I am trying to tweak the user environment settings before I deploy XP to all of our desktops, and I am having problems finding registry tweaks for the theme. I want to use the "Windows Classic" theme, "Classic View" in the Control Panel, I want the "Quick Launch" enabled by default, and I want "Windows Classic Folders" for Explorer. I cannot seem to find tweaks for this.

Add this section to your unattended file for the classic theme

[Shell]
    DefaultThemesOff = Yes

This registry tweak forces Classic Control Panel:

;Force Classic Control Panel
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001

The other I don't know about.

I am trying to tweak the user environment settings before I deploy XP to all of our desktops, and I am having problems finding registry tweaks for the theme.  I want to use the "Windows Classic" theme, "Classic View" in the Control Panel, I want the "Quick Launch" enabled by default, and I want "Windows Classic Folders" for Explorer.  I cannot seem to find tweaks for this.

This will give you classic view in all folders including control panel.

Windows Classic

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

"ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,37,88,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

01,00,00,00,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

Common Tasks

"ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,37,a8,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

01,00,00,00,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

See the difference in the two with the one being 88 the other a8.

As for the quick launch here is a detailed thread:

http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?showto...hl=quick+launch

Search this forum it is a very good, detailed site. I very seriously doubt you will be unable to find what your looking for here.

That didn't work, no Quick Launch was there... Perhaps I am going about this the wrong way... Maybe I should setup a profile, and have it be copied to the Default User profile... will it be over written if I put in via the $OEM$ method?

I have decided that I am just going to replace the ntuser.dat in the Default User profile... I have been testing out xcopy and copy, and I cannot find a way to overwrite a hidden file... are there any ways of doing this, or perhaps, is there a command to change attributes like chmod in *nix?

[EDIT] I found it, attrib -H <filename> removes the hidden status...

I have decided that I am just going to replace the ntuser.dat in the Default User profile...  I have been testing out xcopy and copy, and I cannot find a way to overwrite a hidden file... are there any ways of doing this, or perhaps, is there a command to change attributes like chmod in *nix?

[EDIT] I found it, attrib -H <filename> removes the hidden status...

Let me know if you have success w/ this.