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This one is difficult to find. I've always found it to be a messy one as quicklaunch tries to be. Anyone know the way to set small icons for classic start menu via registry or automated process? Thanks in advance

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I'm not sure on this one, but have you tried implementing this the same way QL can be enabled?

Export the key (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop, "TaskbarWinXP"=) once the settings are set exactly the way you want them and then import during uA.

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I have been searching for this "holy grail" too...

The option small icons for Class Menu uses the HKEY_USERS key:

Stuckrects2 (WinXP)

Stuckrects (Win95/98)

Unfortunately simiply changing the registry's hexidecimal in the stream won't work. Windows needs to record it via a reboot.

Source: http://udf.isorg.com/UDFs/82893.html

Not to mention late nights of comparing code and trying to 'bend' Windows to my way of thinking. :zzz:

Hypatia

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Unfortunately simply changing the registry's hexidecimal in the stream won't work.

On 9x you can kill and restart explorer after modifying the registry, but you need to use one or another script (I use Batchrun for doing that sort of things).

On 9x all the settings that concerns the taskbars (quicklaunch + eventual additional taskbars) are normally dumped to the registry only at normal shutdown. If you quick reboot or crash Explorer before normally shutting down, all changes made to the taskbars are lost. Relevant data is stored in those keys :

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams

and

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2 (There is no StuckRects key on my Win ME system)

I think the first of those keys also contains also the location of the desktop icons.

On ME you can do the following :

Create a taskbar environment, shut down normally to write the taskbars/desktop data to registry, restart the machine, backup the above two keys.

Create another different taskbars/desktop environment, shut down again, restart, backup this new desktop environment.

You can create and backup like that like that as many others environments as you want.

Then with a script that do the following :

1) Kill Explorer.

2) Merge a backed up environment to the registry.

3) Restart explorer.

You can switch desktop environment with one click. It is also possible to switch in the same time the location of the desktop, the various system icons, color scheme, context menu entries, etc. Wallpaper can also be changed by using a command line wallpaper changer. (Merging like that a backed up environment with additional taskbars will create the taskbars even if the corresponding folders do not exist but they won't be usable.)

PS : There is a small proggie called refresh.exe that will dump the quicklaunch settings data from memory to registry without needing to reboot. Unfortunately it doesn't dump the additional taskbars data so it is of limited use.

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How to make classic start menu -> small icons.
There is nothing more easy than that. On Win98/ME : Right Click on the Taskbar, choose Properties and then tick "Show small icons in Start Menu".

For Win XP, see here : http://www.viewz.com/computingtips/computingtip43.shtml

In Win XP, click on the Start Menu tab and hit the Customize button. Choose Small Icons.
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Did any of you actually succeed in accomplishing this, ever?

I'm breaking my head on this one for XP x64 Edition. None of what is found online does the job.

1	11.73573494	explorer.exe:1464	SetValue	HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Start_LargeIcons	SUCCESS	0x0	
2 33.11792755 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuAdminTools SUCCESS "YES"
3 33.11818695 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuFavorites SUCCESS 0x0
4 33.11844635 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuLogoff SUCCESS 0x1
5 33.11869431 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuRun SUCCESS 0x1
6 33.11892319 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuChange SUCCESS 0x1
7 33.11915970 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadeControlPanel SUCCESS "NO"
8 33.11940002 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadeMyDocuments SUCCESS "NO"
9 33.11962509 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadeMyPictures SUCCESS "NO"
10 33.11985397 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadeNetworkConnections SUCCESS "NO"
11 33.12008667 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadePrinters SUCCESS "NO"
12 33.12032318 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuScrollPrograms SUCCESS "NO"
13 33.12088013 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Start_LargeIcons SUCCESS 0x1
14 33.12113190 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\IntelliMenus SUCCESS 0x1
15 33.14191055 explorer.exe:1464 DeleteValueKey HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Start_LargeIcons SUCCESS
16 34.03789520 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\TaskbarSizeMove SUCCESS 0x1
17 34.03798676 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\TaskbarGlomming SUCCESS 0x0

