'Open with...' on context menu of every file [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\openas] @="Open With..." [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\openas\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,\ 6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,53,\ 00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,\ 79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,\ 00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,4f,00,70,00,65,00,6e,00,41,00,\ 73,00,5f,00,52,00,75,00,6e,00,44,00,4c,00,4c,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,00 Use this to prevent unknown file types from having two 'Open With...' on its context menu [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell] Custom Environment Variables add as many as you want under this key after logging in with this, you could open a command prompt and type echo %username% and it would return selyb [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment] "username"="selyb" "favcolor"="blue" several of the tweaks mentioned above ask you to download powertoys or whatnot AFAIK, powertoys only edits the registry several of them are located here [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Hidden"=dword:00000001 "ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001 "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 "DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000000 "ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001 "HideIcons"=dword:00000000 "MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000000 "WebView"=dword:00000000 "Filter"=dword:00000000 "SuperHidden"=dword:00000001 "SeparateProcess"=dword:00000001 "StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002 "StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002 "Start_ShowNetPlaces_ShouldShow"=dword:00000041 "NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001 "FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001 "FriendlyTree"=dword:00000000 "WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001 "DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000000 "ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001 "ClassicViewState"=dword:00000000 "PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000 "TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000000 "TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000001 "Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000 "Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000006 "Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000002 "Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000001 "Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000 "EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000 the ones that arent obvious i cant remember what they do and dont feel like looking up :-p under this key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] the windows key shortcuts mentioned above will not work "NoWinKeys"=dword:00000001 this specifically tells explorer which drives not to automatically run the autorun.inf from i once found a list somewhere that had the dword codes for each drive type if you do this, the AutoPlay will not even be on the context menu for those particular drives "NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091 there is another registry tweak that leaves AutoPlay on the context menu but does not automatically run it nor does it even check when a disc is injected [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom] "AutoRun"=dword:00000000(i wonder if i have those backwards?) i use this as a minor security measure and for the fact that i edit reg files more than i import then double click to edit, right click and merge to import [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\merge] @="Mer≥" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\merge\command] @="regedit.exe /S \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open] @="&Edit" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\open\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\ 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\ 00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell\print\command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,4e,00,4f,00,\ 54,00,45,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,45,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,20,\ 00,25,00,31,00,00,00 move some system folders on a per user basis [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders](in regedit they were text but when i exported they were in hex ) Personal is 'My Documents' startup is from the start menu this will keep Windows Tour tray icon from ever appearing for you or any future users [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000