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Deleting Specific Registry Value - Submitted 12/22/01 Setting the Recycle Bin to Always Delete - Added 11/17/01 Setting the Internet Explorer Home Page - Submitted 9/4/01 Preparing to Move Hard Drive to Another Computer - Submitted 12/20/00 Comparing Registries - Added 2/21/00 Setting Excel 2000 High-Contrast Cell Selection - Added 2/2/00 Changing Common Icons - Updated 1/31/00 Prevent Changes to the Start Menu - Added 1/31/00 DOS Restrictions - Updated 1/31/00 Networking Restrictions - Updated 1/31/00 Control Panel Restrictions - Updated 1/31/00 Restricting the Start Menu, Explorer, and the Desktop - Updated 1/30/00 Changing Office 2000's Excel Undo History - Added 1/27/00 Changing the Title on Windows Media Player - Added 1/27/00> Eliminating the Right Click on the Taskbar - Added 1/10/00 Eliminating the Right Click on the Desktop - Added 1/10/00 Turning Off the Help on Min, Max, Close Icons - Added 1/8/00 Adding Open With to the Right Click in the Explorer - Added 12/28/99 Automatically Deleting a Registry Key - Added 12/20/99 Fixing no AutoRun for CDs - Added 11/9/99 Locking File Association Changes - Added 4/20/99 Renaming the File System Profiles - Added 4/20/99 Sticky Menus - Added 4/20/99 Automatic Shutdown with Windows NT - Submitted 3/28/99 Kill Hung Processes When Logging Off in Windows NT - Submitted 3/28/99 NT Crash Log File - Submitted 3/28/99 Changing the Location of Outlook Express Data Files - Added 1/16/99 Disabling the Blinking Cursor - Added 10/17/98 Re-Enabling DHCP Error Messages - Added 9/20/98 Getting Rid of Schemes - Updated 6/7/98 Hiding Any Combination of Drives - Submitted 2/15/98 Creating a Legal Text Notice Before Logon - Added 2/15/98 Removing the Hand Icon from Shared Resources - Submitted 2/11/98 Enabling the Middle Mouse Button on Logitech Mouse - Submitted 12/7/97 Easily Opening a File with Notepad - Submitted 10/25/97 Displaying Hi-Color Icons without the Plus Pack - Submitted 10/19/97 Backing Up the Registry - Submitted 9/13/97 Removing Unwanted Items from the RUN Menu - Submitted 8/23/97 Opening a DOS Window to either the Drive or Directory in Explorer - Submitted 8/9/97 Compacting the Registry - Submitted 4/5/97 Changing Exchange's Mailbox Location - Added 3/29/97 Removing Sound Events from Control Panel / Sounds - Added 3/16/97 Changing the Registered Owner - Added 2/6/97 Adding an Application to Every Folder - Added 1/30/97 Adding Explore From Here to Every Folder - Added 1/30/97 Saving Desktop Settings - Submitted 1/11/97 Getting Rid of Tips - Submitted 1/2/97 Changing the Location of Windows95's Installation Files - Added 12/18/96 Creating a Network Logon Banner - Submitted 12/7/96
Creating a Default File Opener - Added 11/29/96 Deleting Registry Keys from the Command Line - Added 11/3/96 Automatic Screen Refresh - Added 10/24/96 Disable Password Caching - Added 10/19/96 Changing the MaxMTU and other Network Settings - Added 10/19/96 Adding Items to the Start Button - Added 10/17/96 Removing Open, Explore & Find from Start Button - Added 9/15/96 Removing the InBox Icon and Recycle Bin Icons from the Desktop - Added 9/8/96 Removing Items from NEW on the Desktop - Added 7/28/96 Changing the Telnet Scroll-Back Buffer Size Added 7/27/96 Changing the Tips of the Day - Submitted 7/27/96 Disabling Drives in My Computer - Added 7/24/96 Not Saving Settings on Exit - Added 7/21/96 Not Displaying the Network Neighborhood - Added 7/21/96 Disabling Run or Find from the Start Menu - Added 7/21/96 Hiding All Icons from the Desktop - Added 7/21/96 Get Your Folders to Open the Way You Want Every Time - Submitted 7/7/96 Disabling the Right-Click on the Start Button - Added 6/29/96 Disabling My Computer - Added 6/29/96 Clearing the Documents Menu Automatically - Added 6/2/96 Opening Explorer from My Computer - Added 5/28/96 Fixing a Corrupt Registry - Added 5/12/96 Recycle Bin Edits - Submitted 5/2/96 Not Displaying the Last User Logged on - Added 4/29/96 Setting the Minimum Password Length - Added 4/29/96 Disabling File and Print Sharing - Added 4/29/96 Removing the Shortcut Arrows - Added 4/21/96 Turn Off Window Animation - Added 4/21/96 To speed up the Start Menu - Added 4/21/96 Changing your Modem's Initialization String - Added 4/21/96 Increasing the Modem Timeout - Added 4/21/96 Removing Programs listed from the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs Section - Added 4/21/96 Specifying programs to run every time Windows95 starts - Added 4/21/96
Comparing Registries
Added 2/21/00 While working with changes to your system, you might want to see what is changing in your Registry. Since you can export it to a text file, the steps are fairly easy 1. Start Regedit
