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Thanks a lot MCT. Should not be so problematic to find out now.

another addition

;-----  
;-----  Get a new Right-click menu option (command box)
;-----  
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Command Prompt Here]
@="Command P&rompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Command Prompt Here\command]
@="cmd.exe /k cd %1 "

So that you will have the option when right clicking on a drive as well and not only when clicking on a folder.

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Some other options and descriptions to consider. For some of the settings, all I did was adding the description.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
;-----
;-----  Custom Shell Settings
;-----
;----- **********************************
;----- *        Folder Options          *
;----- **********************************
;-----  Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
"ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001
;----- Show Map Network Drive button in Explorer
"MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000001
;----- Launch folder windows in a separate process
"SeparateProcess"=dword:00000001
;----- Display file size information in folder tips
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001
;----- Display simple folder view in Explorer's Folders list
"FriendlyTree"=dword:00000000
;----- Remember each folder's view settings | Value (0 = Enabled, 1 = Disabled)
"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000000

;----- Display Favorites
"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000001
;----- **********************************
;----- * Taskbar and Start Menu Options *
;----- **********************************
;----- ---------------------
;-----   Classic Start Menu
;----- ---------------------

;----- Display Administrative Tools
;----- This is a REG_DWORD value if you use the new start menu
"StartMenuAdminTools"="YES"
;----- Display Run
"StartMenuRun"=dword:00000001
;----- Enable dragging and dropping
"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001

;----- ---------------------
;-----   New Start Menu
;----- ---------------------

;----- Show My Computer
;----- Value (0 = Don't display this item, 1 = Display as a link, 2 = Display as a menu)
"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000001
;----- Show My Music
;----- Value (0 = Don't display this item, 1 = Display as a link, 2 = Display as a menu)
"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000000
;----- Show My Pictures
;----- Value (0 = Don't display this item, 1 = Display as a link, 2 = Display as a menu)
"Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000000
;----- Show Run command
"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000000
;----- Show My Network Places
"Start_ShowNetPlaces"=dword:00000001
;----- Show Network Connections
;----- Value (0 = Don't display this item, 1 = Link to Network Connections Folder, 2 = Display as a connect menu)
"Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000000
;----- List my most recently opened documents
;----- Value (0 = disabled, 1 = ?, 2 = enabled)
;----- Note: for this option to be valid the following key must be set to 0:
;----- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
;----- "NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000002
;----- ---------------------
;-----       Taskbar
;----- ---------------------

;----- Lock the taskbar | Value (0 = Lock the taskbar, 1 = Enable taskbar movment and resizing)
;"TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:000000000

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I've found this very useful to me in the past, hope it is to others too!

;Right click on directory to write full directory listing file
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\print\command]
@="cmd.exe /c dir /s > Dirlist.txt"

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I've found this very useful to me in the past, hope it is to others too!
;Right click on directory to write full directory listing file
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\print\command]
@="cmd.exe /c dir /s > Dirlist.txt"

cool idea :) i believe your the first to post that :)

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One thing that strikes me. Many of the settings in your Registry_Tweaks.txt exist more than once. For example, first you configure Alexa, and then later on you remove it... I know it is just for reference... but still.. Is that the file you are actually using?

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I've found this very useful to me in the past, hope it is to others too!
;Right click on directory to write full directory listing file
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\print\command]
@="cmd.exe /c dir /s > Dirlist.txt"

building on this original information...the main reason I want a dir listing is so I can view it in say notepad (plus with the given extension of txt it kinda leads one to believe this is to be used with notepad)...so what I did is changed the string to reg_expand_sz and also added the command to open in notepad.exe after building dirlist.txt...a couple of things...I really hate have the filename show up in the dirlisting, so I defaulted dirlist.txt to be created in %temp% dir...this way, it gives you a clean representation of the directory list...you can change notepad.exe to wordpad, but I will leave that to someone else...without further ado, here is what I ended up with

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Right click on directory to write full directory listing file
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\DirList\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,\
 00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,\
 63,00,6d,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,63,00,20,00,64,00,69,\
 00,72,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,3e,00,20,00,25,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,\
 25,00,5c,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,74,00,78,00,74,\
 00,7c,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\
 25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,\
 00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,74,00,\
 65,00,6d,00,70,00,25,00,5c,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2e,\
 00,74,00,78,00,74,00,00,00

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One thing that strikes me. Many of the settings in your Registry_Tweaks.txt exist more than once.  For example, first you configure Alexa, and then later on  you remove it... I know it is just for reference... but still.. Is that the file you are actually using?

Of course not. That file is a *MASSIVE* collection of lots of known tweaks. Personally, I just pick and choose what I want - so my OWN regtweaks.reg is only about 10% of what you see there.

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I've found this very useful to me in the past, hope it is to others too!
;Right click on directory to write full directory listing file
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\print\command]
@="cmd.exe /c dir /s > Dirlist.txt"

building on this original information...the main reason I want a dir listing is so I can view it in say notepad (plus with the given extension of txt it kinda leads one to believe this is to be used with notepad)...so what I did is changed the string to reg_expand_sz and also added the command to open in notepad.exe after building dirlist.txt...a couple of things...I really hate have the filename show up in the dirlisting, so I defaulted dirlist.txt to be created in %temp% dir...this way, it gives you a clean representation of the directory list...you can change notepad.exe to wordpad, but I will leave that to someone else...without further ado, here is what I ended up with

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Right click on directory to write full directory listing file
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\DirList\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,\
 00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,\
 63,00,6d,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,63,00,20,00,64,00,69,\
 00,72,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,3e,00,20,00,25,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,\
 25,00,5c,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,74,00,78,00,74,\
 00,7c,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\
 25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,\
 00,74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,74,00,\
 65,00,6d,00,70,00,25,00,5c,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2e,\
 00,74,00,78,00,74,00,00,00

Thanks both of you.

Anyway to hide the cmd window though?

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re: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

; "Personalized Menus" (disabled here)
"IntelliMenus"=dword:00000000

; # of Most Recently Used Program Files shown in Start Menu
"Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000006

; Small icons enabled=0 (Start Menu), default is Large icons enabled=1
"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000

Couldn't see any change in resetting the ServerAdminUI...

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can someone plez tell me how to remove the INTERNET EXPLORER and OUTLOOK EXPRESS icon from the start menu?

This is what i have

;Configure Start Menu

;1 see it, 2 expand it, 0 disable it

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

"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000002

"Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001

"Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000001

"Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000001

"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000001

"Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowInternetExplorer"dword:00000000 <---------------------- dont wrk

"Start_ShowOutlookExpress"dword:00000000 <---------------------- dont work

"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000001 ;0 for small icon, 1 for large

"Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000003 ;Number of icons to see

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can someone plez tell me how to remove the INTERNET EXPLORER and OUTLOOK EXPRESS icon from the start menu?
If you just don't want it from start menu>Programs alone, just delete the shortcuts.

Otherwise, use the [Components] section in winnt.sif with IEaccess=off and OEaccess=off.

Oh, I see you don't want the IE and OE to be in stickies?

If so, I'll just dig out my registry collection and post the needed key here.

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