Mouse and keyboard settings, startup applications, printing etc.
Beep
(B,yes-no,yes) Determines whether windows will beep when there is an error.
BorderWidth
(#,1-49,3) Width of window borders. Can also be changed thru Desktop Icon in Control Panel.
CoolSwitch
(B,0-1,1) Turns fast task switch on(1) or off(0). Can also be changed thru 'Fast ALT-TAB switching' from Desktop Icon in Control Panel.
CursorBlinkRate
(#,,530) How much time elapses between each blink of the cursor. Can also be changed thru Desktop Icon in Control Panel.
DefaultQueueSize
(#,,8) Number of messages an application's message queue can hold. YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO CHANGE THIS VALUE.
DeviceNotSelectedTimeout
(#,,15) System default tells Windows how long to wait for a device to be turned on.
Documents
(S,,) Defines files to be considered documents.
DosPrint
(B,yes-no,no) Determines whether windows uses MS-DOS interrupts for printing. Change using the Printers icon from Control Panel.
DoubleClickHeight
(#,,4) Determines the # of pixels the mouse can move vertically between clicks in a double-click.
DoubleClickWidth
(#,,4) Determines the # of pixels the mouse can move horizontally between clicks in a double-click.
DoubleClickSpeed
(#,,452) Maximum time that can lapse between clicks for a double-click. Change using the Mouse icon from Control Panel.
KeyboardDelay
(#,,2) Time that will elapse when you hold down a key before the key starts repeating. Can also be changed thru Keyboard icon in Control Panel.
KeyboardSpeed
(#,,31) Sets how much time elapses between repeating characters when a key is held down. Can also be changed thru Keyboard icon in Control Panel.
Load
(S,,) Specifies programs to load, minimized as icons, when you load Windows.
MenuDropAlignment
(B,0-1,) If 0, drop-down menus are left aligned, if 1, menus are right aligned.
MenuShowDelay
(#,,0) How long windows waits before showing a cascading menu. Default is 0 for 80386, 400 for 80286 computers.
MouseSpeed
(#,0-2,1) 0 means no cursor acceleration, 1 is double speed when mouse movement exceeds MouseThreshold1, 2 is double speed when mouse exceeds MouseThreshold2. Can also be changed thru mouse icon in Control Panel.
MouseThreshold1
(#,,5) Number of pixels the mouse can move between interrupts before the cursor speed is doubled, according to the value in MouseSpeed. Can also be changed thru mouse icon in Control Panel.
MouseThreshold2
(#,,10) Number of pixels the mouse can move between interrupts before the cursor speed is quadrupled, according to the value in MouseSpeed. Can also be changed thru mouse icon in Control Panel.
MouseTrails
(#,1-7,-1) Number of 'shadow' pointers that trail the mouse pointer, set to -1 to disable. Only works with EGA, VGA, SVGA display drivers. Can also be changed thru mouse icon in Control Panel.
NetWarn
(B,0-1,1) Determines whether windows displays an error message if the network is down or the wrong network is running. Set to 0 to disable warning. Can also be changed thru network icon in Control Panel.
NullPort
(S,,none) Specifies the name used for a null port.
Programs
(S,,com exe bat pif) Filename extensions to be considered applications by windows.
Run
(S,,) Specifies the programs to run when you load windows.
ScreenSaveActive
(B,0-1,0) 1 enables the screen saver, 0 disables it. Can also be changed thru Desktop icon in Control Panel.
ScreenSaveTimeOut
(#,,120) Number of seconds windows waits after no keyboard or mouse input before displaying the screen saver. Can also be changed thru Dekstop icon in Control Panel.
Spooler
(B,yes-no,yes) Yes enables Print Manager, no disables it. Can also be changed thru Printers icon in Control Panel.
SwapMouseButtons
(B,,0) 1 will swap the left and right mouse buttons. Can also be changed thru mouse icon in Control Panel.
TransmissionRetryTimeout
(#,,45) System default for number of seconds Print Manager will wait for a successful transmission to a printer before displaying an error message.
Desktop]
Icon appearance, wallpaper etc.
GridGranularity
(#,0-49,0) Size of the grid windows uses for positioning windows on screen. In increments of 8 pixels. Can also be changed thru Desktop icon in Control Panel.
