Showing posts with label Registry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Registry. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

How to Add Control Panel to Right-Click of Desktop

 Add Control Panel to Right-Click of Desktop

1. Open run and type regedit.

2. Go to Following Registry

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

 

3. Right Click on shell key in the left pane and create a new key and name it "Control Panel" and

 



 

4. then create another sub key within Control Panel and name it "command"

5. Double CLick on String key named "Default" in right pane of command and change its data to following:

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL

 

6. Now when you right click on your desktop, you will notice that Control Panel has been added to right Click context menu

Monday, 26 May 2014

How to Customize Folder and Drive Icons

Customize Folder and Drive Icons

1.  Create a text file with following contents 

 

[.SHellClassInfo]

ICONFILE=Place the Path of icon here

 

 

2.  save it as desktop.ini in the folder whose icon you wish to change

 

 

3. To change the icon of drive, Create file with following contents.

 

[Autorun]

ICON=Place the Path of icon here

4. Save it as autorun.inf

Note: Change the attributes of file to Read only and hidden

 

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UnBlocking Access to USB ports

WHAT TO DO IF COLLEGE HAS BLOCKED USB PORTS ?(Registry change)

This will work only if admin has done registry changes.

1. Open run and type regedit

 

2. Go to following Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBTOR

 

3. ON the right hand pane, double click on registry key START

 

 

 

4. To enable USB port change its value from 3 to 4

and to disable port change its value from 4 to 3 

 

 

 

Sunday, 25 May 2014

Disable RIght CLick on Desktop and Windows Explorer

Disable Right Click on Desktop

1. Open cmd and type regedit

 

2. Scroll down to 

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

3. In the Right pane, create a DWORD value named NoViewContextMenu in Registry key and set its data value to 1 to disable Right Click context meni on the Desktop, and 0 to enable it or delete the DWORD value to enable it.

4. NOw restart Windows.

Disable WIndows Hot Keys


How to disable windows Hot keys

1. Open cmd and type regedit

2. Scroll or create following resgistry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOftware\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

 

3. In the right pane, create a DWORD value named NoWinKeys within the above registry key and set its data value to 1 to disable the Windows hotkeys, and to 0 to enable them.



4. Exit Windows Registry and Restart windows for changes to take place.

How to Backup WIndows REGISTRY

  Backup Windows 7 Registry


 

1. Right Click on COMPUTER and click on Properties.

 


2. CLick on SYSTEM PROTECTION option from left pane

 


3. Press CREATE button and WIndows will create a restore point to which your computer can be restored in case of any problem while editing registry