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Tweak UI Issue
In Tweak UI, under General Tab / Focus....... I have UNchecked " Prevent
applications from stealing focus." But every few days I have to go and re-UNcheck that option. (The problem is that when checked websites open on the tray instead of opening into a full window). Any way to keep that option UNchecked? Thanks Marc |
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Tweak UI Issue
You are probably using the wrong version of TweakUI. TweakUI for XP does
not have tabs, older versions do have tabs. If you have TweakUI.cpl, you have the wrong version. TweakUI for XP is TweakUI.exe. Both should be located in the System32 folder. You should have version 2.10.0.0 or 2.0. Version 1.33 is for Windows 95. Uninstall the old version and get a newer version. Older versions can be used with XP, but there can be problems. A bunch of info here... Windows PowerToys FAQ for Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 & XP http://aumha.org/a/powertoy.php#1 You can download TweakUI for XP here... Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp Tweak UI This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more. Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows Server 2003. Scroll down the right hand side and look for... Tweak UI TweakUI.exe TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get. If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00. http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , sasha gottfried hunted and pecked: In Tweak UI, under General Tab / Focus....... I have UNchecked " Prevent applications from stealing focus." But every few days I have to go and re-UNcheck that option. (The problem is that when checked websites open on the tray instead of opening into a full window). Any way to keep that option UNchecked? Thanks Marc |
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Tweak UI Issue
it'S 2.1.......
"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... You are probably using the wrong version of TweakUI. TweakUI for XP does not have tabs, older versions do have tabs. If you have TweakUI.cpl, you have the wrong version. TweakUI for XP is TweakUI.exe. Both should be located in the System32 folder. You should have version 2.10.0.0 or 2.0. Version 1.33 is for Windows 95. Uninstall the old version and get a newer version. Older versions can be used with XP, but there can be problems. A bunch of info here... Windows PowerToys FAQ for Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 & XP http://aumha.org/a/powertoy.php#1 You can download TweakUI for XP here... Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp Tweak UI This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more. Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows Server 2003. Scroll down the right hand side and look for... Tweak UI TweakUI.exe TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get. If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00. http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , sasha gottfried hunted and pecked: In Tweak UI, under General Tab / Focus....... I have UNchecked " Prevent applications from stealing focus." But every few days I have to go and re-UNcheck that option. (The problem is that when checked websites open on the tray instead of opening into a full window). Any way to keep that option UNchecked? Thanks Marc |
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Tweak UI Issue
As you have seen, it does not work worth a hoot. I gave up on it a long
time ago. TweakUI [+] General Focus Focus [[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from the window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash to indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]] [[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth between windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that scenario by causing applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get your attention rather than stealing focus from the application in the foreground.]] Table 5-2 describes the settings in the Focus category. The default value for ForegroundLockTimeout is 0x00030D40, or 200000. This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds). You see the value ForegroundFlashCount in the table twice, because setting it to 0 causes the taskbar button to flash until you click it; otherwise, the taskbar button flashes the number of times you set in ForegroundFlashCount. Table 5-2 Values in Focus ------------------------------------ HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop Prevent applications from stealing focus Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: Time in Milliseconds Specifies the time, following user input, during which the system keeps applications from moving into the foreground. Flash taskbar button until I click on it Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0x00 Flash taskbar button N times Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: Number of flashes in decimal Specifies the number of times the taskbar button flashes to notify the user that the system has activated a background window. If the time elapsed since the last user input exceeds the value of the ForegroundLockTimeout entry, the window will automatically be brought to the foreground. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , sasha gottfried hunted and pecked: it'S 2.1....... "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... You are probably using the wrong version of TweakUI. TweakUI for XP does not have tabs, older versions do have tabs. If you have TweakUI.cpl, you have the wrong version. TweakUI for XP is TweakUI.exe. Both should be located in the System32 folder. You should have version 2.10.0.0 or 2.0. Version 1.33 is for Windows 95. Uninstall the old version and get a newer version. Older versions can be used with XP, but there can be problems. A bunch of info here... Windows PowerToys FAQ for Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 & XP http://aumha.org/a/powertoy.php#1 You can download TweakUI for XP here... Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp Tweak UI This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more. Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows Server 2003. Scroll down the right hand side and look for... Tweak UI TweakUI.exe TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get. If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00. http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , sasha gottfried hunted and pecked: In Tweak UI, under General Tab / Focus....... I have UNchecked " Prevent applications from stealing focus." But every few days I have to go and re-UNcheck that option. (The problem is that when checked websites open on the tray instead of opening into a full window). Any way to keep that option UNchecked? Thanks Marc |
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Tweak UI Issue
Ok...........so how do you prevent shortcuts to sites from opening only on
the tray instead of the desktop? "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... As you have seen, it does not work worth a hoot. I gave up on it a long time ago. TweakUI [+] General Focus Focus [[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from the window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash to indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]] [[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth between windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that scenario by causing applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get your attention rather than stealing focus from the application in the foreground.]] Table 5-2 describes the settings in the Focus category. The default value for ForegroundLockTimeout is 0x00030D40, or 200000. This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds). You see the value ForegroundFlashCount in the table twice, because setting it to 0 causes the taskbar button to flash until you click it; otherwise, the taskbar button flashes the number of times you set in ForegroundFlashCount. Table 5-2 Values in Focus ------------------------------------ HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop Prevent applications from stealing focus Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: Time in Milliseconds Specifies the time, following user input, during which the system keeps applications from moving into the foreground. Flash taskbar button until I click on it Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0x00 Flash taskbar button N times Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount Data Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: Number of flashes in decimal Specifies the number of times the taskbar button flashes to notify the user that the system has activated a background window. If the time elapsed since the last user input exceeds the value of the ForegroundLockTimeout entry, the window will automatically be brought to the foreground. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , sasha gottfried hunted and pecked: it'S 2.1....... "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... You are probably using the wrong version of TweakUI. TweakUI for XP does not have tabs, older versions do have tabs. If you have TweakUI.cpl, you have the wrong version. TweakUI for XP is TweakUI.exe. Both should be located in the System32 folder. You should have version 2.10.0.0 or 2.0. Version 1.33 is for Windows 95. Uninstall the old version and get a newer version. Older versions can be used with XP, but there can be problems. A bunch of info here... Windows PowerToys FAQ for Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 & XP http://aumha.org/a/powertoy.php#1 You can download TweakUI for XP here... Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp Tweak UI This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more. Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows Server 2003. Scroll down the right hand side and look for... Tweak UI TweakUI.exe TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get. If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00. http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ertoySetup.exe -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , sasha gottfried hunted and pecked: In Tweak UI, under General Tab / Focus....... I have UNchecked " Prevent applications from stealing focus." But every few days I have to go and re-UNcheck that option. (The problem is that when checked websites open on the tray instead of opening into a full window). Any way to keep that option UNchecked? Thanks Marc |
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