Windows Xp Registry Tips & Tweaks

Add 'Disk Cleanup' on Right Click of a Drive

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellDisk Cleanupcommand]
@="cleanmgr.exe /d %1"

 

Allow Internet Explorer 7 to open direct links to swf files

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMainFeatureControlFEATURE_BLOCK_LMZ_SCRIPT]
"iexplore.exe"=dword:00000000

 

Are you getting 'Low Disk Space Notification' ? This Disables Low Diskspace

Warnings

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

 

Classic Search, Full Path In Title Bar And Address Bar. This allows you to

disable the new Search Assistant Dog and use the traditional search interface

in Windows Explorer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerCabinetState]
"FullPath"=dword:00000000
"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00

 

Clear 'Recent Documents' on Log off

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPolicies

Explorer]
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

 

Change Drive Icon (You have to change the C below to the drive you want

to change)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

ExplorerDriveIconsCDefaultIcon]
""="c:somefoldericon.ico"

 

Disable the Turn off computer button on the Welcome screen

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

PoliciesSystem]
"shutdownwithoutlogon"=dword:00000000

 

Disable USB Autorun to Save PC from USB Viruses

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionIniFileMappingAutorun.inf]
@="@SYS:DoesNotExist"

 

Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a System Crash / BSOD

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlCrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

 

Disable The Windows XP Desktop Cleanup Wizard (Unused Desktop Shortcuts)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktop

CleanupWiz]
"NoRun"=dword:00000001

 

Disable Remote Registry Service (Remote users to modify registry settings

on your computer. Now registry can be modified only by users on your computer)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesRemoteRegistry]
"Start"=dword:00000004

 

Disables Windows Take A Tour Bubble Popup

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAppletsTour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000

 

Do you want to Speedup the Windows XP Start Menu?

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop]
"MenuShowDelay"="2"

 

Disables Preview (Thumbnails) of Movie File Formats (Allowing You To

Move/Rename/Delete without Errors)

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.aviShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mpgShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mpeShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mpegShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.movShellEx]

 

Disable the Unread Mail Message on the Welcome Screen

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUnreadMail]
"MessageExpiryDays"=dword:00000000

 

Disable Compress Old Files (This is useful when Disk Cleanup Tool Stops

Responding While Compressing Old Files)

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

ExplorerVolumeCachesCompress old files]

 

Disabling the File Association Web Service (when you click on unknon file it

displays 'Windows can not open this file, ... Use the web service to find the

appropriate program / Select from the Program list')

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

policiesExplorer]
"NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001

 

Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlCrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

 

Disable Shutdown Event Tracker (Shutdown Speedup)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindows NTReliability]
"ShutdownReasonOn"=dword:00000000
"ShutdownReasonUI"=dword:00000000

 

Disable the NTFS Last Access Time Stamp update

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlFileSystem]
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

 

Disable Automatic Image Re-Size in Internet Explorer

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
"Enable AutoImageResize"="no"

 

Disable Media Player EULA

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsMediaPlayer]
"GroupPrivacyAcceptance"=dword:00000001

 

Display Drive Letters first in 'My Computer'

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

Explorer]
"ShowDriveLettersFirst"=dword:00000004

 

Don't Group Similar Taskbar Buttons

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer

Advanced]
"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer

Advanced]
"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000

 

Disable Recent Documents History

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer]
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=dword:00000001

 

Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer]
"NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001

 

Empty Temporary Internet Files Folder When Browser Is Closed

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

Internet SettingsCache]
"Persistent"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

Internet SettingsCache]
"Persistent"=dword:00000000

 

Extract MSI Files by right click

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesMsi.PackageshellUnpack MSIcommand]
@="msiexec.exe /a "%1" /qb TARGETDIR="%1-Unpacked""

Have you ever wanted to Rename Recycle Bin ? This Tweak Allows Renaming

of Recycle Bin

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

 

Launch Windows Desktop in a Separate Process (Internet Explorer and Windows

Explorer don't crash together)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer]
"DesktopProcess"=dword:00000001

 

Modifying the Disk Check Autochk.exe Time-out (Scandisk Delay)

Value from 10 seconds to 3 Seconds

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager]
"AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000003

 

Maximize Your Internet Explorer's Simultaneous Downloads From 2 to

10 Connections

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a

 

Open Explorer From My Computer or Any Folder (Power users love this)

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershell]
@="explore"

 

 Prevents Internet Explorer windows from being reused

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000

 

Removes the Recent Documents from the Start menu. The system saves

a shortcut to each of the non-program files the user opened most recently, and

it displays the shortcuts on the Recent Documents.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

 

 Remove the Queue-it-up, Burn to CD right click options on Windows Media Player files.

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]

 

Removes Sign up with Passport Wizard when trying to sign in MSN Messenger First time

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsPassport]
"RegistrationCompleted"=dword:00000001

 

Remove 'Shortcut To ...' Prefix when you create new Shortcut

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer]
"link"=hex:00,00,00,00

 

Remove Shared Documents folders from My Computer System Folder

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

ExplorerMyComputerNameSpaceDelegateFolders{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

 

Remove Arrow Overlay from Desktop Shortcuts

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile]
"IsShortcut"=-

 

 Remove "Links" Folder From Favorites

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbar]
"Locked"=dword:00000001
"LinksFolderName"=""

 

Remove Shared Documents

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

PoliciesExplorer]
"NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001

 

Remove More Themes Online... from Themes Dropdown Box

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

ThemesDownloadSites]

 

Remove Language Bar from Taskbar

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}]
@="Language bar"
"MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%System32msutb.dll,-325"

 

Show Detailed Information in Device Manager (can display old/removed

hardware drivers)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager

Environment]
"DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS"=dword:00000001
"DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES"="1"

 

Speed up Network Browsing by Removing Network Scheduled

Tasks

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion

ExplorerRemoteComputerNameSpace{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

 

This adds 'Command Prompt here' on Right Click Menu (When you right

click on a Drive/Folder)

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellCommand Prompt Here]
@="Command &Prompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellCommand Prompt Herecommand]
@="cmd.exe /k cd %1 "
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellCommand Prompt Here]
@="Command &Prompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDriveshellCommand Prompt Herecommand]
@="cmd.exe /k cd %1 "
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellCommand Prompt Here]
@="Command &Prompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellCommand Prompt Herecommand]
@="cmd.exe "%1""

 

 Windows Explorer Crashes When Opening Folder Containing avi/video files

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations.avishellexPropertyHandler]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesCLSID{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}InProcServer32]