 00 |
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| Compressed folder and file color.
Each byte corresponds to red, blue and then green. FF 00 00 00 : Red 00 FF 00 00 : Green 00 00 FF 00 : Blue |
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| Top | Icons |
| Key :
HKCU \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion
\Explorer \Advanced Entry : ShowInfoTip System : 98, ME, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 or 1 Default : 1 |
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| 0 : Disables icon information tip display. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : IconHorizontalSpacing System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 60 |
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| Icon width in pixels. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : IconSpacing (1) There are 2 occurences of this value : see IconSpacing (2) System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 75 |
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| Icon horizontal spacing. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : IconTitleFaceName System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : Helv |
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| Icon title font. What is the difference with IconFont ? | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : IconTitleSize System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 9 |
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| Icon title font size. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : IconTitleWrap System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : 0 or 1 Default : 1 |
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| Adds a break when an icon name is too long for it to be displayed on 2 or more lines. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : IconVerticalSpacing (1) There are 2 occurences of this value : see IconVerticalSpacing (2), the function is different System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 75 |
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| Icon height in pixels. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : IconFont System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD |
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| Icon title font. What is the difference with IconTitleFaceName ? | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : IconSpacing (2) There are 2 occurences of this value : see IconSpacing (1) System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Icon horizontal spacing. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : IconVerticalSpacing (2) There are 2 occurences of this value : see IconVerticalSpacing (1), the function is different System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Icon vertical spacing. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : Shell Icon Size System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Icon size. | |
| Top | Menus |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : GrayText System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 128 128 128 |
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| Disabled option color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : Hilight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 0 0 128 |
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| Selected option color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : HilightText System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 255 255 255 |
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| Selected option text color. | |
| Key : HKCU \Control
Panel \Colors Entry : Menu System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 192 192 192 |
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| Menu background color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : MenuText System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 0 0 0 |
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| Menu text color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : MenuFont System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD |
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| Menu font parameters. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : MenuHeight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Menu font height. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics Entry : MenuWidth System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Menu font width. | |
| Top | Buttons |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : ButtonDkShadow System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 0 0 0 |
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| Button dark border color (right and bottom). | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : ButtonFace System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 192 192 192 |
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| Button, dialog box and toolbar background color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : ButtonHilight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 255 255 255 |
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| Window frame color, button frame color (top and left) and disabled option color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : ButtonLight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 223 223 223 |
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| Button light border color (top and left). | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : ButtonShadow System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 128 128 128 |
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| Button and window shadow color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : ButtonText System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default value: 0 0 0 |
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| Button text color. | |
| Top | InfoText |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : InfoText System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 0 0 0 |
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| Info-text color. | |
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Colors Entry : InfoWindow System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 255 255 225 |
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| Background info-text color. | |
| Top | Explorer My Computer |
| Key :
HKCR \CLSID \{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
\shell \open \command Entry : Default (Explore My Computer) System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Suggested value : Explorer.exe |
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| Create the/shell/command subkeys and specify Explorer.exe for the Default entry in order to open Explorer when double-clicking on the My Computer icon. | |
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