[Help] Disabling Accessibility Options

[ManDudeGuy]

I want to disable all of Xp's accessibility crap, but the accessibility control icon doesn't appear in the control panel, and the accessibility controls won't launch when I click settings on the dialog that shows when you tap shift five times. Is there any way to disable these things via the registry or 3rd party tools?

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[Sonic]

Yes by registry, it's possible. I don't remember the regkey, but you can find it : install windows in a virtual machine, configure your settings and export the regkey.

[nmX.Memnoch]

Open Windows Explorer and go to %SYSTEMROOT%\inf. Now find a file called sysoc.inf. Open it with Notepad (double clicking should work). Find the following line:

AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,HIDE,7

Remove HIDE so that it looks like this:

AccessOpt=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,optional.inf,,7

Now save the file. This will make it show up in Add/Remove Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components under the Accessories and Utilities option. It won't actually uninstall the Accessibilty Options, it just disables them. It's always driven me nuts that you can't just uninstall them.

Edited March 5, 2006 by nmX.Memnoch

[nmX.Memnoch]

I forgot about these registry tweaks as well...

Disable ToggleKeys

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Toggle Keys

Value: Flags

Data: 58

Type: REG_SZ

Disable FilterKeys

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response

Value: Flags

Data: 122

Type: REG_SZ

Disable StickyKeys

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys

Value: Flags

Data: 506

Type: REG_SZ

[ManDudeGuy]

I am now continuously tapping shift and nothing is annoying me. I love you guys so much

[WolfX2]

I am now continuously tapping shift and nothing is annoying me. I love you guys so much

awww *sniffs* thats nice