Registry Hacks
Introduction
DISCLAIMER: These hacks are intended for people
who understand a) how to backup and restore their registries, and b) the
REG file format. Users are advised to read the REG files first, and export
relevant branches that would be over-written prior to trying these fixes.
No responsibility can be taken by the author for people who don't take the
necessary precautions.
Although you can copy the hacks and fixes
directly off this page, REG files have been created for your convenience.
Download and extract the REG from the supplied ZIP file, then double-click
the REG file to merge it with your registry. If copying, please remember
there must be at least one blank line at the end of the REG.
- FindDocs
- Add a Find... option to the My Documents right-clicked menu.
- IcoCache
- Increase the shell's icon cache.
- IEPolicy
- Disable non-essential Internet Explorer options.
- MenuCols
- Add a Windows® 95 multi-column menu option in Windows® 98.
- MPDVD
- Add DVD functionality to Media Player. Requires a DVD-ROM drive,
naturally.
- NewFix
- Restore the Windows Explorer New menu.
- NoLogon
- Disable the Cancel option at logon.
- RegDone
- Register Windows® without telling Microsoft®.
- SendToX
- Fix the Send To > Desktop (create shortcut) option.
- ShowAttr
- Restore the Show file attributes on Detail View option in Windows®
98 SE.
- Thumbs
- Regain the ability to view thumbnails.
Add a Find...
option to the My Documents context (right-click)
menu.
Thanks to James
Liles for his invaluable contributions towards this fix.
Download: FindDocs.ZIP
REGEDIT4
; Remove the old key - if it exists
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\Shell\&find...]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\Shell]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\Shell\find]
@="&Find..."
"EditFlags"=hex:01,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\Shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\", \"%1\")]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\Shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\Shell\find\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\Shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\Shell\find\command]
@="explorer.exe"
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Increase the shell's icon cache.
If your icons are constantly changing the
reason is usually that the WINDOWS\shelliconcache
file is full. This is a hidden file, but often deleting it from a non-Windows
DOS session will fix your icons - for a while, at least. A better solution
is to simply increase the upper limit for the file's size. The following
REG hack will increase it from 1MB (the default) to 8MB (the maximum). If
you don't require such a large icon cache, change the 8192 (8MB) to a lower
figure. The value is always expressed in kilobytes (1024 bytes).
Download: IcoCache.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="8192"
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Disable non-essential Internet Explorer options.
The REG hack will remove the Tip of the
Day, the Tutorial, and the Netscape Help options from
Internet Explorer's Help menu.
Download: IEPolicy.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
"remove tip of the day"=dword:00000001
"remove tutorial"=dword:00000001
"remove netscape help"=dword:00000001
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Adds a toggle option to Explorer's
View > Folder Options > View menu, to switch
between multi-column Windows 95 style menus, and scrollable Windows®
98 style menus.
Thanks to Thorsten Matzner who originally
posted this solution in the alt.windows98
newsgroup (20th September 1999).
Download: MenuCols.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\StartMenuScrollPrograms]
"Type"="checkbox"
"Text"="Multi-Column Start Menu Style"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"ValueName"="StartMenuScrollPrograms"
"CheckedValue"="false"
"UncheckedValue"="true"
"DefaultValue"="true"
"HelpID"="update.hlp"
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Adds DVD functionality to Media Player. Requires
a DVD-ROM drive, naturally.
Download: MPDVD.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings]
"EnableDVDUI"="yes"
Restores the Windows Explorer New
menu.
Thanks to James Liles who posted this solution
in the alt.windows98 newsgroup.
Download: NewFix.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
@="{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}"
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Disable the Cancel button at logon,
by forcing a reboot.
Download: NoLogon.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"NoLogon"="C:\\WINDOWS\\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx
2"
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Register Windows® without telling Microsoft®.
Download: RegDone.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
"RegDone"="1"
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Fix the Send To > Desktop (create
shortcut) option.
Download: SendToX.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DeskLink]
@="CLSID\\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}]
@="Desktop (create shortcut)"
"NeverShowExt"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\explorer.exe,-103"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}\InProcServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\SENDMAIL.DLL"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}\shellex]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{9E56BE61-C50F-11CF-9A2C-00A0C90A90CE}"
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Restores the Show file attributes on Detail
View option on the Explorer > View > Folder Options
> View dialogue, which Microsoft® apparently forgot to include
with Windows 98 SE (Second Edition).
Thanks to "Tom", who sent me the
details for this reg hack.
Download: ShowAttr.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\Folder\ShowAttribCol]
"Type"="checkbox"
"Text"="Show file attributes in Detail View"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"ValueName"="ShowAttribCol"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"HelpID"="update.hlp#51071"
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Regaining the ability to view thumbnails in
Windows Explorer.
If you only need to fix a particular filetype,
such as JPEGs, BMPs, TIFs or GIFs, please use the individual REG for that
file type. Each is named XXXThumb.REG, where XXX is the three letter suffix
for the filetype. E.g., JPGThumb.REG for JPEGs, BMPThumb.REG for Bitmaps,
etc.
Download: BMPThumb.ZIP
Download: GIFThumb.ZIP
Download: JPGThumb.ZIP
Download: TIFThumb.ZIP
Note that the following is a huge fix, combining
the fixes above with many more besides. This REG will make sweeping changes
to the registry, and the user is therefore strongly advised to backup the
registry prior to attempting this fix.
Download: Thumbs.ZIP
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.art\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.art\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dib\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dib\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jfif\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jfif\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpe\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpe\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpeg\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpeg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tif\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tif\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tiff\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tiff\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmf\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmf\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cdr\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cdr\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cgm\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cgm\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dfx\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dfx\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.drw\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.drw\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.emf\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.emf\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.eps\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.eps\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pcd\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pcd\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pct\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pct\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pcx\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pcx\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tga\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tga\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wpg\ShellEx]
@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wpg\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Shell.ThumbnailExtract.Office.1\CLSID]
@="{1AEB1360-5AFC-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1AEB1360-5AFC-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}]
@="Office Graphics Filters Thumbnail Extractor"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1AEB1360-5AFC-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\THUMBVW.DLL"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1AEB1360-5AFC-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}\ProgID]
@="Shell.ThumbnailExtract.Office.1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{1AEB1360-5AFC-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}\VersionIndependentProgID]
@="Shell.ThumbnailExtract.Office.1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions]
@=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved]
@=""
"{1AEB1360-5AFC-11D0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"="Office Graphics
Filters Thumbnail Extractor"
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