Windows 8 and 8.1 Reg Tweaks

[DosProbie]

Decided to experiment and add all my most used stuff to my right click. Reasoning is Win 8 don't have the Quick Launch and Start menu pinned which I used for such a long time.

I eliminate both those with this and it works from any folder including desktop

Show Desktop - What I done was create a ShowDesktop.vbs file on C: drive and copy this in there

CreateObject("Shell.Application").ToggleDesktop

Thats it I have eliminated my need for Quick Launch completely

Quick Launch.png

These are not all as in the picture but represents how to add things from Program Files (x86) and such

http://www.mediafire.com/download/vghiclt8w23c521/Background_Quick_Launch.zip

EDIT: I renamed to what it used to be Quick Launch. Works with Win 7 and 8

Question MaxX, I see you have a context menu with a Registry Backup/Restore, I am in need of something like this to backup my Win 8 and 8.1 registry, What program are you using or is this a script file that you are using? And for anyone else out there if you have a script or favorite app that you use to backup and restore your registry, post it here please..Thanks DP

[maxXPsoft]

Question MaxX, I see you have a context menu with a Registry Backup/Restore, I am in need of something like this to backup my Win 8 and 8.1 registry, What program are you using or is this a script file that you are using? And for anyone else out there if you have a script or favorite app that you use to backup and restore your registry, post it here please..Thanks DP

I was using Regbak but it may not work on Win 8.1

Worked really great on Win 7 backing up all the hives each time Windows started. using this in Startup folder

The right click brought up program where I could choose backup to restore

RegBaksilent.lnk = %windir%\Regbak\regbak64.exe "%windir%\Regbak\<DATE>\<TIME>" /reg:suo /silent /overwrite /limitdays:7 /limitcount:14

running in win 8.1 I get a

unable to auto-detect correctly.

verify Mode and restore to Root

I tried and it is failing

Edited November 8, 2013 by maxXPsoft

[DosProbie]

Thanks for the info MaxX, also found a free one at Tweaking.com (Registry Backup v1.6.7) http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/registry_backup.html that I am checking out now as well,

then again I may just write a batch script using Hobocopy to backup and restore also..

Edited November 9, 2013 by DosProbie

[maxXPsoft]

Registry Backup uses Volume Shadow Copy which is basically System Restore which I have turned off because I have an SSD and it was recommended

dang i hope they update that Free Regbak for 8+

Edited November 8, 2013 by maxXPsoft

[DosProbie]

This Reg Twk will add Disk Cleanup to any of your Drives (harddrive and usb) for 8.0 and 8.1..DP

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;Adds "Disk Cleanup" Option to Drive Context Menu..[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Disk cleanup]"icon"="cleanmgr.exe"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Disk cleanup\command]@="cleanmgr.exe /d %1"

[Wolfen]

Hello DosProbie,your tweaks is a very good job,the result is very nice on my computer,thank you very match.

[maxXPsoft]

Thanks for the info MaxX, also found a free one at Tweaking.com (Registry Backup v1.6.7) http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/registry_backup.html that I am checking out now as well,

then again I may just write a batch script using Hobocopy to backup and restore also..

Took another look at that Tweaking.com Registry Backup. Works very well here even with restore off.

Don't know why I thought it wouldn't work.

I just d/l the portable and set the settings and use TweakingRegistryBackup.exe /auto in my Startup folder on win 7. You can set a task also win8+

[DosProbie]

I am usually not a big fan of canned clean-up apps, but this registry recycler cleaner works pretty well (Windows 8 and 8.1) ..DP

http://www.registryrecycler.com/faq.html

[DosProbie]

~ Disable Auto download and install of metro apps updates for 8.1 ~

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00; Disable Automatic Download and install of Metro apps updates..[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsStore\WindowsUpdate]"AutoDownload"=dword:00000002

credits: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5803-store-enable-disable-automatic-download-updates-windows-8-a.html

[maxXPsoft]

My jumplists get real messy after looking through a bunch of folders. I've been just opening my Notes and paste the cmds in a dos prompt.

