User: Configures the Welcome Screen and changes details such as the profile picture or username. Available on Progressbar NOT systems, BAR/X, all server systems, BarOS 10 onwards and H@ckgresh.
Sounds:
Toggles music and sound effects.
Toggles HDD noises. Unavailable when using a non-SSD drive, as well as in PB-DOS Shell to Progressbar 3.14, Bar System 1 to BarOS 10.II and the BC version of B OS.
Toggles simulate haptic feedback.
Toggles app notifications.
Language:
Changes one language to another, with up to twelve languages to choose from.
Somewhere between versions 0.58 and 0.5604 the buttons was removed from the language menu.
Toggles the in-game keyboard for ProgressDOS and Terminus.
Sets the clock to 12-hour or 24-hour.
Changes the year of the system. Unavailable on BarOS systems (including H@ckgresh).
Attempting to set the year to 00 in an unprotected system will cause an error saying "Year 2000 problem!", while attempting to set the year to 2038 in a system with a 4 year digit will cause an error saying "Epochalypse". Both will cause a self-restarting BSOD upon closure, along with renaming the Progressbar 2000 option to Progressbar 1900 in the Progressbar boot menu.
Accessibility: Unavailable in Progressbar 11, 11.22, 12 and their respective server editions.
Color blindness mode: If toggled, certain segments will appear with punctuation marks; the red segment will have an exclamation mark, the pink segment will have a minus mark, and the gray segment will have a 0 mark. In the Matrix game mode, the blue segment (green in Matrix game mode) will have a + mark.
Reduce flashing and blinking: Flashing light or blinking effects are reduced, causing them to function slower or be entirely absent.
You can change from one wallpaper to another. There are 10 built-in wallpapers on all Progressbar and BarOS systems and 1 built-in wallpaper on all server systems. The first one is unlocked by installing the operating system itself, and the next ones are unlocked after reaching a certain level.
The ability to change to custom wallpapers in operating systems becomes available when reaching the Pro label. This option is unavailable in PB-DOS Shell to Progressbar 2, B OS and in the PC version (except in Bar System 2 to BarOS 8 and BAR/X).
In Bar System 2 to BarOS 8 and BAR/X, a pattern editor is used instead of a user wallpaper. Like user wallpapers, it can be unlocked when reaching the Pro label. It can be also unlocked by buying it for 5 Product Keys.
In versions prior to 0.54, there would be an option to replace the wallpaper with the one currently selected for the system.
In BarOS 14, a toggle for animated wallpapers is present. When enabled, the current wallpaper will be animated.
Before version 1.0060, the 1st, 5th and 10th wallpapers in BarOS 14 were only able to be animated, while the rest were just white.
In 1.09, a new set of wallpapers available on every Progressbar system was introduced through the "Collectibles" tab. Some wallpapers were unlocked through File Copying, the rest were unlocked through other means.
Cloud Saving: Toggles Cloud Saving, which lets a player keep their progress when they switch to another device. Unavailable on the PC version.
Game Controller: Modifies a connected controller. Exclusive to the PC version.
Display: Called Display Properties before 0.7260[verify]. BarOS systems (including H@ckgresh) have this function exclusively on the PC version.
Display:
Changes color palettes, available options being 16 colors, 256 colors, High Color and True Color. Some color palettes require a video card to function.
Toggles the CRT display. Unavailable on non-LCD monitors.
The monitor can be degaussed with a CRT display enabled.
A "Ray Tracing ;)" option can be enabled with a "nVD RayTx 2020 t" video card or higher.
In versions 0.9830 or later, the GPU manufacturer's logo appears in the center of the monitor.
Taskbar: Modifies the taskbar's height. Unavailable on the PC version.
Cursor: This option is unavailable in PB-DOS Shell, BarOS, Progressbar PE onwards, and B OS.
Toggles the cursor. Unavailable in the PC version.
Toggles cursor trails.
In version 0.64 or later, custom cursors can be enabled by reaching certain editions on systems.
Fonts: You can change what font to use for the selected system. This option is unavailable in Progressbar 11 onwards, all server systems, BarOS and B OS as well as in the PC version before version 0.96.
Screen brightness: Modifies the visual brightness, and can technically be accessed from the PDA's included button row. Exclusive to Compact computers.
Backlight: Works similarly to the Screen brightness option, but is instead a checkbox. Exclusive to Compact computers and disabled at low battery.
Themes: Changes the visual theme. Unavailable in PB-DOS Shell to Progressbar 95, Progressbar NOT 4.0, all server systems, Progressbar95 (ver.0.2), Bar System 1 to BarOS 7, Progressbar PE onwards, BAR/X and B OS.
Restore purchases: This option will attempt to restore the purchases made in Store. Exclusive to the iOS version.
In BarOS and B OS, some settings are absent, such as: User, Accessibility, Display and Themes.
The "Display" setting is unaffected on the PC version, as it lets players switch between full-screen and windowed modes.
The "Display" setting can be also found in the PC version of B OS, with the same options as Progressbar's Display setting (excluding Cursor and Fonts).
In BarOS 8 and later, the Themes setting can be found.
In BAR/X and BarOS 10 onwards, the User setting can be found.
In 1.10, the Accessibility options will finally get added to BarOS and B OS (BC Kernel).
The earliest system the "User" setting can be found on is Progressbar NOT 3.60, as Windows NT was primarily used for servers/businesses. In BarOS, it appears on BAR/X, BarOS 10 onwards and H@ckgresh.
The earliest system the "Themes" setting can be found on is Progressbar 95 plus (excluding Progressbar NOT 4.0). It appears in BarOS starting from BarOS 8 (excluding BAR/X).
Another year is added for every Progressbar system unlocked. As well as this, the year can be synchronised with the current device time.
Although the Cursor setting is unavailable in PB-DOS Shell, BarOS and B OS, if the cursor trails option is enabled, the cursor will still have a trail in such systems.
In Progressbar Nepbar, Settings can be accessed also by the desktop, along with, for some reason, Themes option.
In one of the older versions, there were inactive buttons with Klingon and C++ languages in the language selection menu.
