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In addition there is a modified version of RegShot that automatically saves the changes with .reg syntax (but still as text file) if you DON'T want to have to edit everything... Also you might try InstallRite or RegMon (look on google).

that sounds very interesting.. I think I might try and include that next time I decide to make another unattended cd... had to search a little bit but would this be it?

very nice find

ok: 1) could you please edit your last post and replace your CODE tags with CODEBOX tags? (easier on the eyes) 2) I'm not sure I understand your question... would you mind rewording it and be specific about what you want? 3) the "& nbsp;" entries I see in your post look out of place. I think that's some kinda of html coding/formatting/etc. Anyway I know it's not supposed to be in a .reg file because regedit won't understand it. 4) in your examples above you should replace (CTRL+H in notepad) the string "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-515967899-507921405-1343024091-500" with "HKEY_CURRENT_USER". Because for all practical purposes, "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" = "HKEY_USERS\{Your SID #}" except that you no longer have to worry about finding the numbers anymore. also... not sure but it looks like some of your hex(#) values are in unicode and some are not. As far as I know, .reg files with unicode entries use the "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00" heading and those without use the "REGEDIT4" heading. So you might have to separate them. Or probably easier just find the key(s) you want (in regedit) and export it, then merge the .reg files together.

have you tried using utilities like RegShot / InstallRite / RegMon to monitor the changes when you you set this up normally (no tweak... aka you deal with the tour once and it automatically turns itself off) and comparing what has changed? If so perhaps to could post the RegShot compare file (using CODEBOX and /CODEBOX tags) and those more knowledge could help pick through it or poss. offer advice?

np & good luck also another possible idea i have heard of is to make a fresh install of windows (no software etc.) and get everything configured how you like it and export entire registry branches (for example HKEY_CURRENT_USER) and reapply at t-13 stage. I have never tried it but i think i heard somewhere that some ppl do it this way. Also I found out about a modified version of RegShot that creates the text files with .reg syntax so the is significanty less editing to do (thanks to Achdine for original post)

Here's an ON topic post Here's some tweaks I've managed to find lately: ;-------- ;-------- Change Text displayed under Folder Options Dialog (in order of appearance) ;-------- ;;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache] ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Files and Folders" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30498"="Files and Folders" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Automatically search for network folders and printers" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30509"="Automatically search for network folders and printers" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Display file size information in folder tips" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30514"="Display file size information in folder tips" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30511"="Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Display the full path in the address bar" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30505"="Display the full path in the address bar" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Display the full path in the title bar" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30504"="Display the full path in the title bar" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Do not cache thumbnails" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30517"="Do not cache thumbnails" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Hidden files and folders" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30499"="Hidden files and folders" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Do not show hidden files and folders" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30501"="Do not show hidden files and folders" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Show hidden files and folders" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30500"="Show hidden files and folders" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Hide extensions for known file types" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30503"="Hide extensions for known file types" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30508"="Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Launch folder windows in a separate process" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30507"="Launch folder windows in a separate process" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Remember each folder's view settings" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30506"="Remember each folder's view settings" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Restore previous folder windows at logon" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30513"="Restore previous folder windows at logon" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Show Control Panel in My Computer" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30497"="Show Control Panel in My Computer" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30512"="Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30502"="Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items" ;-------- ;-------- Default Text="Display the contents of system folders" ;;"@shell32.dll,-30510"="Display the contents of system folders" ;-------- ;-------- Windows Media Player - Fit Video To Screen ;-------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "SnapToVideo"=dword:00000000 ;-------- ;-------- Change Account Picture ;-------- ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Hints\Owner] ;"PictureSource"="C:\blahblahheressomepath\custom.bmp" ;-------- ;-------- Remove "Print" option from the context menu for image & text files ;-------- [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\print] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\text\shell\print] ;-------- ;-------- Display "Control Panel" in My Computer ;-------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons] "{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 ;-------- ;-------- Outlook Express 5.0 - Display Inbox on startup ;-------- ;;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Unique Identity} \Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0] ;;"Launch Inbox"=dword:00000001 ;-------- ;-------- Show Recent Documents (yes I know there is 1 to REMOVE this) ;-------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Start_ShowRecentDocs"="dword:00000002 Note: The ones that involve the "Folder Options" Dialog Box can be used to do something like this (slightly censored version )

go to "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%owner%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" and add or delete shortcuts (batch file)

