10 Tricks about Windows Registry

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TRICK 1:

Customizing the System Tray-

1. Go to Start menu and then go to Run (shortcut : Windows + R) for Windows XP and Windows 7 / Search in Windows 8 or 8 .1 and type RegEdit in the search area.
2. Now open RegEdit.
3. Then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International
4. After that add two new String values i.e. “s1159″ and “s2359“
5. Finally right click the new value name and modify it.
6. Then enter anything you like up to 8 characters.

TRICK 2:

Locking out the unwanted users-

1. Go to Start menu and then go to Run ( shortcut : Windows + R) for Windows XP and Windows 7 / Search in Windows 8 or 8 .1 and type RegEdit in the search area.
2. Open the RegEdit
3. Then go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon
4. Now create a Dword value which “MustBeValidated“
5. Then set the value to 1
6. This will forcefully log on the machine in safe mood & it is applicable for Windows 9X.

TRICK 3:

Adding various New Shortcuts in My Computer in Windows 8-

1. First type regedit in RUN or Start Menu search box and then press Enter. It’ll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to the following position: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace”
3. Now you will need to create a new key under “NameSpace” key. Then Right-click on “NameSpace” key and select “New -> Key“. Now you’ll need to set its name to any of the following value mentioned in BOLD:

• Recycle Bin – {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
• Control Panel – {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
• Run – {2559A1F3-21D7-11D4-BDAF-00C04F60B9F0}
• Search – {2559A1F0-21D7-11D4-BDAF-00C04F60B9F0}
• Flip 3D – {3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
• Internet Explorer – {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
• Administrative Tools – {D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524153}
• Network Connections – {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
• Printers – {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D

4. After setting the value in registry, it’ll start showing the items in My Computer.

TRICK 4:

Refreshing Screen Automatically-

1. Go to Start menu à then go to Run (shortcut : Windows + R) for Windows XP and Windows 7 / Search in Windows 8 or 8 .1 and type RegEdit in the search area.
2. Open RegEdit
3. Then go toHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update
4. Now set the value name “UpdateMode” to 1

 TRICK 5:

Disable Password-

1. Go to Start menu à then go to Run ( shortcut : Windows + R) for Windows XP and Windows 7 / Search in Windows 8 or 8 .1 and type RegEdit in the search area.
2. Open RegEdit
3. Go to the location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Network
4. Now add a Dword value “DisablePwdCaching” and set the value to 1

TRICK 6:

Adding Application to the Windows Desktop Right-click Menu for Windows 7 or 8-

1. At first open regedit.exe through the Start Menu search or through run box.
2. Then go to the location “HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell”
3. After that Right-click on the “shell” key, and then choose New -Key from the menu.
4. Then give the new key the name that you want to show up on the desktop context menu example Notepad.

TRICK 7:

Adding multiple columns in the Start menu-

1. Go to Start menu à then go to Run (shortcut : Windows + R) for Windows XP and Windows 7 / Search in Windows 8 or 8 .1 and type RegEdit in the search area.
2. Open RegEdit
3. Then go to the location “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Advanced”
4. Now create a string value named “StartMenuScrollPrograms“
5. Then Right click on the new string value and select the modify option & set the value to “FALSE“.

TRICK 8:

How to change the location of windows installation files-

1. Go to Start menu à then go to Run ( shortcut : Windows + R) for Windows XP and Windows 7 / Search in Windows 8 or 8 .1 and type RegEdit in the search area.
2. Open RegEdit
3. Then Go to the location “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Setup”
4. After that Edit the value next to SourcePath.

TRICK 9:

How to disable Drives in My Computer:

1. Go to Start menu à then go to Run (shortcut : Windows + R) for Windows XP and Windows 7 / Search in Windows 8 or 8 .1 and type RegEdit in the search area.
2. Open RegEdit
3. Then go to the location “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer”
4. Now add a new DWORD item and name it “NoDrives”.
5. Then give it a value of “3FFFFFF”
6. After that when you click on My Computer, any of your drives will not show in my computer.

TRICK 10:

Enabling the protection on system file-

1. Go to Start menu à then go to Run ( shortcut : Windows + R) for Windows XP and Windows 7 / Search in Windows 8 or 8 .1 and type RegEdit in the search area.
2. Open RegEdit.
3. Then go to the location “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\ Control\ SessionManager”
4. Now create a Dword value and name it “ProtectionMode ” & set the Value to”1”.

This is it for now. We hope that you will be applying some tricks that you have learned here. We will be back soon with some interesting insights. Stay tuned.

source: askdirt