diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/console/console.c b/reactos/dll/win32/console/console.c
index f9c3b2fb652..e10e3bbb908 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/console/console.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/console/console.c
@@ -60,19 +60,18 @@ InitPropSheetPage(PROPSHEETPAGE *psp, WORD idDlg, DLGPROC DlgProc, LPARAM lParam
 }
 
 PConsoleInfo
-InitConsoleInfo()
+AllocConsoleInfo()
 {
 	PConsoleInfo pConInfo;
-	STARTUPINFO StartupInfo;
-	TCHAR * ptr;
-	SIZE_T length;
 
 	pConInfo = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(ConsoleInfo));
-	if (!pConInfo)
-	{
-		return NULL;
-	}
+	
+	return pConInfo;
+}
 
+void 
+InitConsoleDefaults(PConsoleInfo pConInfo)
+{
 	/* initialize struct */
 	pConInfo->InsertMode = TRUE;
 	pConInfo->HistoryBufferSize = 50;
@@ -88,49 +87,9 @@ InitConsoleInfo()
 	pConInfo->FontSize = (DWORD)MAKELONG(8, 12);
 	pConInfo->FontWeight = FALSE;
 	memcpy(pConInfo->Colors, s_Colors, sizeof(s_Colors));
-
-	GetModuleFileName(NULL, pConInfo->szProcessName, MAX_PATH);
-	GetStartupInfo(&StartupInfo);
-
-
-
-	if ( StartupInfo.lpTitle )
-	{
-		if ( _tcslen(StartupInfo.lpTitle) )
-		{
-			if ( !GetWindowsDirectory(pConInfo->szProcessName, MAX_PATH) )
-			{
-				HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, pConInfo);
-				return FALSE;
-			}
-			length = _tcslen(pConInfo->szProcessName);
-			if ( !_tcsncmp(pConInfo->szProcessName, StartupInfo.lpTitle, length) )
-			{
-				// Windows XP SP2 uses unexpanded environment vars to get path
-				// i.e. c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
-				// becomes
-				// %SystemRoot%_system32_cmd.exe		
-
-				_tcscpy(pConInfo->szProcessName, _T("%SystemRoot%"));
-				_tcsncpy(&pConInfo->szProcessName[12], &StartupInfo.lpTitle[length], _tcslen(StartupInfo.lpTitle) - length + 1);
-			
-				ptr = &pConInfo->szProcessName[12];
-				while( (ptr = _tcsstr(ptr, _T("\\"))) )
-					ptr[0] = _T('_');
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			_tcscpy(pConInfo->szProcessName, _T("Console"));
-		}
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		_tcscpy(pConInfo->szProcessName, _T("Console"));
-	}
-	return pConInfo;
 }
 
+	
 INT_PTR 
 CALLBACK
 ApplyProc(
@@ -148,11 +107,7 @@ ApplyProc(
 	{
 		case WM_INITDIALOG:
 		{
-#if 0
 			hDlgCtrl = GetDlgItem(hwndDlg, IDC_RADIO_APPLY_CURRENT);
-#else
-			hDlgCtrl = GetDlgItem(hwndDlg, IDC_RADIO_APPLY_ALL);
-#endif
 			SendMessage(hDlgCtrl, BM_SETCHECK, BST_CHECKED, 0);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
@@ -193,19 +148,15 @@ ApplyConsoleInfo(HWND hwndDlg, PConsoleInfo pConInfo)
 	}
 	else if ( res == IDC_RADIO_APPLY_ALL )
 	{
-		/* apply options */
-		WriteConsoleOptions(pConInfo);
 		pConInfo->AppliedConfig = TRUE;
 		SetWindowLong(hwndDlg, DWL_MSGRESULT, PSNRET_NOERROR);
+		SendMessage(pConInfo->hConsoleWindow, PM_APPLY_CONSOLE_INFO, (WPARAM)pConInfo, (LPARAM)TRUE);
 	}
 	else if ( res == IDC_RADIO_APPLY_CURRENT )
 	{
-		/*
-		 * TODO:
-		 * exchange info in some private way with win32csr
-		 */
 		pConInfo->AppliedConfig = TRUE;
 		SetWindowLong(hwndDlg, DWL_MSGRESULT, PSNRET_NOERROR);
+		SendMessage(pConInfo->hConsoleWindow, PM_APPLY_CONSOLE_INFO, (WPARAM)pConInfo, (LPARAM)TRUE);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -218,16 +169,68 @@ InitApplet(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, LONG wParam, LONG lParam)
 	INT i=0;
 	PConsoleInfo pConInfo;
 
-	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(hwnd);
 	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(uMsg);
-	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(wParam);
-	UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(lParam);
 
