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Add more windows settings #1

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OhMyMndy opened this issue Sep 20, 2022 · 0 comments
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Add more windows settings #1

OhMyMndy opened this issue Sep 20, 2022 · 0 comments

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:: Created: 2019-5-16 
:: Last modified: 2019-6-4
:: Author: CompSuperAC
:: Source on most of this: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6377-change-visual-effects-settings-windows-10-a.html

:: This script only works on the second login for whatever reason, apparently when people made similar scripts for XP that was also the case

:: This doesn't seem to do anything but I'm leaving it in
@echo off

:: Set performance radio button to best performance (this may not be necessary because of the whole "two login" thing)
REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects" /V VisualFXSetting /T REG_DWORD /D 2 /F

:: Set performance radio button to custom
REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects" /V VisualFXSetting /T REG_DWORD /D 3 /F

:: The below are set with a UserPreferencesMask, 9012038010 represents those settings converted from binary to hex,
:: that article above explains this but the example they gave with all options turned off is what was needed for this request
:: so no Binary to Hex conversion is needed

:: Animate controls and elements inside windows
:: Smooth-scroll list boxes
:: Slide open combo boxes
:: Fade or slide menus into view
:: Show shadows under mouse pointer
:: Fade or slide ToolTips into view 
:: Fade out menu items after clicking
:: Show shadows under windows 

REG ADD "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /V "UserPreferencesMask" /T REG_BINARY /D 9012038010000000 /F

:: To maintain the order of the Windows 10 performance menu, references will be made for all of the UserPreferencesMask settings

:: Animate controls and elements inside windows
:: See UserPreferencesMask
:: https://www.eightforums.com/threads/animate-controls-and-elements-inside-windows-on-or-off.39657/


:: Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics" /V MinAnimate /T REG_SZ /D 0 /F

:: Animations in taskbar
REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /V TaskbarAnimations /T REG_DWORD /D 0 /F
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