RegKey for XP look (WinXP SP3, UK)

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Hi,

Looking for the regkey setting that controls windows ‘look’ – would like to have constant ‘XPstyle’.

Equivalent when accesing it manually is: Desktop -> Properties -> Appearance -> Windows and buttons: ‘Windows XP style’.

Would anyone know where I find this key??

THX

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It’s the ThemeActive value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionThemeManager key.

1 = Windows XP
0 = Windows Classic

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Thanks worked perfect.

Small catch there as some keys seem to dis- and reappear, when you swap between the states of classic and XPstyle.

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In Windows Classic style, values such as ColorName are meaningless, so they are deleted when you switch to Windows Classic style and recreated when you switch to Windows XP style.

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