A Faster Start Menu

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.

Data Type: String Value

 

Value Name: MenuShowDelay

Setting for Value Data: [Default = 400 / Adjust to Preference]

Exit Registry and Reboot 

Eliminate Fade Effect in XP Menus

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Modify/Create the Value Name [UserPreferencesMask] according to the Value Data listed below.

Data Type: REG_BINARY [Binary Value] 

Value Name: UserPreferencesMask

Value Data: [In Binary Mode - Change 3e to 28. Do Not Alter Other Values]

Exit Registry and Reboot

Customize Windows Media Player Title Bar

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft

Create the Key [WindowsMediaPlayer].

Modify/Create the Value Name [TitleBar] according to the Value Data listed below.

Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] 

Value Name: TitleBar

Value Data: [Enter the text to be displayed in the title bar.]

[Note: Whatever text you enter as the value data will be preceded by:
Windows Media Player provided by, so if I had entered text of [Kamal Garg], it would read:
Windows Media Player provided by The Kamal Garg]
 
Exit Registry and Reboot

Change IE Title Bar Text

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Registry Key: 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Modify/Create the Value Name according to the Value Data listed below:-

Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] 

Value Name: Window Title

Value Data: [Enter The Text Desired In Title Bar]

Exit Registry and Reboot
 

How to Hide System Tray Icons using Regedit

This tutorial is about how to hide all system tray icons using registry. It’s working perfect in XP and Windows Vista. In the next blog post I’ll show you how to hide only specific icons.
1. Open Start Menu >> Run, type regedit and press Enter

2. Go to the following path

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




3. Create a DWORD value by right clicking the right pane and click new, then DWORD value

4. Name the key as NoTrayItemsDisplay

5. Double click the key after creation and set the value as 1




6. Close registry and restart your computer in order for the settings to take into effect.

Hide Control Panel in new Start menu.

This tweak can control the display of Control Panel in new Start menu.

 

Level: Recommended For Novice Users

 

Description:
Control panel is a repository of various applets/administrative tools that can be used to configure the windows, applications, and services environment. If you go to start > settings menu and select control panel, operating system will open the control panel window. To avoid the display of control panel in new start menu, apply this registry setting. For this, go to start > run, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value start_showcontrolpanel, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 0 which can hide control panel item from the new start menu. However, if you want to show the item back, change the value data to 1 or delete the value. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: this setting will have no effect if you use the classic start menu display in windows.

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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

Go to <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\]</b> and create a new 'DWORD value' as "Start_ShowControlPanel".

 

 

 

 

Right Click on "Start_ShowControlPanel" and select 'Modify'.

 

 

 

 

Finally, set the value data as "0" and click 'OK' to hide the 'Control Panel' item from the new Start Menu.

Registry Entries

• Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]
• Location: Current User
• Value Name: Start_ShowControlPanel
• Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
• Enabled Value: 0
• Disabled Value: 1
• Action Type: Add an Entry

Hide the button Turnoff computer

This setting enables you to control the display of Turn Off Computer item in the Start menu.

 

Level: Recommended For Novice Users

 

Description:
Turn off computer option provides the user to turnoff/close down the system or to go to other options like standby, restart. This setting enables you to remove the item from the start menu. For this, go to start > run, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value noclose, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can remove turn off item from the start menu. However, if you want to remove the option, change the value to 0 or delete the added values. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

 

 

 

 

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\] Now, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "NoClose" in "Explorer" key.

 

 

 

 

Next, right-click on "NoClose" and click on 'Modify'.

 

 

 

 

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Registry Entries

• Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
• Location: Current User
• Value Name: NoClose
• Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
• Enabled Value: 1
• Disabled Value: 0
• Action Type: Add an Entry

Display Log Off item in the Start Menu.

This setting enables you to control the display of Log Off item in the Start menu.

Level: Recommended For Novice Users

Description:
Log off button ends a user session at the computer. For personal computers, you can log out simply by exiting applications and turning the machine off. On larger computers and networks, where you share computer resources with other users, there is generally an operating system command that lets you log off. You can log off from currently logged in user account and switch to other user account without being the necessary to restart the machine. Log off is not shown by default, but with this registry setting you can display it in the start menu list. For this, go to start > run, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value startmenulogoff, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can add log off item in the start menu. However, if you want to remove the option, change the value to 0 or delete the value startmenulogoff. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\], right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "StartMenuLogoff" in "Advanced" key.

Next, right-click on "StartMenuLogoff" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Registry Entries

• Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]
• Location: Current User
• Value Name: StartMenuLogoff
• Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
• Enabled Value: 1
• Disabled Value: 0
• Action Type: Add an Entry

Remove Run item from the Start menu.

This setting enables you to hide the Run item in the Start menu.