Delete or Clear Jumplist Recent Items in Windows 7 + 8.1
echo Y | del %appdata%\microsoft\windows\recent\automaticdestinations\*
echo Y | del %appdata%\microsoft\windows\recent\*

So I added this to the System Tools

cmd /c Echo Y | DEL "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\recent\automaticdestinations\*" | cmd /c Echo Y | DEL "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\*"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys107]"icon"="%windir%\\system32\\Shell32.dll,-16769""MUIVerb"="Clear Jumplists"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\ContextMenus\system\shell\Sys107\command]@=hex(2):63,00,6d,00,64,00,20,00,2f,00,63,00,20,00,45,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,20,\  00,59,00,20,00,7c,00,20,00,44,00,45,00,4c,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,75,00,73,00,\  65,00,72,00,70,00,72,00,6f,00,66,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,25,00,5c,00,41,00,70,\  00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,00,6f,00,61,00,6d,00,69,00,6e,00,\  67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,57,\  00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,63,00,65,00,6e,00,\  74,00,5c,00,61,00,75,00,74,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,74,00,69,00,63,00,64,00,65,\  00,73,00,74,00,69,00,6e,00,61,00,74,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,73,00,5c,00,2a,00,\  22,00,20,00,7c,00,20,00,63,00,6d,00,64,00,20,00,2f,00,63,00,20,00,45,00,63,\  00,68,00,6f,00,20,00,59,00,20,00,7c,00,20,00,44,00,45,00,4c,00,20,00,22,00,\  25,00,75,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,70,00,72,00,6f,00,66,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,25,\  00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,00,6f,00,61,00,\  6d,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,5c,00,4d,00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,\  00,74,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73

[DosProbie]

Here are a couple of Reg Tweaks for Windows 8.1..

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;== Add extra URLs to Internet Explorer auto url searches == [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\UrlTemplate]"5"="www.%s.gov""6"="www.%s.mil""7"="www.%s.co.uk""8"="www.%s.be""9"="www.%s.de""10"="www.%s.nl";== Add Task Manager to "This PC" context menu for Windows 8/8.1 == [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\taskmgr]@="&Task Manager""Icon"="taskmgr.exe"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\taskmgr\command]@="taskmgr.exe"

[epic]

neato.... looks similar to my recycle bin context menus.

[DosProbie]

System Restore Point for Context Menu-Windows 8 and 8.1

Download @ http://rghost.net/51581903

- Quickly set restore points on the fly with this registry tweak and .vbs script file.

- Just copy the .vbs over to your Windows directory then merge the .reg file to add "Create Restore Point" to your context menu.

Enjoy..DP

Edited January 12, 2014 by DosProbie

[fysics]

I've used this little gem since Windows 7. It changes the behavior of a single click on stacked programs in the taskbar to open the most recent program in the stack, and subsequent clicks cycle through them. It reduces the number of clicks to switch programs from two to one. You can still hover on stacked programs to bring up their thumbnails.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;Change the behavior of single clicks on the taskbar[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"LastActiveClick"=dword:00000001 

Edited January 17, 2014 by fysics

[DosProbie]

Power Plan Options From The Context Menu

This Power Plan reg file will give you fast access to all there power plans from your context menu, will work from your desktop as well from inside any folder.

enjoy..DP

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00; \\\\ SET WINDOWS "POWER PLAN" OPTIONS ////                           ; Balanced, Power Saver, High Performance[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\PwrPlans]"MUIVerb"="Choose Power Plan""ExtendedSubCommandsKey"="Directory\\AllContextMenus\\PwrPlans""Icon"="powercpl.dll""Position"=-; Balanced[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\AllContextMenus\PwrPlans\Shell\04]"MUIVerb"="Balanced""Icon"="powercpl.dll"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\AllContextMenus\PwrPlans\Shell\04\command]@="powercfg.exe /setactive 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e"; Power Saver[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\AllContextMenus\PwrPlans\Shell\06]"MUIVerb"="Power Saver""Icon"="powercpl.dll"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\AllContextMenus\PwrPlans\Shell\06\command]@="powercfg.exe /setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a"; High Performance[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\AllContextMenus\PwrPlans\Shell\08]"Icon"="powercpl.dll""MUIVerb"="High Performance"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\AllContextMenus\PwrPlans\Shell\08\command]@="powercfg.exe /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c"