Playing with Windows Registry - Part 4B

This is the second part of the previous article. From the previous part we already learnt how to modify the icons size, showing Windows version on Desktop, Removing arrow signs in shortcut icons, and hiding all Desktop icons. In this part we'll continue to learn how to use Windows Registry in modifying our Desktop and Start Menu.

PART IV-2
Modifying Desktop and Start Menu-2

1. Disabling Title Wrapping in Icon's Title
Title wrapping is a setting that will make the text (title) of an icon written in multiple lines. If you disable this setting the text will be displayed in one line only.
- Open Windows Registry Editor
- Go to this path: HKCU-Control Panel-Desktop-WindowMetrics
- Find the "IconTitleWrap" key
- Change the value to 0 to disable it
- Change it again to 1 to re-enable it.
- Restart your computer to see the changes

2. Disabling Start Menu's Item Modification
What I mean here is to restrict users so they can't move the menus there. To do it:
- Open Windows Registry Editor
- Go to this path: HKCU-Software-Microsoft-Windows-CurrentVersion-Policies-Explorer
- Create a new DWORD Value key
- Name it "NoChangeStartMenu"
- Fill the value with 1 to activate this setting.
- Change it to 0 to deactivate it.
- Restart your computer and you'll get what you want.

3. Disable animation when minimizing a window.
Usually when we minimize a window an animation showing the window getting smaller until it gets minimize will appear. With Windows Registry we can make it disappear, so when we minimize a window it will simultaneously get minimized without any animation.
- Open Windows Registry Editor
- Go to this path: HKCU-Control Panel-Desktop-WindowMetrics
- Find the "MinAnimate" key
- Change the value into 0 to disable the animation
- Change it to 1 to enable the animation again.
- Restart the Windows to see the effects.

4. Adjusting the Spacing between each icon in Desktop
Normally we can see some space between each icon in Desktop. Those spaces are made so it has a better look. But are you sure if that adjustment is the best adjustment? If you don't think so, you can try to adjust the spacing with your own adjustments.
- Open Windows Registry Editor
- Go to this path: HKCU-Control Panel-Desktop-WindowMetrics
- Find the "IconSpacing" and "IconVerticalSpacing" keys
- "IconSpacing" key is used for adjusting the horizontal spacing
- "IconVerticalSpacing" key is used for adjusting vertical spacing
- Adjust the value of each key. (You may have different values in those two keys)
- Change the values to change the spacing (There is a limit in adjusting it and the limit may vary according to the screen resolution used)
- Make it 0 to remove the spacing
- Restart the computer to see the changes

* You can also log off and then re-login into your account again instead of keep restarting your computer to see the effects.

-to be continued-