Policy

Prevent changing visual style for windows and buttons

Prevents users or applications from changing the visual style of the windows and buttons displayed on their screens. When enabled on Windows XP, this setting disables the "Windows and buttons" drop-down list on the Appearance tab in Display Properties. When enabled on Windows XP and later systems, this setting prevents users and applications from changing the visual style through the command line. Also, a user may not apply a different visual style when changing themes.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Control Panel / Personalization
Policy ID 11bfda77437d
Internal name CPL_Personalization_DisableVisualStyle

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoVisualStyleChoice (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoVisualStyleChoice (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Prevents users or applications from changing the visual style of the windows and buttons displayed on their screens. When enabled on Windows XP, this setting disables the "Windows and buttons" drop-down list on the Appearance tab in Display Properties. When enabled on Windows XP and later systems, this setting prevents users and applications from changing the visual style through the command line. Also, a user may not apply a different visual style when changing themes.

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