On 31/10/2012 09:25 AM, scott wrote:
>> (My personal favourite is how changing from the lame "Windows XP" theme
>> to the sane "classic theme" doesn't just change one registry key that
>> says "theme name" or something - it actually changes eighty bazillion
>> keys all over the registry. Consequently, it's absolutely impossible to
>> script the damned thing!)
>
> How come it's impossible? Compare the registry before and after and
> export the changes to a .reg file. Plenty of software available to do
> that or write your own in a few lines.

Yes, but every time you click an icon or open a window hundreds of 
registry accesses happen. Trying to isolate just those related to the 
theme change is the hard part...

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