2. With the very top level select - My Computer, on the Toolbar select Registry / Export Registry File 3. I usually save it to the root of the C: drive with the name before (you don't need to add an extension) 4. Make the change to your system 5. Go back to Regedit 6. Press F5 to update it 7. Export the Registry like step 2 8. Name the file after and have it go in the same directory 9. Open up a DOS window 10. Go to the directory where the two exported files are 11. Enter FC before.reg after.reg > diff.txt 12. Then you can edit diff.txt with your favorite text editor. Note: I do the last steps so often I have a simple batch file already set up.
6 - To change the 3 1/2" Floppy Icon 7 - To change the Removable Disk Icon 8 - To change the Hard Drive Icon 9 - To change the Network Drive Online Icon 10 - To change the Network Drive Offline Icon 11 - To change the CD Drive Icon 12 - To change the Ramdrive Icon 13 - To change the Entire Network Icon 19-27 Are the Start Menu Icons 19 - To change the Programs Icon 20 - To change the Documents Icon 21 - To change the Settings Icon 22 - To change the Find Icon 23 - To change the Help Icon 24 - To change the Run Icon 27 - To change the Shutdown Icon Other Icons 33 - To change the DUN Folder Icon 34 - To change the Desktop Icon 35 - To change the Control Panel Icon 37 - To change the Printer Folder Icon 40 - To change the Audio CD Icon 43 - To change the Favorites Icon 44 - To change the Logoff Icon
DOS Restrictions
Updated 1/31/00 There are restrictions you can make to the ability to execute DOS programs 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Start Regedit Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies Create a new key under Policies called WinOldApp You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0 Disabled - Disable MS-DOS Prompt
Networking Restrictions
Updated 1/31/00 There are general restrictions you can make in Networking 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Start Regedit Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies Create a new key under Policies called Network You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0 DisablePwdCaching = Password Caching HideSharePwds [hex] =Shared Passwords NoEntireNetwork =Entire Network NoNetSetup =Network applet NoNetSetupIDPage =Network Identification tab NoNetSetupSecurityPage =Network Access tab NoFileSharing =Network File Sharing button MinPwdLen = set Minimum Password Length (integer number: 0 - 99) NoPrintSharing =Network Print Sharing button NoWorkgroupContents =Network Workgroup
Start Regedit Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies Create a new keys under Policies called System You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0 NoDispCPL - Disable Display Control Panel NoDispBackgroundPage - Hide Background Page NoDispScrSavPage - Hide Screen Saver Page NoDispAppearancePage - Hide Appearance Page NoDispSettingsPage - Hide Settings Page NoSecCPL - Disable Password Control Panel NoPwdPage - Hide Password Change Page NoAdminPage - Hide Remote Administration Page NoProfilePage - Hide User Profiles Page NoDevMgrPage - Hide Device Manager Page NoConfigPage - Hide Hardware Profiles Page NoFileSysPage - Hide File System Button NoVirtMemPage - Hide Virtual Memory Button
Start Regedit Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies There should already be at least a Explorer section there already Additional keys that can be created under Policies are WinOldApp You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0 ClearRecentDocsOnExit = Clear of Recent Documents on Exit NoAddPrinter = Adding new printers NoClose = Computer Shutdown NoDeletePrinter = Delete Installed Printers NoDesktop = Doesn't show Desktop items as well as and Desktop right-click menu NoDevMgrUpdate = Windows 98/ME web Update Manager NoDrives [hex] = Hides Drives in my computer NoFind = Find command NoInternetIcon = Internet Icon on Desktop NoNetHood = Network Neighborhood NoRecentDocsHistory = Recent Documents in Start Menu NoRun = Run command NoSaveSettings = Save Settings on exit NoSetFolders = Folders in Start Menu -> Settings NoSetTaskbar = Taskbar in Start Menu -> Settings NoSMMyDocs = My Documents folder in Start Menu NoSMMyPictures = My Pictures folder in Start Menu NoWindowsUpdate = Windows web Update
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Start Regedit Go to HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsMediaPlayer Create a string value of TitleBar Give it a value of whatever you want to appear in the title bar
Added 12/28/99 To add the option Open With when you right click on a file in the Explorer: 1. 2. 3. 4. Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ CLASSES \* \ shell \ openas \ command If this key isn't there then just create it Give it the value of C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1
