I like the text on the icons of inactive programs in the taskbar to be
in normal ( I mean "non-bold"). This has been the case for years.
However recently the text is in Bold. The same applies to the clock in
the toolbar.

I have found how to reset this to normal via Display-Advanced-Inactive
Title Bar properties. This works OK. However when I re-boot the font
is back to BOLD. I have found and tried the Taskbar repairtoolPlus in
Kelly's Korner, it does fix the problem for the ongoing session,
however after re-booting I am back to BOLD.

In Safe Mode the same problem happens.

It looks as if "something" is re-setting the font settings I have
chosen. And it appears that this "something" is also active in safe
mode. Idea's anybody?

Thank you

The changes you make are not saved. To save them you need to
save your theme. The data for themes is stored in a text file, with
the extension .theme, not in the registry.


ju.c


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:cb2a5d75-87d2-4097-a6c5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I like the text on the icons of inactive programs in the taskbar to be
> in normal ( I mean "non-bold"). This has been the case for years.
> However recently the text is in Bold. The same applies to the clock in
> the toolbar.
>
> I have found how to reset this to normal via Display-Advanced-Inactive
> Title Bar properties. This works OK. However when I re-boot the font
> is back to BOLD. I have found and tried the Taskbar repairtoolPlus in
> Kelly's Korner, it does fix the problem for the ongoing session,
> however after re-booting I am back to BOLD.
>
> In Safe Mode the same problem happens.
>
> It looks as if "something" is re-setting the font settings I have
> chosen. And it appears that this "something" is also active in safe
> mode. Idea's anybody?
>
> Thank you

On Mar 15, 9:23*pm, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> The changes you make are not saved. To save them you need to
> save your theme. The data for themes is stored in a text file, with
> the extension .theme, not in the registry.
>
> ju.c
>
> <frans...@xs4all.nl> wrote in messagenews:cb2a5d75-87d2-4097-a6c5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I like the text on the icons of inactive programs in the taskbar to be
> > in normal ( I mean "non-bold"). This has been the case for years.
> > However recently the text is in Bold. The same applies to the clock in
> > the toolbar.
>
> > I have found how to reset this to normal via Display-Advanced-Inactive
> > Title Bar properties. This works OK. However when I re-boot the font
> > is back to BOLD. I have found and tried the Taskbar repairtoolPlus in
> > Kelly's Korner, it does fix the problem for the ongoing session,
> > however after re-booting I am back to BOLD.
>
> > In Safe Mode the same problem happens.
>
> > It looks as if "something" is re-setting the font settings I have
> > chosen. And it appears that this "something" is also active in safe
> > mode. Idea's anybody?
>
> > Thank you

Ju.c, thanks for your explanation. When I change Bold to Normal, I
press 2 times OK to exit the dialogue boxes. I also tried "Apply".
Normally this saves the change, I would have thought. How am I
supposed to save this in the .theme file? Or is the problem that XP
somehow faile to save this file automatically?

Anyway, I will start looking for the .theme file

Frans

Right-click the Desktop and on the "Themes" tab click the "Save-As..." button.


ju.c


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:618a4244-fdb3-447d-a215-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mar 15, 9:23 pm, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailinator.com> wrote:
>> The changes you make are not saved. To save them you need to
>> save your theme. The data for themes is stored in a text file, with
>> the extension .theme, not in the registry.
>>
>> ju.c
>>
>> <frans...@xs4all.nl> wrote in messagenews:cb2a5d75-87d2-4097-a6c5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I like the text on the icons of inactive programs in the taskbar to be
>> > in normal ( I mean "non-bold"). This has been the case for years.
>> > However recently the text is in Bold. The same applies to the clock in
>> > the toolbar.
>>
>> > I have found how to reset this to normal via Display-Advanced-Inactive
>> > Title Bar properties. This works OK. However when I re-boot the font
>> > is back to BOLD. I have found and tried the Taskbar repairtoolPlus in
>> > Kelly's Korner, it does fix the problem for the ongoing session,
>> > however after re-booting I am back to BOLD.
>>
>> > In Safe Mode the same problem happens.
>>
>> > It looks as if "something" is re-setting the font settings I have
>> > chosen. And it appears that this "something" is also active in safe
>> > mode. Idea's anybody?
>>
>> > Thank you
>
> Ju.c, thanks for your explanation. When I change Bold to Normal, I
> press 2 times OK to exit the dialogue boxes. I also tried "Apply".
> Normally this saves the change, I would have thought. How am I
> supposed to save this in the .theme file? Or is the problem that XP
> somehow faile to save this file automatically?
>
> Anyway, I will start looking for the .theme file
>
> Frans

On Mar 17, 12:40*am, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> Right-click the Desktop and on the "Themes" tab click the "Save-As..." button.
>
> ju.c
>
> <frans...@xs4all.nl> wrote in messagenews:618a4244-fdb3-447d-a215-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On Mar 15, 9:23 pm, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> >> The changes you make are not saved. To save them you need to
> >> save your theme. The data for themes is stored in a text file, with
> >> the extension .theme, not in the registry.
>
> >> ju.c
>
> >> <frans...@xs4all.nl> wrote in messagenews:cb2a5d75-87d2-4097-a6c5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > I like the text on the icons of inactive programs in the taskbar to be
> >> > in normal ( I mean "non-bold"). This has been the case for years.
> >> > However recently the text is in Bold. The same applies to the clock in
> >> > the toolbar.
>
> >> > I have found how to reset this to normal via Display-Advanced-Inactive
> >> > Title Bar properties. This works OK. However when I re-boot the font
> >> > is back to BOLD. I have found and tried the Taskbar repairtoolPlus in
> >> > Kelly's Korner, it does fix the problem for the ongoing session,
> >> > however after re-booting I am back to BOLD.
>
> >> > In Safe Mode the same problem happens.
>
> >> > It looks as if "something" is re-setting the font settings I have
> >> > chosen. And it appears that this "something" is also active in safe
> >> > mode. Idea's anybody?
>
> >> > Thank you
>
> > Ju.c, thanks for your explanation. When I change Bold to Normal, I
> > press 2 times OK to exit the dialogue boxes. I also tried "Apply".
> > Normally this saves the change, I would have thought. How am I
> > supposed to save this in the .theme file? Or is the problem that XP
> > somehow faile to save this file automatically?
>
> > Anyway, I will start looking for the .theme file
>
> > Frans

All the above did not work. For the record, the following did solve
the problem:

I replaced the file themeui.dll with a backup copy. This did not fix
the problem, I just add this for completeness

I then ran these registry fixes:
restorethemes.reg from Kellys Korner
visualstyle.reg, I believe aloo from Kellys Korner

After re-booting the problem had disappeared