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I've got a slight problem with the start menu, and specificly the list of recently ran programs. Somehow, after applying the tweaks, this list just stays empty. Has anyone encountered this before or knows the solution to this?

No-one? Am I the only one, or is everybody using the classic start menu? :)

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Is there a way to display the recycle bin on My Computer but not on the desktop? The regtweak that removes the recycle bin from the desktop also seems to remove it from My Computer.

;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum]
"{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001

Value 1 removes the icon from both the desktop and from My Computer. Value 0 displays the icon in both locations.

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The following tweak for Adobe Reader does not work at all... not with my Unattended disc (I use cmdlines.exe) and not if I just run the reg file manually:

; Turn off Adobe splash screen
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals]
"bBrowserCheck"=dword:00000001
"bDisplayAboutDialog"=dword:00000001

WinXP SP2 slipstreamed, Adobe Reader 6.0.1

I think it should be:

; Turn off Adobe splash screen

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\Originals]

"bBrowserCheck"=dword:00000001

"bDisplayAboutDialog"=dword:00000000

Don't know what bBrowserCheck does... will have to test..

and a request, is there a regtweak to get Mozilla Firefox in the Start Menu, so that after the unattended install is finished, IE is not seen in the Start Menu. (This is automatically done when FF is launched the 1st time and you set FF as default browser)

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I've got a slight problem with the start menu, and specificly the list of recently ran programs. Somehow, after applying the tweaks, this list just stays empty. Has anyone encountered this before or knows the solution to this?

No-one? Am I the only one, or is everybody using the classic start menu? :)

I just dont want this list! its very annoying to me... Perhaps you have the regtweak applied (like me) to disable this list... check your regtweak files!

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I've got a slight problem with the start menu, and specificly the list of recently ran programs. Somehow, after applying the tweaks, this list just stays empty. Has anyone encountered this before or knows the solution to this?

No-one? Am I the only one, or is everybody using the classic start menu? :)

I just dont want this list! its very annoying to me... Perhaps you have the regtweak applied (like me) to disable this list... check your regtweak files!

I can understand that people find this feature annoying, however I'm kinda used to it :)

I've got NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList commented out, so that can't be the problem. Any ideas?

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(I'm sorry for 3 posts instead of one... )

@Timorad: have no ideas

HI, I found a nice regtweak... but don't know how to apply it in my regtweak.reg file for unattended install...:

Power Management - Change Power Management Configuration

This parameter allows you to specify the primary role of the computer so that predefined power management configurations can be used. For example a laptop will have different power saving features than a home desktop PC.

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and find the key below.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg]System Key: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg]

Value Name: CurrentPowerPolicy

Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)

Modify the existing value, or create a new string value, called "CurrentPowerPolicy" and set it to a value (0 to 5) from the table below.

    * 0 - Home/Office desktop

    * 1 - Portable/Laptop computer

    * 2 - Monitor on for presentations

    * 3 - Network computer (no Wake-on-LAN)

    * 4 - Optimized for high performance

    * 5 - Optimized for power saving

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Now, I'd like to modify 0, 1 and 2 the name and the values. I know how to modify the names.

Also want to remove 3, 4 and 5. But in Regedit these items are like folders... I don't know what I should put in the regfile to delete these! Who can help?

Below I have a preview about the regtweak so far:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Change Power Management Configuration
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\0]
"Description"="This is the standardschedule, for all computers"
"Name"="Enerysave"
"Policies"=hex:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\1]
"Description"="This is a schedule balbalbla"
"Name"="monitoroff"
"Policies"=hex:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\2]
"Description"="Disabled, good for presentations or if u don't want pc to go in stby"
"Name"="All OFF"
"Policies"=hex:

As you can see, I have no values yet for "Policies". That's my second problem!

First, I just set my own scheme in the Control Panel and save it.

Then I start Regedit, and go to

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg]

here I can find the scheme just made, and the values for "Policies". As you can see in the image, its a big list! How to I put these in the regfile?

