Window appearance

Window appearance

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Enable window animation on minimize
Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Parameter: MinAnimate
Type: string
Description: To enable window animation on minimize, create this parameter and set value to 1. 0 - to disable.


View the contents of window while dragging
Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Parameter: DragFullWindows
Type: string
Description: To allow to view the contents of window while dragging it across the screen, set this value to 1. (0 - disable).


Enable smooth scrolling
Registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Control Panel\Desktop
Parameter: SmoothScroll
Type: string
Description: To enable smooth scrolling, create this parameter and set value to 1. To disable, set the value to 0.


Enable font smoothing
Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Parameter: FontSmoothing
Type: string
Description: To enable font smoothing without Microsoft (R) Plus (TM) set this value to "1"


Enable tracking Window focus following mouse
Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse
Parameter: ActiveWindowTracking
Type: string
Description: Setting this value to 1 will enable tracking Window focus following mouse. It will active a window under mouse cursor, similar to X-Windows on Unix. (0=disable)


Moving cursor smoother
Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters
Parameter: SampleRate
Type: string
Description: Modify this value to higher number to moving cursor smoother. The range is 60...200, (default = 60).




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