Windows XP Desktop Effects

[pdmcmahon]

First off, I know this pic is from W2K, it is what I use at work. My question is, what line or registry key to I insert in unattended reg keys to turn off these stupid desktop effects in Windows XP. I would prefer to disable them in the registry as that is where the rest of my customizations are happeneing. They are annoying resource hogs. I cannot seem to find any posts on this as of yet. Plllllllllllllllllllllease hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhelp!!!!

PEACE!

[Exodia]

You want to disable all of the "visual effects" right? Thats been a pain in the a** to do for most since some settings dont apply to all. Have a look here http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...=visual+effects someone has posted their reg tweaks for visual effects. Also do a search for "visual effects" in this part of the forum and the "windows xp" section.

[pdmcmahon]

Thanks for the fast reply, unfortunately I think that covers the 15 or 20 visual effects that you can get to by going to My Computer \ Properties \ Advanced \ Visual Effects. I am talking about the effects such as fade-in and fade-out on right click, etc.

Any ideas, or did I maybe just not see it in that link you sent?

[jrzycrim]

System Propteries | Advanced | Performance | Settings | Visual Effects is where that particular effect can be disabled: Fade or Slide Menus into View and Fade out Menu Items after Clicking

Which other effects do etc. refer to?

Edit: Most of the effects your looking for can be found in the following Reg Key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

Icon Size:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]

Value Name: "Shell Icon Size" (32 is the value for small icons, 48 for large)

Hide Underlined Letters for Keyboard Navigation

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

Value Name: "UserPreferencesMask"

[pdmcmahon]

I am referring to the 6 effects listed under display properties \ appearance \ effects. See the screenshot. I guess the biggest one that bugs me is the transition feature.

[jrzycrim]

If you export the following two keys from your registry and include them in your registry tweaks for your Unattended Install, you should be set.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

Any HKEY_CURRENT_USER settings applied during GUIRunOnce or RunOnceEx will not stick. They should be applied from cmdlines.txt or at any point before the first logon.

[tioaboa]

check out the ref.chm in the deploy cab file

[shell]

DefaultThemesOff=Yes

DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes

try that in your unattended.txt that turns off themes and the stupid double width startmenu.

Cheers

Ian

[Rhino]

Hmm... I've triede exporting both keys (...\Desktop & ...\Advanced) - then disabling the option 'Use the following transition...' which had 'Fade effect' on ... then exporting both keys again and compared with the first set and I don't see any difference.

The reason I need this specific option is not only creating an unattented XP CD but also when I use Cubase SX it automatically turns it on ... very weird ... and I hate it .

Need at key to simply turn it of when done with Cubase SX.

Thx

[smc1979]

The visual effects form my computer and the display properties are the same.

Here use my app and your all set.

[url="http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=30078"]http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=30078[/url]

[Rhino]

Thank you [b]smc1979[/b] - looks promising

[matthewk]

The thread smc linked will cover the other options. See the reg file that someone posted there.

This is all I found on the alt underline options. [url="http://www.codeproject.com/win32/manipwindows.asp"]http://www.codeproject.com/win32/manipwindows.asp[/url]