Here a screenshot of Regedit. This is the "Policies" for the scheme I made, it is set to poweroff monitor after 10min, HDD after 10min, standby after 20 min.

energiebeheer.jpg

2nd prob: How do I add all these values in my regtweak file correctly?

1st prob: How to delete the 'folders' (perhaps the correct term is string value) 3,4 and 5?

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;Remove
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\3]
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\4]
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\5]

As for the value I believe it should be as follows:

"Policies"=hex(2):01,00,... and so on, writing the values by raw.

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From SiMoNsAyS Particular Collection

;NoRecentDocsmenu removes the recent documents from the start menu.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=dword:00000001
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"="1"
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000000

;no documentos compartidos
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSharedDocuments"=hex:00,00,00,01

;iexplorer title bar
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Window Title"="[BioHaZaRD iND. CoRP. I-XPLoReR]"

;outlook window title
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{E2883460-019D-11D8-AC1F-AA7C5EECB833}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0]
"WindowTitle"="[BioHaZaRD iND. CoRP. OuTLooK X-PReSS]"

;explorer hot tracking color
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors]
"HotTrackingColor"="150 200 0"

;shows url, pif, shs, scf file extensions
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\InternetShortcut]
"NeverShowExt"=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\piffile]
"NeverShowExt"=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SHCmdFile]
"NeverShowExt"=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ShellScrap]
"NeverShowExt"=-

;icon cache 4096kb
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Max]
"CheckedValue"=dword:00001000

;color y tamaño de iconos grandes y pequeños
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\desktop\WindowMetrics]
"Shell Icon BPP"="32"
"IconSpacingFactor"="100"
"IconSpacing"="-1125"
"IconVerticalSpacing"="-1125"
"IconTitleWrap"=dword:00000001
"Shell Icon Size"="48"
"MinAnimate"="1"
"Shell Small Icon Size"="24"

;status bar and wrap on notepad
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]
"fWrap"=dword:00000000
"StatusBar"=dword:00000001

;command prompt color black-green
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]
"DefaultColor"=dword:0000000a

;WMP title bar
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]
"Titlebar"="[BioHaZaRD iND. CoRP.]"

;administrator account shown on logon
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]
"Administrator"=dword:00000001

don't know how many of them have been seen before but i've collected them with reg-shot-snap apps. also i've found this

;This registry patch removes "links" from your favorites menu
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]
"LinksFolderName"=""
"Locked"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags\37\Shell]
"Links"=dword:00000000

that it appears to don't work :( any ideas?

Edited by SiMoNsAyS
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;Remove
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\3]
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\4]
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\5]

As for the value I believe it should be as follows:

"Policies"=hex(2):01,00,... and so on, writing the values by raw.

The code to remove works! thanks a lot! (tested).

But to change the values isn't working...

EDIT: it seems to work now!

tried it like this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Change Power Management Configuration
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0]
"Description"="This is the standardschedule, for all computers"
"Name"="Enerysave"
"Policies"=hex(0):01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,
00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,B0,04,00,00,78,00,00,00,32,32,03,02,04,00,
00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,14,F2,06,00,58,02,00,00,3C,00,00,00,58,02,
00,00,B4,00,00,00,00,00,64,64,64,64,09,78

;Change Power Management Configuration
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\0]
"Description"="This is the standardschedule, for all computers"
"Name"="Enerysave"
"Policies"=hex(0):01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,
00,00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,B0,04,00,00,78,00,00,00,32,32,03,02,
04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,14,F2,06,00,58,02,00,00,3C,00,00,00,
58,02,00,00,B4,00,00,00,00,00,64,64,64,64,09,78

;Remove
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\3]
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\4]
[-HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\5]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\3]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\4]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\5]

(I've used RETURNS in the hexcode here.. because strange things like & # appear if I don't wich mess up the code... ofcourse the original hexcode is one long line)

One small problem... in Regedit, when I look at the TYPE, it should be REG_BINARY.

