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Prevent changing color scheme

Supported on: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

Registry

HKCU Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Value name: NoColorChoice

Description

This setting forces the theme color scheme to be the default color scheme. If you enable this setting, a user cannot change the color scheme of the current desktop theme. If you disable or do not configure this setting, a user may change the color scheme of the current desktop theme. For Windows 7 and later, use the "Prevent changing color and appearance" setting.