LeveL Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I have searched Google and MSFN, I have found the XPanswer to this but not the Windows 2000 answer.How can I change the Start Menu from this...To this:For such a simple cosmetic change I have never known there tobe a registry tweak that just flat out does not exist! But it doesn't, I used "ExamDiff Pro" to compare two registry files and it is notlisted in the differences! Most differences were in the CLSID keyswith long random numbers in the key names (nothing to do withthis small icons thing, trust me) Why is it possible in XP but not possible in Windows 2000?In XP you can import this tweak to do it...Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;Show small icons in Start menu[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]"Settings"=hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,06,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,3c,00,00,00,1e,\ 00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,e4,02,00,00,02,04,00,00,02,03,00,00That is for XP though - it does not work on Windows 2000. I also tried "RegShot" and it gave me this as the only differences in the registry...Regshot 1.7Comments:Datetime:2006/11/21 09:02:02 , 2006/11/21 09:02:18----------------------------------Values modified:2----------------------------------HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG\Seed: D4 60 5A 12 8B FB E7 4A ED A7 A9 A4 BF AF 65 E0 FB E3 8F B4 59 C3 18 85 45 17 12 CB EC 5A 02 7C 1D F2 BC B0 72 B1 3D 00 8B 30 FA A4 24 3E DA BE 18 D6 ED 85 DA AB A8 DA EE 23 40 A5 7A D7 85 24 99 2A A1 9B D9 CA 7E 8F 2C 73 D0 47 17 2F A7 14HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG\Seed: 77 66 A7 FD 49 D7 B9 CF AF 66 73 6E 58 B9 73 B3 EA 15 60 63 58 F6 93 72 01 69 09 19 B7 16 0B CC A4 97 90 E8 8F 9F DE F2 27 23 DB 95 83 55 6B 6B 2E 38 71 D5 92 CF AE 69 03 1D 63 10 3E 02 57 8E 8E 1E 54 6A FE D3 13 A8 AC E9 89 AA 93 57 B7 23HKU\S-1-5-21-2000478354-1326574676-725345543-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enum\Implementing: 1C 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 D6 07 0B 00 02 00 15 00 09 00 01 00 0A 00 DA 00 02 00 00 00 81 45 E0 01 EE 4E D0 11 BF E9 00 AA 00 5B 43 83 21 BF 5C 0E 5F D1 D0 11 83 01 00 AA 00 5B 43 83HKU\S-1-5-21-2000478354-1326574676-725345543-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\Enum\Implementing: 1C 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 D6 07 0B 00 02 00 15 00 09 00 02 00 0B 00 42 02 02 00 00 00 81 45 E0 01 EE 4E D0 11 BF E9 00 AA 00 5B 43 83 21 BF 5C 0E 5F D1 D0 11 83 01 00 AA 00 5B 43 83----------------------------------Total changes:2----------------------------------HKLM and HKU WHERES THE HKCU THOUGH?!Things like this are enough to drive me nuts!Its not even a vital tweak its all about the principle of it now! How can M$ make Windows 2000 so that some setting is completelyindependent of the registry? Nothing is independent of the registrythough thats the thing - someone has got to RESCUE ME from thismadness, please, how can you change it with a REG file?Please tell me, I am actually going crazy here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeveL Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 (edited) Alright, that hex setting DOES work in Windows 2000 but it onlychanges to 06 when you manually set the start menu on "show small icons in the start menu".If I import a reg tweak then yeah, it also changes to a 06 butyou go back into the registry ten minutes later and its changedback to a 02 again! In other words the registry resets itselfback again! This is just ridiculous! I am logged in as "Administrator" too - theres no reason fora reg file to change the registry then it just changes backagain.Faced with a new problem then - why the **** does the registryset the hex setting back to a 02 again when I said 06?Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;Show small icons in Start menu[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]"Settings"=hex:28,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,06,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,3c,00,00,00,1e,\00,00,00,fe,ff,ff,ff,e4,02,00,00,02,04,00,00,02,03,00,00STAY ON 06!!!! AAAAGH!!!!! Edited November 21, 2006 by LeveL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 1. Rightclick an empty spot on the taskbar and select Properties.2. On the General tab, put a tick/checkmark in the box "Show small icons on start menu"3. Click apply before you close the window using the X in the upper right corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trodas Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I keep wondering why doing that with registers, when clean and easy way exist right in windows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeveL Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 I keep wondering why doing that with registers, when clean and easy way exist right in windows...Because I am doing it unattended and cannot "click" the taskbar if it isn't there. Thanks for the entertainment, it was worth it.I worked this out anyway - its the same tweak as XP, it just doesnt workin an already installed environment, but applied durin unattended, it doeswork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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