6. Now when you go to the Folder Options / File Types screen, you won't see that file type listed.
Sticky Menus
Added 4/20/99 Normally when you move the mouse over the Start Menu / Programs, it will automatically cascade and show the submenus. If you want them to open only when you actually click on them: 1. 2. 3. 4. Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop If if it not already there, create a string called MenuShowDelay Give it a value of 65534
When you tell NT to shut down, it first sends shutdown requests to any running processes. Most 32-bit applications honor these requests and shut down, but older 16-bit apps running in the Virtual DOS Machine often won't. When this occurs, the operating system prompts you with a dialog box asking if you want to kill the task, wait for the task to die on its own, or cancel the shutdown. By modifying the Registry, you can automate this process. You can force NT to kill all running processes on shutdown by adding a REG_SZ value named HKEY_USER\\ControlPanel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks and set the value to 1. You can also add this value to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT so that all new accounts will shut down the same way. Submitted by D Puffer
To stop the cursor from blinking in applications such as Word: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop Add a String Value Name it CursorBlinkRate Give it a value of -1 Reboot the computer
Give it a value from a combination of the table below: A 1 00 00 00 B 2 00 00 00 C 4 00 00 00 D 8 00 00 00 E 16 00 00 00 F 32 00 00 00 G 64 00 00 00 H 128 00 00 00 I 00 1 00 00 J 00 2 00 00 K 00 4 00 00 L 00 8 00 00 M 00 16 00 00 N 00 32 00 00 O 00 64 00 00 P 00 128 00 00 Q 00 00 1 00 R 00 00 2 00 S 00 00 4 00 T 00 00 8 00 U 00 00 16 00 V 00 00 32 00 W 00 00 64 00 X 00 00 128 00 Y 00 00 00 1 Z 00 00 00 2 Where (for eg) you want to hide Drives {C,E,J,O,R,U,Y,Z} you would give 'NoDrives' the value 14 42 12 03 Where C+E = 14, J+O = 42, R+U=12 and Y+Z = 03 Please NOTE: The Numbers are to be added in HEXadecimal ie: ABCD = 0F, not 15 All Drives Visible is 00 00 00 00 All Drives Hidden is FF FF FF 03 Submitted by Ramon Buckland
Submitted by EIBON
SYSTEM.DATA SYSTEM.DA0 (Yes seem to be the same size) USER.DAT USER.DA0 (Same size likely) WIN.INI CONTROL.INI SYSTEM.INI
These files can be copied to the windows directory from Win95 or DOS to help correct problems. Submitted by George Harper
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew] @="Dos Prompt in that Directory" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew\command] @="command.com /k cd %1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew] @="Dos Prompt in that Drive" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew\command] @="command.com /k cd %1" These will allow you to right click on either the drive or the directory and the option of starting the dos prompt there will pop up Submitted by James Doss
Added 3/16/97 When you view what events you can assign sounds to from Control Panel / Sounds, you cannot delete the events themselves. In order to do that: 1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER / AppEvents / Schemes / Apps 3. From here you can delete any items you don't want to show or no longer need.
