Restrict Desktop Theme Controls (Windows XP)

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Restrict Desktop Theme Controls (Windows XP)
Category: Home > Security > Control Panel > Display

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These restrictions control access to the desktop theme settings including the Windows styles, buttons, schemes and fonts.

Open your registry and find the key below.

For each required restriction create a new DWORD value from the list below and set the value to "1" to enable it.

NoVisualStyleChoice - Disable the "Windows and buttons" style control

NoColorChoice - Disable the "Color scheme" control

NoSizeChoice - Disable the "Font size" control

To specify the default style create a new string value called "SetVisualStyle" and set it to the full path and filename of the required .msstyles file.

Changes should take effect immediately.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
NoColorChoice	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
NoSizeChoice	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
NoVisualStyleChoice	REG_DWORD	0x000000001 (1)
SetVisualStyle	REG_SZ	C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Lun...


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
System]
Name: NoColorChoice, NoSizeChoice, NoVisualStyleChoice, SetVisualStyle

Related Tweaks

Hide the Themes Settings Page (Windows XP)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: June 2, 2002

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