Home Configuration Service Provider

The Home Configuration Service Provider configures the Home screen on the device.

Note Access to this Configuration Service Provider is determined by Security roles. Because OEMs and Mobile Operators can selectively disallow access, ask them about the availability of this Configuration Service Provider. For more information, see Security Roles.

Note This Configuration Service Provider is not available on Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC.

Characteristics

• HKCU\ControlPanel\Home
  This characteristic must be present to change the style of the home screen.

Parms

• BgImage
  This parm is used in the HKCU\ControlPanel\Home characteristic to set the Home screen background image on the device. The background image spinner then allows users to pick background images.

  The following table shows the default settings.

  Permissions	Read/write
  Data type	String
  Label	Background image:
  Roles allowed to query and update setting	Manager AuthenticatedUser UnauthenticatedUser

• ColorScheme
  This parm is used in the HKCU\ControlPanel\Home characteristic to set the color scheme for the device.

  The following table shows the default settings.

  Permissions	Read/write
  Data type	String
  Label	Color scheme:
  Roles allowed to query and update setting	Manager AuthenticatedUser UnauthenticatedUser

• DeleteScheme
  This parm identifies the Home screen scheme that is to be deleted. DeleteScheme only works on .tsk files in the \My Documents directory. The entire path for the file that will be removed must be specified in the value of this parm.

  The following table shows the default settings.

  Permissions	Read/write
  Data type	String
  Roles allowed to query and update setting	Manager AuthenticatedUser

• Scheme
  This parm is used in the HKCU\ControlPanel\Home characteristic to set the Home screen scheme.

  The following table shows the default settings.

  Permissions	Read/write
  Data type	String
  Label	Home screen layout:
  Roles allowed to query and update setting	Manager AuthenticatedUser UnauthenticatedUser

Elements

See Also

Configuration Service Provider Reference for Windows Mobile Devices| Home Configuration Service Provider Examples

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