Now when you right click on any folder, you can open up an Explorer window of that folder. This will work for both Windows95 and NT 4.0
2. Go To HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon 3. Create a new String called LegalNoticeCaption 4. Enter the text for your banner Submitted by Frank Tanner
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Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Control / UpdateMode Edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 7 Restart Windows
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ VxD \ MSTCP 3. Add a new string DefaultRcvWindow and give it a value of 2144 4. Add a new string DefaultTTL and give it a value of 60-64
Note: - When you remove Open, you cannot open any folders. If you need to undo any of the changes, you can download the registry settings before the changes.
When you right-click on the desktop and select New, a list of default templates you can open up are listed. To remove items from that list: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Start Regedit Search for the string ShellNew This should bring you to HKey_Classes_Root For the items you want to remove, simply rename the ShellNew command Renaming is safer that deleting it Continue searching for the items you want to remove You do not need to reboot for the change to take effect
Added 7/21/96 1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software\ Microsoft \Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer 3. Right click on the right panel and add a New / DWORD 4. Name it NoSaveSettings 5. Give it a value of 1 6. Logoff or Reboot the computer
Get Your Folders to Open the Way You Want Every Time
Submitted 7/7/96 To get your folders to open the way you want every time: 1. Set up all your folders the way you want (auto arrange, view, etc.), 2. Start RegEdit 3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. 4. Go to NoSaveSettings 5. Modify and change Value to 1 Submitted by Dan Poplawski dan@together.net
21 - Settings 22 - Find 23 - Help 24 - Run 25 - Suspend 27 - Shutdown 28 - Share 29 - Shortcut 31 - Recycle Bin (Empty) 32 - Recycle Bin (Full) 33 - Folder, Dial-Up Networking 34 - Desktop 36 - Program Group 40 - Audio Card In addition, you can change:
My Computer - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D808002B30309D} Network Neighborhood - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069A2D7-08002B30309D} InBox - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} Recycle Bin - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F0800AA002F954E}
Added 6/29/96 Normally, when you right button click on the Start button, it allows you to open your programs folder, the Explorer and run Find. In situations where you don't want to allow users to be able to do this in order to secure your computer. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Start Regedit Search for Desktop This should bring you to HKey_Classes_Root \ Directory Expand this section Under Shell is Find Delete Find Move down a little in the Registry to Folder Expand this section and remove Explore and Open
Now when you right click on the Start button, nothing should happen. You can delete only those items that you need. Note: - On Microsoft keyboards, this also disables the Window-E (for Explorer) and Window-F (for Find) keys. See the section on Installation to see how to do this automatically during an install.
Disabling My Computer
Added 6/29/96 In areas where you are trying to restrict what users can do on the computer, it might be beneficial to disable the ability to click on My Computer and have access to the drives, control panel etc. To disable this: 1. 2. 3. 4. Start Regedit Search for 20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D This should bring you to the HKey_Classes_Root \ CLSID section Delete the entire section.
Now when you click on My Computer, nothing will happen. You might want to export this section to a registry file before deleting it just in case you want to enable it again.. See the section on Installation to see how to do this automatically during an install.
6. Enter the name of the program with the icon you want to use followed by and command and then the number of the icon (starting with 0) Some of the additional items that can be searched for are:
Network Neighborhood - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069A2D7-08002B30309D} InBox - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} Recycle Bin - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F0800AA002F954E}
6. Copy SYSTEM.1ST to \WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT 7. Re-start your system You will need to install your 32-bit apps and any other programs or changes that modified your system registry but you will not need to go through a new again. Your 16-bit apps should not need to be re-installed since they do not modify the registry. You will also retain your current desktop configuration.
Also see the Installation Section on doing this automatically during installation.
Also see the Installation Section on doing this automatically during installation.
To change it: 1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Services / Class / Modem / XXXX / Settings Where XXXX is the number of your modem 3. Move to the right panel and double click on Inactivity Timeout 4. The number of minutes for a timeout should be entered between the brackets. 5. For example, a US Robotics Sportster could have S19=<30> to set it to 30 minutes.
Removing Programs listed from the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs Section
Added 4/21/96 If you remove an installed program and its files by deleting the files, it may still show up in the Add/Remove programs list through the control panel. In order to remove it from the list (so you don't need to re-install in order to just remove it again). 1. Start the Registry Editor 2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Uninstall 3. Delete any programs here. This will only delete them from the list, not delete the actual programs. Only programs designed for Windows95 will show up here in the first place.