Displays Windows version in the lower left corner of the desktop.
Supported OS: Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
HKey | HKEY_CURRENNT_USER
Key | \Control Panel\Desktop
Value | PaintDesktopVersion
Type | REG_SZ | (Windows 9x/Me)
| REG_DWORD | (Windows 2000+)
| 0 - disabled;
| 1 - enabled
Many sources incorrectly state that this entry works on Windows 95 and NT4.
Windows 98/Me
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"PaintDesktopVersion"="1"
Windows 2000 and newer
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000001