Level: Recommended For Novice Users

Description:
The run command allows you to access programs, documents, folders or websites. This setting can disable this feature by removing the command from the start menu list. For this, go to start > run, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value startmenurun, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value to 1 which can remove run item from the start menu. However, if you want to show the option back, change the value to 0 or delete startmenurun. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\] Now, right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "StartMenuRun" in "Advanced" key.

Next, right-click on "StartMenuRun" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Registry Entries

• Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]
• Location: Current User
• Value Name: StartMenuRun
• Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
• Enabled Value: 1
• Disabled Value: 0
• Action Type: Add an Entry

Clear Run History in Start menu.

This setting enables you to clear the list of commands used through "Run" command.

Level: Recommended For Novice Users

Description:
The run command in the start menu is a very useful to run a program, open a document, folder or website. This setting lets you clear the list of most recent commands that have been used. These are stored there by windows. Each command is stored as individual registry value within the registry key. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. Here, delete all string values except "default" in right panel. After restart or logoff, changes take effect.

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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Next, go to the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU\] key, select the String values "a, b, c, d to MRUList", right-click and click on "Delete".

Registry Entries

• Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU\]
• Location: Current User
• Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
• Action Type: Deleted

Registry Editor

I want to do this! What's This?

To edit the Windows registry, you will need to open Regedit, the Windows Registry Editor. Be sure to read the warnings below before using this procedure. The Windows Registry Editor is available in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP etc.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft Windows

1. 
   
   1.
   Click the Start menu.
   
2. 2.
   Click Run.
   
3. 3.
   Type "regedit" and click OK.

Description

Description of the registry

The Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, defines the registry as:

A central hierarchical database used in Microsoft Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 used to store information that is necessary to configure the system for one or more users, applications and hardware devices.

The Registry contains information that Windows continually references during operation, such as profiles for each user, the applications installed on the computer and the types of documents that each can create, property sheet settings for folders and application icons, what hardware exists on the system, and the ports that are being used.

The Registry replaces most of the text-based .ini files that are used in Windows 3.x and MS-DOS configuration files, such as the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys. Although the Registry is common to several Windows operating systems, there are some differences among them.

A registry hive is a group of keys, subkeys, and values in the registry that has a set of supporting files that contain backups of its data. The supporting files for all hives except HKEY_CURRENT_USER are in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Config folder on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. The supporting files for HKEY_CURRENT_USER are in the %SystemRoot%\Profiles\Username folder. The file name extensions of the files in these folders indicate the type of data that they contain. Also, the lack of an extension may sometimes indicate the type of data that they contain.

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Registry hive	Supporting files
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM	Sam, Sam.log, Sam.sav
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security	Security, Security.log, Security.sav
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software	Software, Software.log, Software.sav
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System	System, System.alt, System.log, System.sav
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG	System, System.alt, System.log, System.sav, Ntuser.dat, Ntuser.dat.log
HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT	Default, Default.log, Default.sav

In Windows 98, the registry files are named User.dat and System.dat. In Windows Millennium Edition, the registry files are named Classes.dat, User.dat, and System.dat.

Note Security features in Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista let an administrator control access to registry keys.

Regedit

What Is Regedit?

I want to do this! What's This?

Regedit is a file that runs the Registry Editor on computers that run the Microsoft Windows operating system. The Registry Editor stores settings and values for the computer's operating system, hardware, software and users. The file regedit.exe is located in the Windows directory on the hard disk (C:) when viewing the contents of "My Computer." Regedit allows a user to view registry entries as well as edit and make changes to various registry values.

Shortcut

1. The easiest way to run regedit is to create a shortcut on the desktop. Find regedit.exe in the Windows folder and then right-click the mouse. Select "Send To" and then click "Desktop (create Shortcut)" to create a shortcut icon on the desktop.

Using Regedit

2. When regedit has been opened to display the Registry Editor, there is a tree with various folders displayed on the left side. Click on the plus next to each folder to expand and display additional folders. The right side contains the contents, or registry values, for each folder that is selected or highlighted.

Import and Export

3. The Registry Editor, or regedit, provides the ability to import and export registry settings to and from a standard text file. When registry settings are exported from regedit, they are stored in a text file with the extension .reg. A backup of the Windows registry can also be imported to restore the system to a previous configuration.

Editing

4. Values or keys can be changed in regedit by double-clicking on the "Name" column to display the Edit String dialog box. The data column can be modified by entering or changing the value in the "Value Data" field. The value data is usually indicated by a number that can range from 0 to 2 or 3 depending on what the value is indicating.

Adding Entries

5. Entries and values can be added to the registry by using the "New" option from the "Edit" drop-down menu. The options that are available are string binary value, dword value, multiple string value and expandable value. Each of these values has a different effect on the entry for which it is being used.

Warning

6. Making changes to the Windows registry by modifying or deleting values and keys can cause major problems that may require reinstalling specific programs, including the operating system. Always make a backup copy of the registry (see Resources) before making any changes, and do not make changes unless you are sure of what you are doing.