-	pConInfo = InitConsoleInfo();
+	/*
+	 * console.dll shares information with win32csr with wParam, lParam
+	 *
+	 * wParam is a file handle to an unamed file object which contains the ConsoleInfo struct
+	 * lParam is a boolean parameter which specifies wheter defaults should be shown
+	 */
+
+	pConInfo = AllocConsoleInfo();
+	if (!pConInfo)
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	if (lParam) 
+	{
+		/* use defaults */
+		InitConsoleDefaults(pConInfo);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		/* use current info */
+		PConsoleInfo pSharedInfo = MapViewOfFile((HANDLE)wParam,
+                                                 FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS,
+                                                 0,
+                                                 0,
+                                                 sizeof(ConsoleInfo));
+
+		/* copy options */
+		if (pSharedInfo)
+		{
+			pConInfo->InsertMode = pSharedInfo->InsertMode;
+			pConInfo->HistoryBufferSize = pSharedInfo->HistoryBufferSize;
+			pConInfo->NumberOfHistoryBuffers = pSharedInfo->NumberOfHistoryBuffers;
+			pConInfo->ScreenText = pSharedInfo->ScreenText;
+			pConInfo->ScreenBackground =  pSharedInfo->ScreenBackground;
+			pConInfo->PopupText = pSharedInfo->PopupText;
+			pConInfo->PopupBackground = pSharedInfo->PopupBackground;
+			pConInfo->WindowSize = pSharedInfo->WindowSize;
+			pConInfo->WindowPosition = pSharedInfo->WindowPosition;
+			pConInfo->ScreenBuffer = pSharedInfo->ScreenBuffer;
+			pConInfo->UseRasterFonts = pSharedInfo->UseRasterFonts;
+			pConInfo->FontSize = pSharedInfo->FontSize;
+			pConInfo->FontWeight = pSharedInfo->FontWeight;
+			memcpy(pConInfo->Colors, pSharedInfo->Colors, sizeof(s_Colors));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* console window -> is notified on a property change event */
+	pConInfo->hConsoleWindow = hwnd;
 
 	ZeroMemory(&psh, sizeof(PROPSHEETHEADER));
 	psh.dwSize = sizeof(PROPSHEETHEADER);
-	psh.dwFlags =  PSH_PROPSHEETPAGE | PSH_PROPTITLE | PSH_NOAPPLYNOW;
+	psh.dwFlags =  PSH_PROPSHEETPAGE | PSH_NOAPPLYNOW;
+
+	if(_tcslen(pConInfo->szProcessName))
+	{
+		psh.dwFlags |= PSH_PROPTITLE;
+		psh.pszCaption = pConInfo->szProcessName;
+  	}
+
 	psh.hwndParent = NULL;
 	psh.hInstance = hApplet;
 	psh.hIcon = LoadIcon(hApplet, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDC_CPLICON));
@@ -235,8 +238,7 @@ InitApplet(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, LONG wParam, LONG lParam)
 	psh.nPages = 4;
 	psh.nStartPage = 0;
 	psh.ppsp = psp;
-	psh.pszCaption = pConInfo->szProcessName;
-  
+
 	InitPropSheetPage(&psp[i++], IDD_PROPPAGEOPTIONS, (DLGPROC) OptionsProc, (LPARAM)pConInfo);
 	InitPropSheetPage(&psp[i++], IDD_PROPPAGEFONT, (DLGPROC) FontProc, (LPARAM)pConInfo);
 	InitPropSheetPage(&psp[i++], IDD_PROPPAGELAYOUT, (DLGPROC) LayoutProc, (LPARAM)pConInfo);
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/console/console.h b/reactos/dll/win32/console/console.h
index e949aa47eba..933925811c8 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/console/console.h
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/console/console.h
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ typedef struct
 
 typedef struct TAGConsoleInfo
 {
+  HANDLE hFile;
+  HWND hConsoleWindow;
   TCHAR szProcessName[MAX_PATH];
   BOOLEAN AppliedConfig;
   BOOLEAN UseRasterFonts;
   DWORD FontSize;
   DWORD FontWeight;
+  FONTSIGNATURE FontSignature;
   DWORD CursorSize;
   DWORD NumberOfHistoryBuffers;
   DWORD HistoryBufferSize;
@@ -44,11 +47,12 @@ typedef struct TAGConsoleInfo
   COLORREF Colors[16];
 } ConsoleInfo, *PConsoleInfo;
 
-BOOL WriteConsoleOptions(PConsoleInfo pConInfo);
 void ApplyConsoleInfo(HWND hwndDlg, PConsoleInfo pConInfo);
 void PaintConsole(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT drawItem, PConsoleInfo pConInfo);
 void PaintText(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT drawItem, PConsoleInfo pConInfo);
 
