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Here's our Tip for.. May 2, 1997
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Changing 3-D highlight and shadow effects
The way 3-D objects are highlighted and shadowed is set by default, independently of the button face, but you can change them if you like. Run REGEDIT and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors to edit the corresponding Names. Select a name and choose Edit|Modify, then change the RGB data. For example, perhaps you want to swap highlight and shadow for "negative" buttons. Just swap the ButtonHilight Data values with the ButtonShadow values.
WARNING!! This is a REGISTRY HACK! And as such, you MUST FIRST make a backup of your Registry so that you can recover from any mistakes you might make. The Registry is a very unforgiving place if you don't know EXACTLY what you are doing. An incorrect Registry entry can render your entire system INOPERABLE. DO NOT attempt to change Registry settings without a Backup.
Don't say we didn't warn you...
The Configuration Backup Utility is one of the CD-Extras, so if you don't have the CD-ROM version of Windows 95, CLICK HERE to download it now.
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