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by thekandiman

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I need to know if there are any system variables pertaining to wallpaper and other personalized user settings, and where I would be able to find them. In addition, if there are not, I would like to know if there is a way to create one or more to myspecifics. The operating system this is in relation to is Win2k Pro, running SP2. Specific varibles desired are wallpaper, cursors, etc. Thanks for any help you can give.

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by ann777

Not entirely sure what you are asking, but I'll give this a try...

In win2k most wallpaper details exits in the registry... HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Control Panel --> Desktop (there you have TileWallpaper, Wallpaper, and WallpaperStyle). There are other backup wallpaper settings (search further into the registy and you will find them).

To create a specific wallpaper, you need some graphical creation program ... such as Jasc's Paint Shop Pro, Quark Express, Adobe Photoshop, etc. (any program that can create a BMP file (this is a Windows Bit-map file)).

You can find the standard windows bitmap files in c:\WinNT\Web\Wallpaper (this is where win2k places their default bitmaps). You can use them by Start --> Settings --> Control Panel --> Display --> and choosing the Background that you like. Then centering the BMP, Tileing it (like a tile floor or wall), or stretching it to fit the entire screen.

by thekandiman

The reason for wanting this information is for setting very system specific controls on the appearance available to certain users. The reason I rejected your answer is due to the fact that I am looking for system variables, not registry values or basic system settings. Thanks for the effort though.

by estebandelatorre

I'not sure what you are asking for, but almost any image file (.gif, .bmp,.jpg) can be a wallpaper. You can also make your own cursor file. Windows incluede s aset of cursos which you can modify.

Hope it helps.

by thekandiman

Perhaps I worded my question incorrectly...I need environment variables (ie. %SYSDIR%), pertaining to various appearance settings as mentioned above.

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