+#define PM_APPLY_CONSOLE_INFO (WM_APP + 100)
+
 
 //globals
 extern HINSTANCE hApplet;
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/console/en.rc b/reactos/dll/win32/console/en.rc
index ee958a6d9f3..f197d19574b 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/console/en.rc
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/console/en.rc
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_FIXEDSYS | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION
 CAPTION "Apply Properties"
 FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
 BEGIN
-CONTROL "&Apply Properties to current window only", IDC_RADIO_APPLY_CURRENT, "Button", BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP | WS_DISABLED, 25, 25, 150, 10
+CONTROL "&Apply Properties to current window only", IDC_RADIO_APPLY_CURRENT, "Button", BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 25, 25, 150, 10
 CONTROL "&Save Properties for future windows with same title", IDC_RADIO_APPLY_ALL, "Button", BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 25, 40, 185, 10
 PUSHBUTTON "OK", IDOK, 25, 80, 40, 15, WS_VISIBLE
 PUSHBUTTON "Cancel", IDCANCEL, 120, 80, 50, 15, WS_VISIBLE
diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/console/options.c b/reactos/dll/win32/console/options.c
index 10f06952b28..cc0ae4a472e 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/console/options.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/console/options.c
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ static
 void 
 UpdateDialogElements(HWND hwndDlg, PConsoleInfo pConInfo);
 
-static
-BOOL
-InitializeOptionsFromReg(TCHAR * Path, PConsoleInfo pConInfo);
-
 INT_PTR 
 CALLBACK
 OptionsProc(
@@ -39,7 +35,6 @@ OptionsProc(
 		{
 			pConInfo = (PConsoleInfo) ((LPPROPSHEETPAGE)lParam)->lParam;
 			SetWindowLongPtr(hwndDlg, DWLP_USER, (LONG_PTR)pConInfo);
-			InitializeOptionsFromReg(pConInfo->szProcessName, pConInfo);
 			UpdateDialogElements(hwndDlg, pConInfo);
 			return TRUE;
 		}
@@ -59,11 +54,6 @@ OptionsProc(
 				pConInfo->NumberOfHistoryBuffers = LOWORD(SendMessage(hDlgCtrl, UDM_GETPOS, 0, 0));
 				PropSheet_Changed(GetParent(hwndDlg), hwndDlg);
 			}
-			//else if (lppsn->hdr.code == PSN_KILLACTIVE)
-			//{
-			//	SetWindowLong(hwndDlg, DWL_MSGRESULT, FALSE);
-			//	return FALSE;
-			//}
 			else if (lppsn->hdr.code == PSN_APPLY)
 			{
 				if (!pConInfo->AppliedConfig)
@@ -178,91 +168,6 @@ OptionsProc(
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
-static
-BOOL InitializeOptionsFromReg(TCHAR * Path, PConsoleInfo pConInfo)
-{
-  HKEY hKey;
-  HKEY hSubKey;
-  DWORD dwNumSubKeys = 0;
-  DWORD dwIndex;
-  DWORD dwValueName;
-  DWORD dwValue;
-  DWORD dwType;
-  TCHAR szValueName[MAX_PATH];
-  TCHAR szValue[MAX_PATH];
-  DWORD Value;
-
-  if ( RegOpenCurrentUser(KEY_READ, &hKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS )
-	 return FALSE;
-
-
-  if ( RegOpenKeyEx(hKey, Path, 0, KEY_READ, &hSubKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-  {
-		RegCloseKey(hKey);
-		return FALSE;
-  }
-
-  RegQueryInfoKey(hSubKey, NULL, NULL, NULL, &dwNumSubKeys, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL );
-
-  for (dwIndex = 0; dwIndex < dwNumSubKeys; dwIndex++)
-  {
-	 dwValue = sizeof(Value);
-	 dwValueName = MAX_PATH;
-
-      if ( RegEnumValue(hSubKey, dwIndex, szValueName, &dwValueName, NULL, &dwType, (BYTE*)&Value, &dwValue) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-        {
-          if (dwType == REG_SZ)
-            {
-              /*
-			   * retry in case of string value
-			   */
-              dwValue = sizeof(szValue);
-              dwValueName = MAX_PATH;
-              if (RegEnumValue(hSubKey, dwIndex, szValueName, &dwValueName, NULL, NULL, (BYTE*)szValue, &dwValue) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                break;
-            }
-		  else
-            break;
-	    }
-
-    if ( !_tcscmp(szValueName, _T("CursorSize")) )
-	{
-        if ( Value == 0x32)
-            pConInfo->CursorSize = Value;
-        else if ( Value == 0x64 )
-            pConInfo->CursorSize = Value;
-    }
-    else if ( !_tcscmp(szValueName, _T("NumberOfHistoryBuffers")) )
-    {
-        pConInfo->NumberOfHistoryBuffers = Value;
-	}
-	else if ( !_tcscmp(szValueName, _T("HistoryBufferSize")) )
-	{
-		pConInfo->HistoryBufferSize = Value;
-	}
-	else if ( !_tcscmp(szValueName, _T("HistoryNoDup")) )
-	{
-		pConInfo->HistoryNoDup = Value;
-	}
-	else if ( !_tcscmp(szValueName, _T("FullScreen")) )
-	{
-		pConInfo->FullScreen = Value;
-	}
-	else if ( !_tcscmp(szValueName, _T("QuickEdit")) )
-	{
-		pConInfo->QuickEdit = Value;
-	}
-	else if ( !_tcscmp(szValueName, _T("InsertMode")) )
-	{
-		pConInfo->InsertMode = Value;
-	}
-  }
-
-  RegCloseKey(hKey);
-  RegCloseKey(hSubKey);
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static
 void 
 UpdateDialogElements(HWND hwndDlg, PConsoleInfo pConInfo)
@@ -360,69 +265,3 @@ UpdateDialogElements(HWND hwndDlg, PConsoleInfo pConInfo)
 }
 