IconSpacing
(#,,77) Number of pixels horizontally between each icon. Can also be changed thru Desktop icon in Control Panel.
IconTitleFaceName
(S,,MS Sans Serif) Font used to display icon titles
IconTitleSize
(#,,8) Point size of the font used to display icon titles.
IconTitleWrap
(B,0-1,1) Determines whether windows wraps icon titles. Can also be changed thru Desktop icon in Control Panel.
IconVerticalSpacing
(#,,) Number of pixels vertically between each icon. Default is determined by the icon title font you are using.
Pattern
(S,,none) Specifies a pattern for the desktop background. Can also be changed thru Desktop icon in Control Panel.
TileWallpaper
(B,0-1,1) 1 will tile wallpaper on the desktop, 0 will center it. Can also be changed thru Desktop icon in Control Panel.
Wallpaper
(S,,none) Specifies the name of the BMP wallpaper used on the desktop. Can also be changed thru Desktop icon in Control Panel.
TrueType]
Settings for TrueType fonts
OutlineThreshold
(#,0-300,256) Number of pels-per-em where windows displays TrueType fonts as outlines instead of bitmaps. Decreasing this value may increase available memory. Increasing speeds up rendering.
TTEnable
(B,0-1,1) 1 enables TrueType fonts, 0 disables them. Can also be changed thru Fonts icon in Control Panel.
TTIfCollisions
(B,0-1,0) 1 will use the TrueType font if another font has the same name. 0 will use the non-TrueType font.
TTOnly
(B,0-1,0) 1 will make only TrueType fonts available to windows applications. Can also be changed thru Fonts icon in Control Panel.
Network]
Network default settings.
Drive
(S,,) Specifies the network connections that are restored whenever windows is started. Can also be changed thru Network Connections from the Disk menu in File Manager.
InRestoreNetConnect
(B,0-1,1) 1 will reconnect to the network servers you were connected to in the last windows session. Can also be changed thru Network icon in Control Panel.
Port
(S,,) This is the path for a network printer and the port it is assigned. Can also be changed thru Network icon in Control Panel.
Windows Help]
Help window positions, colors etc.
M_WindowPosition
(S,,) Main Help window position. Format is [#,#,#,#,#]; x coordinate, y coordinate, width, height, maximized (1) or default (0).
H_WindowPosition
(S,,) History dialog box position. Format is [#,#,#,#,#]; x coordinate, y coordinate, width, height, maximized (1) or default (0).
A_WindowPosition
(S,,) Annotate dialog box position. Format is [#,#,#,#,#]; x coordinate, y coordinate, width, height, maximized (1) or default (0).
C_WindowPosition
(S,,) Copy dialog box position. Format is [#,#,#,#,#]; x coordinate, y coordinate, width, height, maximized (1) or default (0).
IFJumpColor
(S,,) Color of text that, when clicked, leads to another panel of info in another help file. Format is Red-value Green-value Blue-value.
IFPopupColor
(S,,) Color of text then, when clicked, shows a pop-up window from another help file. Format is Red-value Green-value Blue-value.
JumpColor
(S,,) Color of text that, when clicked, leads to another panel of info. Format is Red-value Green-value Blue-value.
MacroColor
(S,,) Color of text that, when clicked, runs a Help macro. Format is Red-value Green-value Blue-value.
PopupColor
(S,,) Color of text that, when clicked, shows a pop-up window. Format is Red-value Green-value Blue-value.
Extensions]
Use REGEDIT.EXE or Associate from File Manager to change.
Intl]
Use International icon from Control Panel to change.
Ports]
Use Ports icon from Control Panel to change COM port settings.
Fonts]
Use Fonts icon from Control Panel to change.
fontsubstitutes]
Used when working on 3.0 documents with fonts not supported in 3.1.
MCI Extensions]
Associates media drivers with file types.
Embedding]
Used only for compatibility with Windows 3.0.
sound]
Use Sound icon from Control Panel to change.
printerports]
Use Printers icon from Control Panel to change.
devices]
Use Printers icon from Control Panel to change.
programs]
Complete file manager dialog box when prompted for path of file to change.
