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Change the style of wallpaper style appearance.

This setting enables you to change the appearance of your desktop wallpaper.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000
Through this tweak you can change the appearance of your desktop wallpaper.

1) Display wallpaper as centered.
2) Tile wallpaper until screen is filled.
3) Stretch wallpaper to fit the screen.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. Now, check the String values “WallpaperStyle” and “TileWallpaper” and right-click to modify their values as in table below:

  CenterTileStretch
WallpaperStyle002
TileWallpaper010


The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

Tile wallpaper.reg

The '.reg' file can "Tile" the wallpaper style.

Stretched wallpaper.reg

The '.reg' file can stretch wallpaper to fit to the screen.

Centered wallpaper.reg

The '.reg' file can center the wallpaper style.

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

'Wallpaper' positioning displayed on the 'Desktop' is 'Centre'.

'Wallpaper' positioning displayed on the 'Desktop' is 'Tiles'.

'Wallpaper' style which is displayed on the 'Desktop' is in Stretched to fit the screen.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\] , right-click on "WallpaperStyle" and click on 'Modify'.

Enter the value according to the wallpaper style you wish to have in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\] , right-click on "TileWallpaper" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the corresponding value for the wallpaper style you have selected and click on 'OK'.

Disable context menu for Start Menu, taskbar and system tray.

Category : Display > User Interface

This setting disables the appearance of the context menu on Start Menu, taskbar and system tray.

No entry of documents accessed recently in recent documents option of start menu.

Category : Display > User Interface

This setting disables the recording of an entry into "Recent Documents" option of Start Menu.

Enable change in reaction timing of start menu.

Category : Display > User Interface

This setting enables you to change the reaction timing of the start menu.

Clear the “Containing Text” qualifiers list you used while searching a file/folder.

Category : Display > User Interface

This setting allows you to delete the “Containing Text” qualifiers list you used with the search arguments at the time of searching a file/folder.

Customize InfoTip of “Internet Explorer”.

Category : Display > User Interface

This setting can be used to customize the text information given with InfoTip of “Internet Explorer”.

 
 
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