How do you keep Adobe Gamma Loader and the Windows XP Color CPL from conflicting???

What makes you think they are conflicting?

Quote from Windows Color Readme file:

"Applying color profile adjustments to your display dynamically Some color profiles generated by display calibration software may contain color gamut information (in the form of an ICC 'VCGT' tag) that can be used to dynamically update the color gamut of your display. These color profiles are displayed with an ' * ' in the Color Control Panel Applet. When you choose one of these profiles as the default profile for your display and click Apply, Windows applies the color gamut adjustments to the display dynamically. (Note that this is not supported using the built-in Windows Display Properties user interface; you must use the Color Control Panel Applet to update the default profile to see this adjustment.) A professional photographer might use this feature, for example, to change the display profile on the fly when giving a presentation using an external projector and a notebook computer. The display profile can be quickly reverted to that for the built-in display when the presentation is finished.

IMPORTANT: Use of this feature may depend on having the latest drivers for your video card installed. It is a good idea to make sure your display drivers are up to date before installing the Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet.

Applying color profile adjustments automatically when Windows starts up By default, display gamut adjustments are applied only for the current user session. You can, however, cause the Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet to "silently" apply these adjustments to all attached displays by launching the application using the /L command line switch. Using this feature, you can place a shortcut in your Windows Startup folder to cause these adjustments to be applied every time Windows starts up.

To do this, locate the WinColor.exe application in your Program Files folder. Typically, it is found in the following location: "C:\Program Files\Pro Imaging Powertoys\Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet for Windows XP" Right click on WinColor.exe and choose Create Shortcut. Right click on the shortcut and choose Properties, then append " /L" to the Target pathname. You can then move this shortcut into your Windows Startup Folder to be run automatically when you log into Windows.

Alternatively, it is also possible to Scheduled Tasks to run WinColor.exe with the /L switch whenever you log into Windows. See the Windows XP Help and Support Center for more information about using Scheduled Tasks.

IMPORTANT: If you have installed 3rd-party color calibration software, it may already be applying color profile adjustments to your display when your system starts up. Microsoft recommends that you continue to use your 3rd party software, if any, for this purpose. You should only follow the above procedure if you are sure there will be no conflicts with your existing software."

That said I'm not sure what MS Color Control is doing. if anything. My "Apply" button is always grayed out even after disabling GretagMacbeth profile loader at sturtup.

Robert_Bourbonnais

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