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Change XP desktop color

Started by VelvetElvis , May 11 2011 11:52 AM

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#1 VelvetElvis

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 11:52 AM

I have a need to change my XP desktop color via code. Should be dead simple, but I've spent several hours trying to solve this. I'd be happy if someone called me a worthless n00b and pointed out the obvious to me. :unsure:

I've tried code I dug up in the forum:

$COLOR_DESKTOP = 1
$COLOR = 0xFFFFFF
$DLL_Call = DLLCall("user32.dll","int","SetSysColors","int",1,"int_ptr",$COLOR_DESKTOP,"int_ptr",$color)

but nothing happens.

I've tried this:

RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors", "Background", "REG_SZ", "102 154 202")
RunWait("rundll32 user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters")

... and nothing.

Changing the registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Control Panel --> Colors --> Background
works on reboot, but I need to have it immediate.

I've looked at the help, including _WinAPI_SetBkColor in the help, but the code left me glassy-eyed, and doesn't appear to be what I want.

While I'm able to change the wallpaper immediately, I don't want that. I simply want to change the background color, and leave any wallpaper intact.

I munged together code to open Display Properties and make the necessary changes, but that's ugly, and I hope won't be necessary.

Hope someone can help me!

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#2 guinness

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 11:56 AM

Just a thought it might require a Restart of Explorer.exe?!

Example List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringIsValid() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChar() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • FileInstallr • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIGetBkColor() • LockFile() • PasteBin • SciTE Jump • Signature Creator • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples...Updated: 11/04/2013

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#3 VelvetElvis

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 01:10 PM

Just a thought it might require a Restart of Explorer.exe?!

The line

RunWait("rundll32 user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters")

is supposed to refresh the entire desktop. Doesn't seem to work.

Tried manually killing explorer.exe and restarting. Didn't make a difference. :unsure:

Thanks anyway.

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#4 JFX

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 01:58 PM

Something like this?

#Include <WinAPI.au3>
_WinAPI_SetSysColors(1, 0xca9a66)

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#5 VelvetElvis

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 05:43 PM

Something like this?

#Include <WinAPI.au3>
_WinAPI_SetSysColors(1, 0xca9a66)

You sir, are a saint! :unsure:

Thank you. I don't know why I had such a hard time with it.

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#6 guinness

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 06:44 PM

I still see I have a lot of the Help File to read :unsure:

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

ConsoleWrite(_GetBackgroundColor() & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(_SetBackgroundColor(0xFFFFFF) & @CRLF)

Func _GetBackgroundColor()
    Return _WinAPI_GetSysColor($COLOR_BACKGROUND)
EndFunc   ;==>_GetBackgroundColor

Func _SetBackgroundColor($bColor)
    Return _WinAPI_SetSysColors($COLOR_BACKGROUND, $bColor)
EndFunc   ;==>_SetBackgroundColor

Edited by guinness, 19 November 2011 - 10:38 PM.

Example List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringIsValid() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChar() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • FileInstallr • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIGetBkColor() • LockFile() • PasteBin • SciTE Jump • Signature Creator • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples...Updated: 11/04/2013

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#7 VelvetElvis

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Posted 13 May 2011 - 11:23 AM

I still see I have a lot of the Help File to read :unsure:

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

ConsoleWrite(_GetBackgroundColor() & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(_SetBackgroundColor(0xFFFFFF) & @CRLF)

Func _GetBackgroundColor()
    Return _WinAPI_GetSysColor($COLOR_BACKGROUND)
EndFunc   ;==>_GetBackgroundColor

Func _SetBackgroundColor($bColor)
    Local $iError = 0
    _WinAPI_SetSysColors($COLOR_BACKGROUND, $bColor)
    If @error Then
        $iError = 1
    EndIf
    Return SetError($iError, 0, $bColor)
EndFunc   ;==>_SetBackgroundColor