XP Start Menu style, XP vs W2K classic, registry setting control

Registry Tip #2: XP Start Menu style, XP vs W2K classic, Registry Setting Control

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You can toggle between the XP Start Menu style or the Windows 2000 Start menu style using the GUI. This toggles hex 00 and hex 02 on byte 32 of the ShellState registry value:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Name: ShellState
Type: REG_BINARY

Byte 32 will be 02 for XP style and 00 for W2K Classic style. You can determine which style is in use by querying the registry value remotely.

If you want to force the classic style, set ForceClassicControlPanel=1; to force the XP style, set ForceClassicControlPanel=0.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Name: ForceClassicControlPanel
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

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