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Re: Registry reset or refresh

#11842
From: Marc
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:27
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Hey

Sorry mis read the doc, this actually works fine.

SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETACTIVEWINDOWTRACKING, 0, PVOID(TRUE), SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETACTIVEWNDTRKTIMEOUT, 0, PVOID(1000), SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
PostMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, NULL, NULL);

Thanks
Marc


"Marc" <remove_Bukwheat@axess.com> wrote:
>
>Hey
>
>Here is the code the way I think you mean
>    SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETACTIVEWINDOWTRACKING | SPI_SETACTIVEWNDTRKTIMEOUT, 0, NULL, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
>    PostMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, NULL, NULL);
>
>This doesn't seem to affect the system in anyway.
>
>Thanks, I'll keep on searching
>Marc
>
>"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <gambit47.no.spam@no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>"Marc" <remove_bukwheat@axess.com> wrote in message
>>news:400318a6$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>>
>>> Here is the switch I am modifying
>>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
>>> "ActiveWndTrkTimeout"=dword:00000000
>>
>>Try using SystemParametersInfo() with the SPI_SETACTIVEWINDOWTRACKING and
>>SPI_SETACTIVEWNDTRKTIMEOUT flags instead.  You can specify
>>SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE for the fWinIni parameter to persist the new values into
>>the user's profile, and also specify SPIF_SENDCHANGE to have the function
>>broadcast a WM_SETTINGCHANGE message to the rest of the system.
>>
>>
>>Gambit
>>
>>
>
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