Registry Tweaks, Part-1

**Nick2588** · July 1, 2004

1. If the cache is always being cleared, what effect (if any) would that have on Web surfing? (i.e. performance issues) And what does that do to things like streaming audio/video?

The cache store everything you download from the web (images, HTML, etc.). It is generally not a good idea to clear the cache on shutdown. Why would you? This defeats the purpose of caching. A better solution is to clear items from the cache after they are a couple days old.

If you delete the files in the cache, they need to be redownloaded. A cache is useful for people who frequently visit the same websites. The images on these websites can load instantly from the cache instead of having to be redownloaded. However, if you go to random websites, using a cache will not help because you have never downloaded the content in the first place -- there is no cached copy.

Streaming media isn't cached (it is not handled by the web browser, and the content is live).

**orhan** · July 1, 2004

background file? where do you place this key
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General]
"BackupWallpaper"="C:\\WINDOWS\\Web\\Wallpaper\\blue.bmp"
"Wallpaper"="C:\\WINDOWS\Web\\Wallpaper\\blue.bmp"
I've tried it loads of time but i can get ti to display when windows opens can anybody see what is wrong with this tweak so it soenot work? my background file
is in
C:\XPPROCD\$OEM$\$$\Web\Wallpaper and blue.bmp and jpg but still cna't get it to work?

Try this one

Put your filename.bmp file in \$OEM$\$$\Web\Wallpaper\filename.bmp

and add this reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Set the default wallpaper
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]"Wallpaper"="C:\\WINDOWS\\web\\wallpaper\\filemane.bmp"
"WallpaperStyle"="2"
"TileWallpaper"="0"

**Solid as a rock** · July 1, 2004

i am trying to tweak the start menu, for example:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;---------------------------------------DESKTOPTWEAKS----------------------------

;Startmenu 1 = Large / 0 = Small Icons
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:0

;enable favorites in start menu
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:2

;hide music in start menu
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:0

;hide help in start menu
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:0

the first will work on other pc and the last 3 wont. it is because key S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-500 wont exist on other computers.

is there a other way to enable favorites and hide help and music??

**wamatt** · July 1, 2004

Is Start_ShowHelp really a registry entry?

Google search shows this thread as the only mention of it on the entire net.

**Solid as a rock** · July 1, 2004

Is Start_ShowHelp really a registry entry?
Google search shows this thread as the only mention of it on the entire net.

thats why i asked here

but erm yes it is really a registry entry.

look in your register for your own example....

you will see you have a sort of [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-????\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

note: take a look at the "????" because it is different on each computer

**Professor Frink** · July 1, 2004

@Nick2588

Good points. Maybe I'll just leave it alone; after all, I'm already setting the cache size at 300 MB, so that should be good enough.

When the cache fills up, I'm assuming it just automatically deletes the oldest entries to make space for new ones?

**jrzycrim** · July 1, 2004

When I was using IE, I set my cache to 64MB. I'm on a dialup up connection and that was plenty. I really didn't worry about clearing the cache unless I was having problems. I use Firefox and the cache is set to 50MB by default. It does just fine.

If you have a broadband connection, you should set the cache even lower. ~10MB should be sufficient. Having too large of a cache is going to lower performance.

**..::BFS::..** · July 2, 2004

I'm looking for the registry key that enables the network icon in your system tray, I've searched all the posts in this topic but can't find it?

**Solid as a rock** · July 2, 2004

again:

i am trying to tweak the start menu, for example:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;---------------------------------------DESKTOPTWEAKS----------------------------

;Startmenu 1 = Large / 0 = Small Icons
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:0

;enable favorites in start menu
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:2

;hide music in start menu
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:0

;hide help in start menu
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:0

the first will work on other pc and the last 3 wont. it is because key S-1-5-21-790525478-1965331169-839522115-500 wont exist on other computers.

is there a other way to enable favorites and hide help and music ??

@BFS i need glasses, sorry

**..::BFS::..** · July 2, 2004

@SolidasRock, I'm looking for the regkey that enables the icon in your system tray and not in the start menu.

**jrzycrim** · July 2, 2004

is there a other way to enable favorites and hide help and music (and for BFS enable network in start menu)??

Use [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

instead. Import your reg tweaks from cmdlines.txt

**Solid as a rock** · July 2, 2004

is there a other way to enable favorites and hide help and music ??
Use [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
instead. Import your reg tweaks from cmdlines.txt

thanks it works great!!

July 2, 2004

Is Start_ShowHelp really a registry entry?
Google search shows this thread as the only mention of it on the entire net.

it euqals to set NoSMHelp policy.

take a look of this key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\StartPanel\ShowHelp]

it descripts the settings and policy of this key.

**neo_3333** · July 3, 2004

Could someone clarify this for me ?

%ProgramFiles%\\Utilities\\Rename Master\\RenameMaster.exe \"%1\"

and

%ProgramFiles%\Utilities\Rename Master\RenameMaster.exe \"%1\"

What's the diff when dealing with reg files? Why double backslash ?

**neo_3333** · July 3, 2004

Could someone please confirm whether this correct ?

.reg

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"Window_Placement"=hex:2c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\

ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,04,00,00,60,03,00,\

00

.inf

HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,"Window_Placement",0x00000001,2c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,04,00,00,60,03,00,\00"

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