Automatically Enabling Themes - SOLUTION

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Ben Madsen

Fooling around with registry diffs today, I found a way to enable themes
automatically in my XP Embedded build while not using Explorer as my shell.

The keys that follow are important:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager\
ThemeActive - REG_SZ - "1"
LoadedBefore - REG_SZ - "0"

Now, since I am running under a second user, I just added those here:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager\

I'm not sure yet how to differentiate between BLUE and SILVER, but I'll
check and post if I find it.

-Ben
 
To switch to the Color Scheme of the Windows XP Theme, enter this in
addition to the aforementioned values:

Blue:
ColorName - REG_SZ - "NormalColor"

Silver:
ColorName - REG_SZ - "Metallic"

Olive Green:
ColorName - REG_SZ - "HomeStead"

Have fun,
Ben
 
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