REGISTRY TIPS AND TRICKS

Registry Tips and Tricks

Remember always back up your registry before making modifications.

Change IE caption

Open regedit. Start > Run> regedit. Locate the registry string below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.

In the right panel right click and create a New String Value and call it 'Window Title'. Right click on this new string and select modify. Enter whatever you want to appear here.

Message popup when windows starts

Open regedit. Start > Run> regedit. Locate the registry string below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon

First you have to create a new string value. Right click on the right panel and select new>String Value and name it 'LegalNoticeCaption.' and for the value enter anything you want to be in the title bar. Now for the message. Create a new string and name it 'LegalNoticeText'. Then modify it and enter whatever you want the message to be.

Disable Shut Down

Open regedit. Start > Run> regedit. Locate the registry string below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

In the right side look for a string called 'NoCloseKey'. Right click on it and select modify. Enter the value '1'.

If this key does not apear then you need to make it. Right click on the right panel. Select new > string. Enter the name 'NoCloseKey'

Exit Windows the easy way

Create a new shortcut on the desktop. Right click and go to new, then select shortcut. Then enter the value below. When double clicked windows will shut down without notice.

'C:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindowsexec'

Restart windows the easy way

Same as above just instead use 'c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows'.

Delete find and run from start menu

Open regedit. Start > Run> regedit. Locate the registry string below.

'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer'

Right click the right panel and select new>DWORD Value and name it "NoFind" (to get rid of find) or 'NoRun' (to get rid of run). Then once created edit its value to '1'. To restore these simply delete these reg entries.

Hide all desktop icons

Open regedit. Start > Run> regedit. Locate the registry string below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

In the right panel right click and select new>DWORD. For the name put 'NoDesktop' and for the value put '1'.

Clear recent documents

Open regedit. Start > Run> regedit. Locate the registry string below.

'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer '

In the right panel (again?) right click and and select new>DWORD Value and name it 'NoRecentDocsMenu' and set its value to '1'.

Jazz up IE with a background

Open regedit. Start > Run> regedit. Locate the registry string below.

'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Toolbar\'

In the right panel once again right click and create a new String Value and name it 'BackBitmap' and modify it so the value points to the bitmap picture you want to be the background in IE. OMG I am telling you how to make IE better when I always trash it. Screw IE go to opera.com.

Now in the right pane create a new String Value and name it BackBitmap and modify it's value to the path of the Bitmap you want to dress it up with by right clicking on it and choosing Modify.