For those who had this thread bookmark and didn't realize it...( ) there's actually a fresh clean "Registry Tweaks Pt 3" sticky here

This is correct but Microsoft already took care of that problem. If you search on msdn or google you will find that "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" (HKCU) is actually a subkey of HKEY_USERS... and in fact is equivalent to HKEY_USERs\{SID String} just as HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a subkey of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Basically if you used RegShot and got: ---------------------------------- Keys added:1 ---------------------------------- HKU\S-1-5-21-1844237615-1202660629-725345543-1003\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons ---------------------------------- Values added:27 ---------------------------------- HKU\S-1-5-21-1844237615-1202660629-725345543-1003\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ HideMyComputerIcons\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}: 0x00000000 first you would replace all occurances of "HKU\S-1-5-21-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx" with "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" like so: ---------------------------------- Keys added:1 ---------------------------------- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons ---------------------------------- Values added:27 ---------------------------------- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ HideMyComputerIcons\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}: 0x00000000 then you would format the file into regedit compatable syntax like so: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;don't forgot this line above ; I'm condensing the key & subkey into 1 key entry with a value entry [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons] "{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 Have fun btw if I should find any toolbar button values I will try and remember to post back. and in case anybody's curious i think my example code "Shows Control Panel in My Computer" but i haven't tested it so it might just as easily do nothing.

nevermind I found it... and I post back to my original thread. mods if you're reading this please feel free to remove this (current one not the link please ) thread...

now its 3 down, 1 to go!

not trying to get flamed or anything but IMHO that was a pretty pointless argument (both ways are valid and both can be modified by most people who are willing to actually look at the code) Thanks you for posting and welcome btw sorry for the late post (just remembered about the thread and thought i'd check back to see how weak everybody made my earlier post look.. )

@ senshi: anythings possible, just depends on how big of a headache your willing to have @hyper hacker: thanks... I was way overthinking this and then i re-read your post and it hit me... send the key combo! @syntax01010: took me awhile and i'd still like to be able to do it from the folder background menu instead of the all files/folders menus, but other than frustrating me there's not that much practical difference. here (see #2)

I can asure you, you won't be dissapointed. ME? That's a bad joke, not an OS. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> just downloaded 2k3 trial last night I'll try it out as soon as i get time as for ME yes I was j/k (although I did once know someone ---cough*WEIRDO*cough --- who actually liked that "bad joke" more than xp. And yes i do think there was/IS something wrong with him.)

@ Acid Ghost: no prob @Martin Zugec: since you mentioned it, my curiousity about RegMon got the best of me. I was just looking at its homepage (sysinternals) and the ability to monitor changes from specific applications seems very interesting. What I couldn't find was anything mentioning output. Can RegMon make .reg files (or save the changes in a .txt like RegShot) ? I'd be very interested in switching to that instead if so, and if not I'll still prolly try later (sounds like it could be very useful )

I use alot stuff ppl have already said but I'm gonna limit this to what I haven't seen posted yet (or ignorantly overlook ): CoolMon 1.0 final -- Displays system information (..didn't like v.2 that much tho) Trillian 3.1 -- All-In-One Instant Messenger Folding @ Home -- Uses idle CPU time for acedemic research (think SETI but useful) Ant Movie Catalog 3.5.0.2 (open source) Ant Renamer (open source) Camstudio 2.1 (no longer supported; try googling) -- screen recorder AcroPDF 2.00 -- provides print-to-PDF support Restoration 2.5.14 -- Restore files which are deleted Eraser 5.7 -- securely delete files Belarc Advisor -- system profile (good for diagnostics & troubleshooting) InstallRite -- Installion monitor / package creator i noticed Rainmeter got a lot of mention and I'm interested in seeing how it stacks up against Coolmon (esp. memory wise as it looks more graphics heavy)

I agree. Its a good idea not to rush yourself or bite off too much at once. When I started programming I just wanted to hurry up and make something cool I could run on windows. I've had two classes in C++ and one in assembly language (if you don't like c++ try a good old ASM course... its a real b**** lol). and I still get confused with all the different components of visual programming (partly because I get distracted easily partly because i haven't really been programming for about a year ) and well I'm still impatient. here's a way to keep the console from closing -- basically the best ways are add code that waits for a keypress, or open a command prompt and then call it from within the prompt. As for going visual, I tried Visual C++ 6 in 24 hours (although I was reading about an "hour" a day and i still haven't managed to finish the book... ) Note: that means i'm lazy and i get sidetracked easily and isn't meant to down the book, although for me it did kind of drag along at a slow pace

never really messed around with using a different shell or anything like that (but it is cool idea) anyway how are you shutting down? maybe using a shortcut to call shutdown.exe (or a batch that would do this) with the appropriate switches? don't know if this is even relevant to your situation just trying to toss out some (hopeless useful) ideas. sorry if i'm not getting this...

