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mike503

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hmm my last post didn't go through..

well i was saying that I know nothing about editing Hives, too advanced for a newbie like me :)  your tweak list is very impressive, I saw that it contained the entire list of windows explorer-->view tab tweaks, thought i've found a fellow obssessive tweak collector here :rolleyes: hee, no offence intended!

anyways, here's the entire IE-->advanced tab...hope it's of some use to some people at least, comments welcome :D

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)

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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 :)

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Hmm I don't know what version yours and mine IE are, but I don't have the

- Don't display online media content in the media bar - selected

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Media]"SuppressOnlineContent"="yes"

The rest are actually in my list ..think you missed it :)

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I referenced these from shell32.dll -->

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000 - 30540, "Show translucent selection rectangle"
"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000000 - 30541, "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop"
"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000 - 30543, "Use a background image for each folder type"
"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000 - 30530, "Slide taskbar buttons"

"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002

theres a thread about this here --> http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=20735

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:9e,3e,01,80

seems to control another set of visual effects as well, these links may be helpful in your understanding (but then again, you might already have come across them!)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techi...entry/55198.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons]
"{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

just controls whether the Control Panel item shows up in "My Computer"

this is my set of tweaks to enable classic search...but the advanced part of it is never checked..a bugger I haven't figured out. maybe the pros can help us out ? :)

;---------------------------------Windows Search-------------------------------------


;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;Classic search, full path in title bar and address bar.
;Also Disables Search Dog
;Also opens each folder in the same window

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"FullPath"=dword:00000001
"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00


;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;Make Sure windows searches for all files (including those that are not registered)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex]
"FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000000


;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001
"SearchHidden"=dword:00000001
"IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001
"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000

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Hmm I don't know what version yours and mine IE are, but I don't have the
- Don't display online media content in the media bar - selected

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

"SuppressOnlineContent"="yes"

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)

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I referenced these from shell32.dll -->

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000 - 30540, "Show translucent selection rectangle"
"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000000 - 30541, "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop"
"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000 - 30543, "Use a background image for each folder type"
"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000 - 30530, "Slide taskbar buttons"

"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002

theres a thread about this here --> http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=20735

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:9e,3e,01,80

seems to control another set of visual effects as well, these links may be helpful in your understanding (but then again, you might already have come across them!)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techi...entry/55198.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons]
"{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

just controls whether the Control Panel item shows up in "My Computer"

this is my set of tweaks to enable classic search...but the advanced part of it is never checked..a bugger I haven't figured out. maybe the pros can help us out ?  :)

;---------------------------------Windows Search-------------------------------------


;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;Classic search, full path in title bar and address bar.
;Also Disables Search Dog
;Also opens each folder in the same window

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"FullPath"=dword:00000001
"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00


;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;Make Sure windows searches for all files (including those that are not registered)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex]
"FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000000


;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001
"SearchHidden"=dword:00000001
"IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001
"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000

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.

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correct me if im wrong, but I think some of the values in "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" are referenced in the group policy editor, whereas "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" is at a lower level? Think the keys in the former can be used to overwrite the later...

anyway the 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ControlPanelInMyComputer"=dword:00000001

doesn't work for me..

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correct me if im wrong, but I think some of the values in "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" are referenced in the group policy editor, whereas "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" is at a lower level?  Think the keys in the former can be used to overwrite the later...

anyway the 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ControlPanelInMyComputer"=dword:00000001

doesn't work for me..

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"

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Here's another for the IE-->Advanced Settings

;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

;Use java 2 v1.4.2_04 for <applet> (requires restart)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Plug-in\1.4.2_04]

"UseJava2IExplorer"=dword:00000001




			
		


		

		
	


	

	





	
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The best place to change it is in the winnt.sif file, because "changing themes" is not as simple as specifying a new theme files.  In fact, if you look at the .theme file it is vaguely similar to a .reg file.  Anyhow, add this to your winnt.sif file if you want the Windows Classic theme and the Classic Start Menu:
[shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
    DefaultThemesOff=Yes



			
		


		

		
	


	

	





	
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Hi.. :D ...
If you please I'm looking for a way to do that from Registry:
1- Placing the volume icon in the taskbar from Registry not from the sounds and audio devices properties in the Control Panel.
2- Making the Quick Launch in the task bar to be On.
3- Making Just the Start menu to be in the Classic Style not all windows theme.
and the last question that can i use in this "%systemdrive% , %systemroot% ,...." in the Registry Tweaks??
*** :rolleyes: I have seach in the thread about those but NO WAY.....& maybe some one have ask the same question of mine before but I can't look in 77 page to find it :D  so if please help me... :) .....
Thanks alot..............



			
		


		

		
	


	

	





	
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