Thanks Tom, I have the program and thought about it, but it has to be running in the System Tray to work (just like the ATI System Tray app which can do the same thing with Color Profiles). I hate to have things running in the background sucking up memory and resources, that's why I'm wondering if a batch file or vbs file is possible to change Profiles. -Clint
Happy Thanksgiving to all & God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Clint, The best tweaking utility for video cards is Power Strip I think it will do what you want. I'll do some thinking on what you want to do, for now try this it may do what you want. Get it here http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm t0m Support-OrpheusComputing.com wrote: > Hi all. I've learned how to create BASIC batch/vbs files, > and > I'm now trying to create one that's a bit more complicated > and > I'm not even sure it's possible. > > The problem is, those of us that use ATI AIW video cards > (that's "All-In-Wonder" and it may hold true for all ATI > cards), when we want to change "Color profiles" you have to > go > to "Display Properties", "Settings", "Advanced", then > "Color", > then choose the specific setting you previously created and > saved in the drop-down menu, which is long process with a lot > of clicking, and a pain. The ATI "Hot keys" do not work for > this, they are only for dual monitors and full screen 3D. > > So, I'm trying to create (dare I say) a "simple" one-click > method of changing color profiles. In my particular case, > it's > to go from a normal darker screen, to a bright screen so I > can > see digital images in more detail. I use a 20" DVI LCD > monitor > which actually has too much contrast and brightness. The > actual physical "Brightness" control button on the monitor > does > not go bright enough in this color profile "1", and (get > this) > the "Contrast" button is non-accessible in the DVI (digital > connector) mode! So, it has no adjustment, therefore the > need > for the "Color profiles". In my normal profile mode (which I > called "1") this is easy on the eyes, but when I need to edit > images it's not bright enough or contrasty enough to FULLY > see > the detail in the images; hence the creation of a "2" color > profile which has higher gamma, brightness and contrast. > > I found the entries in the registry for these color profiles. > There's the profiles "1" and "2", and above them is another > key > which shows CURRENT profile selected, and you can see in it > "1" > with all its settings when profile 1 is selected on that long > Display Properties path I mentioned above. Of course when > you > select "2" in the drop down, this area in the registry then > reflects that change. I exported this key on both modes, but > naturally, just clicking the specific profile reg file wanted > and merging it into the registry does not change the screen's > profile. What needs to be done AFTER this, is rundll32.exe > must some how be "in the process". Rundll32.exe is what is > run > when changing color profiles. I can merge one of the > profile's > registry keys, and nothing happens, until I open the Display > Properties again and go though all those tabs, then all I > need > to do is just **OPEN** the "color" tab, the profile does NOT > even have to be selected in the drop down menu! It's like it > knows it needs to change or received a command to change the > profile, but it cannot change the profile until rundll32.exe > "does something specific" for lack of a better term. I tried > clicking the rundll32.exe file before AND after merging the > .reg file, but neither worked, then screen stayed the same. > So > apparently there's another function going on here but it > doesn't show on cont-alt-del in the Task Manager, only > rundll32.exe shows as being open when a profile is changed. > > I'm trying to somehow create a batch file for each profile, > where each contains the specific path to each of the reg > files > I exported. That much seems simple, but it's never going to > work until I find the way to incorporate the appropriate > "rundll32.exe command" into the batch files. Just the path > to > rundll32.exe is not enough, some sort of command switch is > probably needed. > > Anyone have any ideas, or perhaps even a program/utility that > will give quick one-click access to a video card's profiles > where the batch file wouldn't even be needed? > Thanks, > -Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