Hi I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me out with this one. I'm trying to remove the "print" option that appears on the right-click/context menu of certain files. I've noticed that it generally only appears for text-based and picture files, and I've been able to get rid of it on the text-based files like so: REGEDIT4 ;============================================ ; Remove the "Print" context item from the following filetypes: ; - .bat ; - .cmd ; - .doc ; - .html ; - .inf ; - .ini ; - .log (just a textfile with .log extension) ; - .pdf ; - .reg ; - .rtf ; - .ttf ; - .txt ; - .vbs ; ; as well as a few others ;============================================ [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AcroExch.Document.7\shell\Print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\batfile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\cmdfile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Eraser.Document\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\fonfile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\inffile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\inifile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\pfmfile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\regfile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\rtffile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ttcfile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ttffile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\txtfile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\VBSFile\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wordpad.Document.1\shell\print] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\wrifile\shell\print] I could probably get away with the same result using just a minus [...shell\print\command] but i doesn't really matter to me as long as I remove "Print" from the context menu (without actually interfering with my ability to print the file normally). But when I got to the picture files, I noticed they don't have a [...shell\print] but only a [...shell\printto] and removing it doesn't do anything. For example here are some of the [...shell\printto] values I had deleted: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\giffile\shell\printto\command\: "rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt "%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"" HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\jpegfile\shell\printto\command\: "rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt "%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"" HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\pngfile\shell\printto\command\: "rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_PrintTo /pt "%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"" and I even tried deleting entire key for a given filetype and still can't get it (ie. deleted [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\jpegfile], [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.jpg] etc) Could someone please shed some light on what's going on here or tell me of some other way to get the same result (preferably with hacking a dll as I can't really automate that)? Any thought or ideas are welcome.

Don't know the tweak offhand, but here's how you could find out: - download RegShot or InstallRite - take your 1st "shot"/capture - apply the changes like normal from the program you mentioned - take your 2nd "shot"/capture - use RegShot/InstallRite to compare what changed and (hopefully) find the registry value your looking for. otherwise maybe somebody who knows the exact tweak might pop by, anyway good luck

i agree that there's not much *practical* difference between xp home & pro (at least for me) other than the price. so far, i'd have to vote xp {home/pro... to me its basically the same thing} but at the same time, I'm thinking I might have to give 2k3 server a try after all the praise i've seen it getting... no ME option? lol

I might be way off on this one, but i think i remember hearing somewhere (when i was searching for the one above) that that message can be disabled by changing one of the settings under Options->[Advanced Tab]. From what I recall, the issue I had was that local content couldn't run activex but for some reason remote content could because "My Computer" is essentially being "zoned" while everything else was already in a zone and you could control it. This was creating a lot of problems mostly for developers and ppl like me who just wanted to play some friggin files.

Target #4: Adding a "toggle button" to Windows Explorer's (or as MS calls it "File manager") Toolbar (to either Show/Hide Ext.'s or Hidden Files) Progress: Found a link "here" that talks about someone trying to add a toggle button to explorer toolbar for Hide/Show Hidden Files. I'm gonna see if I can find a registry location for custom buttons but like I said it might be a while before I get the time, if it's that simple (i hope it is but i doubt it...) then I might be able to get away with a name, command, and icon... This article might be of some use if its not a reg. value. Remaining: My fledgling vb skills don't help much with the code in the link and I haven't had time to try it out and they don't say for sure if they actually got it to work or not... Oh and I have to find time to test if this might be feasible via a registry value. I'm guessing that getting the button to appear on the toolbar is like 90% of the work, the rest should be relatively easy via a batch file that would check the registry value in question and act accordingly to "reverse" the value. Other Any ideas/links/advice/{constructive} critism/help/etc. are welcome whether its about the topic or "you should have post this under {somewhere else}"

thanks