 
-BOOLEAN InitializeOptionsDialog(HWND hwndDlg)
-{
-	PConsoleInfo pConInfo = (PConsoleInfo) GetWindowLongPtr(GetParent(hwndDlg), DWLP_USER);
-
-	if (!pConInfo)
-		return FALSE;
-
-
-	return TRUE;
-}
-
-BOOL WriteConsoleOptions(PConsoleInfo pConInfo)
-{
-	HKEY hKey;
-	HKEY hSubKey;
-
-	if ( RegOpenCurrentUser(KEY_READ | KEY_SET_VALUE, &hKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS )
-	 return FALSE;
-
-
-	if ( RegOpenKeyEx(hKey, pConInfo->szProcessName, 0, KEY_READ | KEY_SET_VALUE, &hSubKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-	{
-		RegCloseKey(hKey);
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	if ( pConInfo->CursorSize  == 0x0)
-		RegDeleteKey(hSubKey, _T("CursorSize"));
-	else
-		RegSetValueEx(hSubKey, _T("CursorSize"), 0, REG_DWORD, (const BYTE *)&pConInfo->CursorSize, sizeof(DWORD));
-
-	if ( pConInfo->NumberOfHistoryBuffers == 0x5 )
-		RegDeleteKey(hSubKey, _T("NumberOfHistoryBuffers"));
-	else
-		RegSetValueEx(hSubKey, _T("NumberOfHistoryBuffers"), 0, REG_DWORD, (const BYTE *)&pConInfo->NumberOfHistoryBuffers, sizeof(DWORD));
-
-	if ( pConInfo->HistoryBufferSize == 50 )
-		RegDeleteKey(hSubKey, _T("HistoryBufferSize"));
-	else
-		RegSetValueEx(hSubKey, _T("HistoryBufferSize"), 0, REG_DWORD, (const BYTE *)&pConInfo->HistoryBufferSize, sizeof(DWORD));
-
-	if ( pConInfo->FullScreen == FALSE )
-		RegDeleteKey(hSubKey, _T("FullScreen"));
-	else
-		RegSetValueEx(hSubKey, _T("FullScreen"), 0, REG_DWORD, (const BYTE *)&pConInfo->FullScreen, sizeof(DWORD));
-
-	if ( pConInfo->QuickEdit == FALSE)
-		RegDeleteKey(hSubKey, _T("QuickEdit"));
-	else
-		RegSetValueEx(hSubKey, _T("QuickEdit"), 0, REG_DWORD, (const BYTE *)&pConInfo->QuickEdit, sizeof(DWORD));
-
-	if ( pConInfo->InsertMode == TRUE )
-		RegDeleteKey(hSubKey, _T("InsertMode"));
-	else
-		RegSetValueEx(hSubKey, _T("InsertMode"), 0, REG_DWORD, (const BYTE *)&pConInfo->InsertMode, sizeof(DWORD));
-
-	if ( pConInfo->HistoryNoDup == FALSE )
-		RegDeleteKey(hSubKey, _T("HistoryNoDup"));
-	else
-		RegSetValueEx(hSubKey, _T("HistoryNoDup"), 0, REG_DWORD, (const BYTE *)&pConInfo->HistoryNoDup, sizeof(DWORD));
-
-	RegCloseKey(hKey);
-	RegCloseKey(hSubKey);
-
-	return TRUE;
-}