Windows Registry Tutorial

The Registry is a database used to store settimg and options for the 32 bit versions of Microsoft Windows including Windows 95,98,ME and NT/2000. It contains information  and setting for all the hardware, software, users and preference of the PC. Whenever a user makes changes to a control panel setting or File Associations, System Policies or installed software the changes are reflected and stored in the Registry.

Some Important Registry
1. Disabling Drivers in My Computers

this modification will remove all drives, local and network, from Explorer's view.

1. Go to run and type regedit and click ok.
2. You have reached registry editor.
3. Now navigate the following entries in the registry

HKey_Current_User\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\Currrent Version\Policies\Explorer

4. Create a DWORD item and name it "NoDrives"(without the quotes)
5. Modify it's value of "3FFFFFF".
6. Restart the system for changes to take place.

2. Changing the tips of the day trick

1. Go to run and type regedit and click ok.
2. You have reached registry editor.
3. Now navigate the following entries in the registry

HKey_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ windows \Current Version \ Explorer\

4. Now enter the tips you want to add or edit.
5. Restart the system for changes to take place.

3. Changing registered owners name trick

1. Go to run and type regedit and click ok.
2. You have reached registry editor.

3. Now navigate the following entries in the registry

HKey_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ windows \Current Version

4. Modify the data for the 'Registered Owner' key or for ' Registered Organization.

5. Restart the system for changes to take place.

4. Adding items to the context menu of the start button trick

1. Go to run and type regedit and click ok.

2.  You have reached registry editor.

3. Now navigate the following entries in the registry

HKey_Classes_Root/Directory/Shell

4. Create a new key in the 'Shell' folder.

5. Type in a name for the key, does not matter what you call it.

6. Modify the data for 'Default' and give it name of whatever you would like to appear on the context menu.

7. Create another new key named 'Command' (without the quotes)inside of the key you just created in step 2.

8. For the 'Default' value data of 'Command', enter the full path and program you want to execute.
9. Now when you right click on the Start Button, your new program will show up.

5. Best copy and move shortcut trick

1. Go to run and type regedit and click ok.

2. . You have reached registry editor.

3. Now navigate the following entries in the registry

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \*\ Shellex \ ContextMenuHandlers

4. Right click the ContextMenuHandlers key and choose new>key

5. Name the key as "Copy to" (without quotes)

6. Repeat step 4 and this time name the key as "Move to" (without quotes)

7. Both these keys will have a default ih their right hand panel.

8. Double click the panel and enter the clsid value as 

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13} for copy to and moveto both.

9. now navigate the following entries in the registry

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Directory \ Shellex \ ContextMenuHandlers

10. Right click the ContextMenuHandlers key and choose new>Key

11. Name the key as"Copy to"(without quotes)

12. Repeat step 4 and this time name the key as"Move to"(without quotes)

13. Both these keys will have a default in their right hand panel.

14. Double click the panel and enter the clsid value as

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13} for Copy to and Move to both

15. now exit the registry you are done.

16. Restart the system

6. Safe n quick shutdown trick 

     

1. Go to run and type regedit and click ok.

2. . You have reached registry editor.

3. Now navigate the following entries in the registry

 HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ CONTROLPANEL \ DESKTOP \

4. Now look at the right  side window for AutoEndTasks.

     Assign its value to be . its default value is 0

7. Speeding Boot sequence trick

     Speedup boot up sequence by defragmeting all key doot files

1. Go to run and type regedit and click ok.

2. . You have reached registry editor.

3. Now navigate the following entries in the registry

       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Miceosoft \ Dfrg | BootoptimizerFunction

4. In the right hand panel look for enable. Right click on it and set it to y for enable.

    This will speed up boot time.......