smc1979 Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Ok first off I did quit a bit of searching through this forum and found a lot about visual effects. NONE of which worked LOL.So I took it myself to find out why and make it work cause I wanted to be able to set those during setup also.Turns out that everyone was trying to change reg keys in HKLM and HKCU.Turns out its not in any of those and it is spead around in about 5 different places ALL under HKU!!Hah! what a pain in the butt! problem is the main key that it is under is different for every computer. So simply putting a reg file up wont work.I then decide to write a program that would find the correct key and set the settings for you. You can even choose what setting you want and run the program with the /silent switch or just run it normaly and then reboot.I have tested it and it works.So for once and for all the visual effects probelm is now fixed.msg me if any bugs are found.setting at over 550 lines of code. mainly reg crap.Any ways enjoy!!Sorry for not more details, but after testing this took me over 8 hours to find the right keys and make the program.BUT!!! I for one dont like to use programs I dont have code to, so if you have any questions about the program and how it works just leave a post and I will answer :-)Edit:Current program version is 1.0.3The program supports /silent command and can be ran at any time.But of course when using this in a automated setup of xp you would like to have the visual effects set for all user accounts that are created.Heres how to do that with this program.Now put the settings.ini and SetVisualEffects.exe in the folder $OEM$\$$\System32on your setup cd. This will copy the files to the system32 dir of windows (which is where we want them to be and stay)now in the folder $OEM$ you may or should have the cmdlines.txt file. You will need to put setstartup.reg in the $OEM$ folder with cmdlines.txt.Now edit cmdlines.txt and add this to the second line (or any where as long as it is done before any accounts are created) "REGEDIT /S setstartup.reg" (make sure to have the " to.Now you are all set.Everytime you create a new account the program will run only once and set the visual effects.Thanks to andrewpayneHere are a little better to understand the instructionsAs a step by step resume for others trying this method - 1. Download smc1979's file from his first post in this topic2. Run the executable SetVisualEffects.exe and then select the options you want.3. This will then save your settings in 'settings.ini'4. Copy the settings.ini and SetVisualEffects.exe into your $OEM$\$$\SYSTEM32 folder on your XPCD (thus automating the copy to your windows\system32 folder)5. Copy the setstartup.reg to the $OEM$ folder (alongside cmdlines.txt).6. Edit cmdlines.txt and add "REGEDIT /S setstartup.reg" to the second line (before any accounts are created) et viola! Visual Effects that finally works!VisualEffectsChangerXP.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zilevoli Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 ... be ran from a batch file and set these keys for based on the command you give it ...Am I wrong or does that mean there are switches I can apply within a batch file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smc1979 Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 only one! /silentYou can open the program before you put it on the cd and set the setting by simply checking the ones you want. the setting are saved in the settings.ini.So when it is ran with the /silent switch it will read those settings.So this program also have a GUI interface :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zilevoli Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Ah there we go thats what I was looking for. You should provide a read me with your program :wink:Cheers by the way ... the GUI works fine, gonna test the /silent right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smc1979 Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 Let me know if it works for you :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 nice lil proggie man! surprised your the first 1 thats thought of something like this (or atleast first 1 thats made a program 4 it) well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arablover Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Quick question..........What exactly does 'use common tasks in folders' actually mean?Cheers.Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 common tasks in foldersThat's the bluish sidebar you see - to the left of any explorer window. It only shows up when the tree-view with folders/etc. is closed - that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arablover Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 It did not work!Everything was selected EXCEPT 'smoothing of screen fonts'.Here are the contents of the settings file.[effects]1=02=03=04=05=06=07=08=19=010=011=112=013=014=015=016=0Any ideas why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adiel Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 thanks , i'm gonna try those visual effects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smc1979 Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 Did you try to set the visual effects using the /silent command or through the GUI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 What am I doing wrong with this /silent command ... it just opens the program:"E:\Appz\Visual Effects Changer XP v1.0.0\SetVisualEffects.exe" "/silent"Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arablover Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Via the /silent command.ECHO Installing Visual effects...ECHO Please wait...start /wait %systemdrive%\install\SetVisualEffects.exe /silentCheers.Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfrost Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 I spent hours trying to figure out why my registry settings weren't applied correctly during XP setup.It would be nice if the program would open no window when using /silent switch. Anyway thanks alot . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smc1979 Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 I am fixing that now, the next version will be 1.0.1 and will be up in about an hour. when ran with the silent command it will now hide the window.Also I found a small bug and I have that fixed.Give me a few mins. and the new version will be up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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