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Appearance

System Script

Appearance manages the Microsoft Desktop appearance.

Release Date

11/16/2006

Settings Description

• 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 can also migrate some of the related Visual Effects settings.
• Migration of Icon Dragging can also migrate some of the related Visual Effects settings.
• The trash icons refreshes the first time that 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, Personalization window pops up from Windows 7 onwards. User can simply close the window and start using the system.

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 the themes are saved at a custom location, migrate the themes 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 from XP to Windows 8 or higher on the desktop.
• If Aero theme is not enabled you cannot migrate the colors under the path Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Personalization.