Here I had just set it to Large icons in Classic menu,

below (in the same Windows session) setting it back to Small Icons via Start Menu customize:

18	132.82203674	explorer.exe:1464	SetValue	HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu\Order	SUCCESS	08 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 ...	
19 138.48182678 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Start_LargeIcons SUCCESS 0x1
20 142.67468262 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuAdminTools SUCCESS "YES"
21 142.67494202 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuFavorites SUCCESS 0x0
22 142.67520142 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuLogoff SUCCESS 0x1
23 142.67544556 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuRun SUCCESS 0x1
24 142.67568970 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuChange SUCCESS 0x1
25 142.67591858 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadeControlPanel SUCCESS "NO"
26 142.67614746 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadeMyDocuments SUCCESS "NO"
27 142.67639160 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadeMyPictures SUCCESS "NO"
28 142.67662048 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadeNetworkConnections SUCCESS "NO"
29 142.67686462 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\CascadePrinters SUCCESS "NO"
30 142.67709351 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartMenuScrollPrograms SUCCESS "NO"
31 142.67736816 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Start_LargeIcons SUCCESS 0x0
32 142.67762756 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\IntelliMenus SUCCESS 0x1
33 142.69767761 explorer.exe:1464 DeleteValueKey HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Start_LargeIcons SUCCESS
34 143.70024109 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\TaskbarSizeMove SUCCESS 0x1
35 143.70033264 explorer.exe:1464 SetValue HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\TaskbarGlomming SUCCESS 0x0

I used Regmon for this. Really wonder what the deal is.. it seems to be live activation somehow.

Trying the (seemingly) relevant changes in a script:

echo off
echo.
echo Should set Small Icons in Classic Start Menu (update for Windows XP x64 SP2+, 2009)
echo.
REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /v Start_LargeIcons /t REG_DWORD /d 0x0 /f
rem ? REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /v IntelliMenus /t REG_DWORD /d 0x1 /f
REG DELETE HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /v Start_LargeIcons /f

pause
EXIT

did not work.. :-/

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No, it doesn't set the icon size for the Start Menu.

Regshot only finds these when I set the Icon size to small for the Classic menu in XP64:

Regshot 1.8.2
Comments:
Datetime:2009/2/3 15:06:59 , 2009/2/3 15:07:31
Computer:SILENT , SILENT
Username: ,

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Values added:4
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HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\kmixer\Enum\0: "SW\{b7eafdc0-a680-11d0-96d8-00aa0051e51d}\{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}"
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ksthunk\Enum\8: "SW\{b7eafdc0-a680-11d0-96d8-00aa0051e51d}\{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}"
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kmixer\Enum\0: "SW\{b7eafdc0-a680-11d0-96d8-00aa0051e51d}\{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}"
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ksthunk\Enum\8: "SW\{b7eafdc0-a680-11d0-96d8-00aa0051e51d}\{9B365890-165F-11D0-A195-0020AFD156E4}"

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Values modified:8
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HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\kmixer\Enum\Count: 0x00000000
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\kmixer\Enum\Count: 0x00000001
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\kmixer\Enum\NextInstance: 0x00000000
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\kmixer\Enum\NextInstance: 0x00000001
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ksthunk\Enum\Count: 0x00000008
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ksthunk\Enum\Count: 0x00000009
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ksthunk\Enum\NextInstance: 0x00000008
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ksthunk\Enum\NextInstance: 0x00000009
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kmixer\Enum\Count: 0x00000000
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kmixer\Enum\Count: 0x00000001
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kmixer\Enum\NextInstance: 0x00000000
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kmixer\Enum\NextInstance: 0x00000001
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ksthunk\Enum\Count: 0x00000008
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ksthunk\Enum\Count: 0x00000009
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ksthunk\Enum\NextInstance: 0x00000008
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ksthunk\Enum\NextInstance: 0x00000009

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Total changes:12
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But I finally found a solution. You should kill explorer and then restart it, and in between make sure you add

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]
"Settings"=hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,06,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,1e,00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,94,04,00,00,
82,07,00,00,b2,04,00,00

Especially the nineth digits (06) in the example above are making the icons small.

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