mike503

i don't know. you've got me on that one thanks for trying that control panel one. i didn't think it would work, so i've marked it as "probably worthless"

looks like if i don't want anything i should set [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "UserPreferencesMask"=hex:00,00,00,00 ??

i have down (i didn't get this on my own - i found it somewhere else) that this also shows control panel in my computer? [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "ControlPanelInMyComputer"=dword:00000001 this shows some clearly defined keys... http://members.fortunecity.com/marskarthik/regwinme.htm but notice they mostly all operate out of [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] and most of ours are [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] it looks like the Policies ones (i assume that the ME ones are the same as XP, since i have a couple of them already) actually help enforce or disable the options to change back settings using dialog boxes and such. wondering now if just using the Policies ones will set it how we want it -and- disable it from being changed. if i find the energy today i actually want to create a full registry documentation engine. where it has the entire tree of everything so users can leave notes, caveats, etc, etc.

The rest are actually in my list ..think you missed it you know what they say, highly detailed work also leaves room for missing some details? or at least i'm trying to make up some excuse for missing them originally:) i have a normal windows XP w/ sp1 integrated + fully patched using windowsupdate IE6. 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633 128 bit cipher (don't ask me why it's saying xp sp2 already... i think someone's jumping the gun labeling some of the patches)

bump. no help here? oh, and i'd like to change the default view for "my pictures" and it's subfolders to be DETAILS view. including inside of Comdlg32 boxes...

i want to figure out what any of these correspond to... or any help clarifying the definitions (like what certain examples of the Desktop UserPrefsMask do for example...) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000 "ListviewShadow"=dword:00000000 "ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000 "TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Filter"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "HideIcons"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "UserPreferencesMask"=hex:9e,3e,01,80 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons] "{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 also trying to trace the exact tweak to enable advanced classic search in explorer (not IE) - i have some leads but i hate this binary crap

nice but it's missing: - Don't display online media content in the media bar - selected [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Media] "SuppressOnlineContent"="yes" - Enable Install on Demand (IE) - selected [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "NoJITSetup"=dword:00000000 - Enable Install on Demand (Other) - selected [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "NoWebJITSetup"=dword:00000000 - Enable Offline Items to be Synchronized - unselected [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Webcheck] "NoScheduledUpdates"=dword:00000001 there, i looked up some missing ones (that i didn't read on the first scan of yours and i was still missing)

sure why not. and yes, some i left out because i didn't care to explicitly force them on or off by default a couple are still blank (such as taskbar settings and the other binary type ones that are a pain) because i'm trying to find in all the numerous registry captures i've done the best one(s) to reference. then i'm going to test it, heh i really want to put these into my own HIVE file though - that would be the goal. the problem is, if i put these in a HIVE, it seems like IE settings and some explorer settings and such get created sometime after the HIVE files are read; i wonder if some things you can't put in HIVEs...

first i made a list of all the registry hacks, sorted them in excel, removed dupes, and trial and errored some. some of them seemed to mess up the original point of the customizing - i wanted to default all folders to detail view, ALWAYS, and a few other basic things. but then i went overboard. anyway, now i've taken a different approach. by establishing desired requirements FIRST, then looking up the registry settings for each one. please note - some sections (especially towards the bottom) may have dupes or redundancy (i.e. keys in both HKLM and HKCU...) and any comments are appreciated, especially if you see some settings that must be applied at T-13, T-12, or are fine at runonceex ... http://mikehost.com/~mike/tmp/windows.html

actually REG ADD %KEY%\065 /VE /D "Hotfix KB817778" /f REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\windowsXP-KB817778-x86-ENU.exe /Q /O /N /Z" /f now this does not work it pops up the usage box again! hah. wonder why it worked once and does not now. EDIT: now this install, it did. i wonder if order of command line parameters makes any difference. hrm. oh well. if it fails on the NEXT try (and i'm not changing any of those command lines) i'll be baffled once more.

i set d:\incoming to be the "my pictures" special folder - however now whenever i access it or see it in explorer or anywhere the icon is the **** "my pictures" icon. i know there's gotta be a registry hack to define what icon ties to what... or something. or maybe a program that can alter it and i can regsnap it or compare the registry before/after? any help or leads is appreciated; thanks.

i think "my videos" isn't setup by default but it will work if you add it search for "user shell folders" in your registry. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders here's how mine is setup, sans the videos one. these are keys/values inside of that ^ AppData = %USERPROFILE%\Application Data Desktop = %USERPROFILE%\Desktop Favorites = D:\My Documents\Favorites NetHood = %USERPROFILE%\NetHood Personal = D:\My Documents PrintHood = %USERPROFILE%\PrintHood Programs = %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs SendTo = D:\My Documents\Configs\SendTo Start Menu = %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu Startup = %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Templates = %USERPROFILE%\Templates Local Settings = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings Local AppData = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data Administrative Tools = %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools Recent = %USERPROFILE%\Recent Cache = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files Cookies = %USERPROFILE%\Cookies History = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History My Music = D:\My Documents\Music

yeah, i've been hunting around, i think i do have a few things mixed with HKLM and HKCU (duplication or misplacement) however, i have taken some settings from virgin XP boxes so the datatypes and keys/locations are 100% correct. i will be trying those on this trial, and i will only be using HKCU from now on... not HKU\.DEFAULT, from what it sounds like.

yes i did, thank you. apparently i must not have ever put down the /O switch before (but believe me - i tried so many combinations and attempts i couldn't remember which ones i had tried; if i would have known it would be so troublesome i would have written down each trial, but i always thought "oh the next one will work") i'm actually switching now to a runonceex method for the majority of things. it appears my first trial of it skipped a ton of svcpack.inf entries... all of them were applied prior to this too. very odd. unless one of the runonceex things overwrote those files... haven't had much time to investigate that one. only thing i changed was from using the start.cmd method to runonceex.cmd method to enter in the stuff into the registry.

once again, i ask you to refrain from posting anything unless it's going to be useful.