HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: I have 1
Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: I have 00030d40
ForegroundFlashCount
[[Description
Specifies the number of times the taskbar button flashes to notify the user
that the system has activated a background window. If the time elapsed since
the last user input exceeds the value of the ForegroundLockTimeout entry,
the window will automatically be brought to the foreground.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ntry/55199.asp
ForegroundLockTimeout
[[Description
Specifies the time, following user input, during which the system keeps
applications from moving into the foreground.]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ntry/55200.asp
[[This tweak requires the modification of two values, depending on the way
you would like applications to take the focus. The first setting controls
whether applications simply steal the focus, that is pop-up over the
existing in focus window, or if instead they wait in the background and
flash the taskbar icon. The second setting controls the flashing of the
icon. ]]
[[Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value named
'ForegroundLockTimeout', change the value to either the timeout required, or
to '0' which causes the application to take the focus instantly. The default
value is '200000' (0x00030d40 hex).
The other settings affects the number of times the icon flashes if above
value was not set to zero.
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called
'ForegroundFlashCount' set the value (in decimal) to the number times to
flash the taskbar icon, setting the value to '0' cases the icon to flash
infinitely. The default value is '3'. ]]
Change the Application Focus Settings
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/540/
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:uEf1uk%(E-Mail Removed),
Herb <HE@UK> hunted and pecked:
> On 17.02.2006 16:59 UK Time, Wesley Vogel wrote:
>> It doesn't work correctly anyway. Try clicking Apply before closing
>> TweakUI.
>>
>> TweakUI
>> [+] General
>> Focus
>>
>> Focus
>> [[Enables to user to "prevent applications from stealing focus" from the
>> window you are working in. Instead, their taskbar icon will flash to
>> indicate that the application is trying to get your attention.]]
>>
>> [[When an application needs your attention-or when it simply wants to
>> annoy you-it steals the focus from the application in which you're
>> currently working. This leads to frustration as you flip back and forth
>> between windows. The settings in the Focus category prevent that
>> scenario by causing applications to flash their taskbar buttons to get
>> your attention rather than stealing focus from the application in the
>> foreground.]] ----
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
>> Value Name: ForegroundFlashCount
>> Value Type: REG_DWORD
>> Value Data: 0 thru X
>> 0 = taskbar button flashes until you click it
>> 1 thru X = flashes the number of times for value set
>>
>> Value Name: ForegroundLockTimeout
>> Value Type: REG_DWORD
>> Value Data: 00030d40
>> The default value is 0x00030D40 (200000)
>> This value is the time in milliseconds before Windows XP allows an
>> application to steal the focus from the foreground application. To
>> convert 200000 to seconds, divide it by 1000 (200 seconds).
>>
>> From...
>> Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
>> Chapter 5 Mapping Tweak UI
>> http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/boo...pchap/6232.asp
>>
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> Both ForegroundLockTimeout and ForegroundFlashCount are set to 0 (shown
> as "0x00000000 (0)" in the Data column.
>
> I'm not quite sure what the values should be...
>
> Thanks
>
> Herbert Eppel
> www.HETranslation.co.uk
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