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Appearance
System Script
Appearance manages the Microsoft Desktop appearance.
Release Date
11/16/2006
Settings Description
The Appearance script migrates the following:
- The Appearance option migrates the appearance of the Desktop icons such as shape, size, image, and font size.
- The Desktop Icons option migrates the list of icons that are displayed on the Desktop such as My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places, Internet Explorer, and Recycle Bin.
- The Fonts option migrates the appearance-related fonts.
- The Scheme option migrates the button appearance and color scheme.
- The Theme option migrates the Desktop themes.
Notes
- Migration of Icon Size may also migrate some of the related Visual Effects settings.
- Migration of Icon Dragging may also migrate some of the related Visual Effects settings.
- The trash icons will be refreshed the first time you add or remove anything from the trash.
- The migration of Themes between different operating systems is supported only from Windows Vista onwards to Windows Vista or higher versions.
- After migration is complete Personalization window pops up from Windows 7 onwards. User can simply close the window and start using the system.
Limitations
Following are the limitations:
- The Use Large Icon setting is interlinked to the Icon Size in the Appearance tab.
- The migration of the scheme names across different operating systems cannot be supported. But, the attributes are migrated.
- The migration of the custom scheme names to Windows XP cannot be supported. But, the attributes are migrated.
- The migration of Themes between different operating systems is supported only if the themes are available in default location. If themes are saved at a custom location, they need to be migrated as part of data to the destination computer.
- The check boxes for Desktop Icons (such as My Computer, My Network Places) cannot be migrated when the settings at the source are default.
- You cannot migrate View and Sortby settings from XP to Windows 8 on the desktop.
- If Aero theme is not enabled you cannot migrate the colors under the path Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Personalization.
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