For HKEY_CURRENT_USER it is ok, REG_BINARY but for HKEY_USERS it says REG_NONE

Also, when I look at Enery options in Control panel... I only have the "Energysave" scheme... all others are gone.. perhaps they are visible on laptops only...

further testing will give the answer I think... will post final results here.

only need one regtweak and I'm finished! it's this one:

and a request, is there a regtweak to get Mozilla Firefox in the Start Menu, so that after the unattended install is finished, IE is not seen in the Start Menu. (This is automatically done when FF is launched the 1st time and you set FF as default browser)
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btw, SiMoNsAyS

You probobly mistyped this tweak I guess.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]

"Window Title"="[bioHaZaRD iND. CoRP. I-XPLoReR]"

Must be:

;iexplorer title bar

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

moo

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@moo LoL :blushing:

i have to agree, this is what i have in my regtweak file

;default settings for internet explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Anchor Underline"="yes"
"Cache_Update_Frequency"="Once_Per_Session"
"Display Inline Images"="yes"
"Do404Search"=hex:01,00,00,00
"Save_Session_History_On_Exit"="yes"
"Show_FullURL"="yes"
"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
"Show_ToolBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLToolBar"="yes"
"Start Page"="about:mozilla"
"Use_DlgBox_Colors"="yes"
"Search Page"="www.google.es"
"Show_ChannelBand"="no"
"FullScreen"="no"
"LastCheckedHi"=dword:01c3c26c
"Use FormSuggest"="yes"
"NotifyDownloadComplete"="yes"
"AddToFavoritesExpanded"=dword:00000001
"Error Dlg Displayed On Every Error"="no"
"Error Dlg Details Pane Open"="no"
"NoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000001
"NoJITSetup"=dword:00000001
"Expand Alt Text"="yes"
"Move System Caret"="no"
"NscSingleExpand"=dword:00000001
"Force Offscreen Composition"=dword:00000000
"FavIntelliMenus"="no"
"UseThemes"=dword:00000001
"Enable Browser Extensions"="yes"
"NoWebJITSetup"=dword:00000000
"Page_Transitions"=dword:00000001
"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000001
"ShowGoButton"="yes"
"Friendly http errors"="yes"
"SmoothScroll"=dword:00000001
"Print_Background"="no"
"Play_Animations"="yes"
"Enable_MyPics_Hoverbar"="yes"
"Enable AutoImageResize"="yes"
"Show image placeholders"=dword:00000000
"Display Inline Videos"="yes"
"Play_Background_Sounds"="yes"
"ShowedCheckBrowser"="Yes"
"Check_Associations"="No"
"FormSuggest Passwords"="yes"
"Window Title"="[BioHaZaRD iND. CoRP. I-XPLoReR]"
"FavChevron_Complete"="2"
"FavChevron_Failed"="4"
"FavChevron_Error"="19"
"Use_Combobox_DlgBox_Colors_Complete"="2"
"Use_Combobox_DlgBox_Colors_Failed"="4"
"Use_Combobox_DlgBox_Colors_Error"="20"

that's why at the time of writting i did that mistake, nice to see that someone really reads them ;)

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I'm using this tweak to turn off the screensaver :
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"ScreenSaveActive"="0"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"SCRNSAVE.EXE"=-

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"ScreenSaveActive"="0"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"SCRNSAVE.EXE"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]

"ScreenSaveActive"="0"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]

"SCRNSAVE.EXE"=-

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]

"ScreenSaveActive"="0"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop]

"SCRNSAVE.EXE"=-

The problem is that it's completely disabled. The option is grey out so i have no way to turn it on later if i want. How to turn it off only (just put the selection on "none") ?

Thank you.

Nobody knows ? :huh:

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btw, SiMoNsAyS

You probobly mistyped this tweak I guess.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]

"Window Title"="[bioHaZaRD iND. CoRP. I-XPLoReR]"

Must be:

;iexplorer title bar

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

moo

Correct! This is what I use.

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I think:

;-----

;----- disable balloon - Add your passport to XP messenger

;-----

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService]

"PassportBalloon"=hex:0a,00,00,00

Should also work for MSNMessenger:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger]

"PassportBalloon"=hex:0a,00,00,00

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