Force the Control Panel Display Style (Windows XP)

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Force the Control Panel Display Style (Windows XP)
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This setting specifies the visual style of the Control Panel. Allowing you to either force the use of the new XP style, classic style or allow the user to select the preferred style.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'ForceClassicControlPanel' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
ForceClassicControlPanel	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exp...

Settings:

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Name: ForceClassicControlPanel
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = force new, 1 = force classic)

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: May 24, 2002

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