Before Editing The Registry - BACK IT UP Add OpenWith to all files Backup/Restore the Registry Lockout unwanted Users Customize the System Tray Changing Windows ' Icons Change Registered User Change Registered Owner Add/Remove Sound Events Open a DOS Window to a folder Change Exchange/Outlook Mailbox Add Apps to Right Click Add Explore to all Folders Creating a Logon Banner Creating a Default File Opener Changing the Tips of the Day Automatic Screen Refresh Disable Password Caching Removing Items from NEW Recycle Bin Edits Disabling My Computer Changing Desktop Icons Turn Off Window Animation Change /add restriction and features Change Keyboard layout Making Telnets window larger Multiple Columns For the Start Menu Change Default Folder Locations Disabling Drives in My Computer Disable the Outlook Express Splash Screen Change Location of Windows Installation Files Change the caption on the Title Bar for Outlook Change the caption on the Title Bar on I.E. Clearing the Documents Menu Automatically Disabling the Right-Click on the Start Button Opening the Explorer from My Computer Setting the Minimum Password Length Add\Delete programs to run on boot up Removing the Shortcut Icon Arrows Changing your Modem's Initialization String Increasing the Modem Timeout Clear Apps from Add/Remove The Fix For Grayed Out Boxes Adding Items to the Start Button Change the MaxMTU for faster Downloads Remove Open, Explore & Find from Start Menu More Protection for system files Delete Registry Keys from Command Line Backup / Restore the Registry To Backup/Restore the Windows Registry: Windows 9 x For XP 2000 click here If you are in MSDOS, at the C:\ Windows prompt type Attrib -s -r -h C:\ Windows \System.dat (press Enter) Attrib -s -r -h C:\ Windows \User.dat (press Enter) To make the backup copies type: copy C:\ Windows \System.dat C:\ Windows \System.000 ( press Enter) copy C:\ Windows \User.dat C:\ Windows \user.000 ( press Enter) To Restore the Registry copy C:\ Windows \System.000 C:\ Windows \System.dat (press Enter) copy C:\ Windows \User.000 C:\ Windows \user.dat (press Enter) Add Open With to all files You can add "Open With..." to the Right click context menu of all files.This is great for when you have several programs you want to open the same file types with. I use three different text editors so I added it to the ".txt" key. 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell 3. Add a new Key named "OpenWith" by right clicking the " Shell" Key and selecting new 4. Set the (Default) to "Op&en With..." 5. Add a new Key named "Command" by right clicking the " OpenWith" Key and selecting new 6. Set the (Default) to "C:\ Windows \rundll32. exe shell32. dll, OpenAs_RunDLL %1 ", C:\ being your Windows drive. You must enter the "OpenAs_RunDLL %1 " exactly this way. Customize the System Tray You can add your name or anything you like that consists of 8 characters or less. This will replace the AM or PM next to the system time. But you can corrupt some trial licenses of software that you may have downloaded. 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International 3. Add two new String values, "s1159 " and "s2359 " 4. Right click the new value name and modify. Enter anything you like up to 8 characters. If you enter two different values when modifying, you can have the system tray display the two different values in the AM and PM. Lock Out Unwanted Users Want to keep people from accessing Windows , even as the default user? If you do not have a domain do not attempt this. 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon 3. Create a dword value "MustBeValidated" 4. Set the value to 1 This forced logon can be bypassed in Safe Mode on Windows 9 x Disable the Outlook Express Splash Screen You can make OutLook Express load quicker by disabling the splash screen: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OutLook Express 3. Add a string value "NoSplash" 4. Set the value data to 1 as a Dword value Multiple Columns For the Start Menu To make Windows use multiple Start Menu Columns instead of a single scrolling column, like Windows 9 x had, Also if you are using Classic Mode in XP 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows \ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Advanced 3. Create a string value "StartMenuScrollPrograms" 4. Right click the new string value and select modify 5. Set the value to "FALSE" Changing Windows ' Icons You can change the Icons Windows uses for folders, the Start Menu, opened and closed folder in the Explorer, and many more. 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows \ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Shell Icons 3. Add a string value for each Icon you wish to change . Example: "3 " ="C:\ Windows \Icons\MyIcon.ico,0 " This will change the closed folders in the Explorer to "MyIcon.ico". Here is a complete list for each value. 0 = Unknown file type 1 = MSN file types 2 = Applications Generic 3 = Closed Folder 4 = Open Folder 5 = 5.25 " Drive 6 = 3.25 " Drive 7 = Removable Drive 8 = Hard Drive 9 = NetWork Drive 10 = Network Drive Offline 11 = CD-ROM Drive 12 = RAM Drive 13 = Entire Network 14 = Network Hub 15 = My Computer 16 = Printer 17 = Network Neighborhood 18 = Network Workgroup 19 = Start Menu's Program Folders 20 = Start Menu's Documents 21 = Start Menu's Setting 22 = Start Menu's Find 23 = Start Menu's Help 24 = Start Menu's Run 25 = Start Menu's Suspend 26 = Start Menu's PC Undock 27 = Start Menu's Shutdown 28 = Shared 29 = Shortcut Arrow 30 = (Unknown Overlay) 31 = Recycle Bin Empty 32 = Recycle Bin Full 33 = Dial-up Network 34 = DeskTop 35 = Control Panel 36 = Start Menu's Programs 37 = Printer Folder 38 = Fonts Folder 39 = Taskbar Icon 40 = Audio CD You need to reboot after making changes. You may need to delete the hidden file ShellIconCache if after rebooting the desired Icons are not displayed. Change Default Folder Locations You can change or delete the Windows mandatory locations of folder like My Documents: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows \ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Shell Folders 3. Change the desired folder location, My Documents is normally list as "Personal" 4. Open the Explorer and rename or create the folder you wish. To change the desired location of the Program Files folder 1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\ Windows \CurrentVersion 2. Change the value of "ProgramFiles", or "ProgramFilesDir" Now when you install a new program it will default to the new location you have selected. Change the Registered Change the User Information You can change the Registered Owner or Registered Organization to anything you want even after Windows is installed. 1) Open RegEdit 2) Got to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows \ CurrentVersion. 3) Change the value of "RegisteredOrganization" or " RegisteredOwner", to what ever you want Opening a DOS Window to either the Drive or Directory in Explorer Add the following Registry Keys for a Directory: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew @="Dos Prompt in that Directory" HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew\command @="command.com /k cd %1 " Add or Edit the following Registry Keys for a Drive: 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 will pop up. Changing Exchange/Outlook Mailbox Location To change the location of your mailbox for Exchange: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\ Windows Messaging Subsystem\ Profiles 3. Go to the profile you want to change 4. Go to the value name that has the file location for your mailbox (*.PST) file 5. Make the change to file location or name To change the location of your mailbox for Outlook 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook ( or Outlook Express if Outlook Express) 3. Go to the section "Store Root" 4. Make the change to file location Add/Remove Sound Events from Control Panel You can Add and delete sounds events in the Control Panel. In order to do that: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Eventlabels. If this key does not exist you can create it and add events. 3. You can add/delete any items you want to or delete the ones you no longer want. Adding an Application to the Right Click on Every Folder Here is how to add any application to the Context Menu when you right click on any Folder. This way you do not have to always go to the Start Menu. When you right click on any folder, you can have access to that application, the same as using Sent To. 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell 3. Add a new Key to the "Shell" Key and name it anything you like. 4. Give it a default value that will appear when you right click a folder, i.e. NewKey (use an "&" without the quotes, in front of any character and it will allow you to use the keyboard) 5. Click on the Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\NewKey 6. Add a New Key named Command 7. Set the (Default) value of the application you want to run 8. For example: c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore. exe (Include the full path and parameters if you need them) Adding Explore From Here to Every Folder When you want to right click on any folder and want to open up an Explorer window of that folder. 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell 3. Add a new Key "RootExplore " under the "Shell" Key 4. Set the (Default) value to "E&xplore From Here " 5. Right Click th

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