Comprehensive System Maintenance using the registry

In Windows 3. X, the system logs on to the hardware and initializes various software information through the INI file, and establishes a compliant working environment. In the Windows 9x era, Microsoft adopted the Registry to manage hardware and software configurations in a unified manner, which greatly improved the system stability and security. At the same time, it also made it easier for us to maintain and manage the system. In general, the Registry is actually a huge database, which contains applications. Program And all the configuration information, initialization information, and other important data of the system software and hardware. I will list some common Registry techniques below, hoping to help you with your daily use.

Main Menu tips

When the "Start" menu is used to display too many menus in a program on multiple pages, one page is usually unavailable. In this case, the following functions are used to display menus on multiple pages, in the window on the right under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced, create the string value "startmenuscrollprograms" and set it to "false ". To cancel this function, you only need to delete the string.

Do not display the "Windows upgrade menu" in the "Start" menu in HKEY_USERS \. in the window on the right under Default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, create a binary value "nowindowsupdate" and set the value to "1 ".

You cannot change the Start menu in HKEY_USERS \. under default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, create a New DWORD Value "nochangestartmenu" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Adjust the double-click sensitivity area. In the right window of HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop, modify the values of doubleclickheight and doubleclickwidth to change the area size.

Change the display speed of the menu. HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop creates a new string value "menushowdelay" in the window on the right. The value range is 0-999. 0 indicates the fastest display speed.

Whether the animation process HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop is displayed when the window is opened, zoomed out, or closed. Create a New String Value "minanimate" in the window on the right ", "0" indicates that the process is not displayed, and "1" indicates that the process is displayed.

Disable the "Disable System" menu from HKEY_USERS \. in the window on the right under Default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, create a DWORD Value "noclose" and set the value to "1 ".

Disable HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop to modify "smoothscroll" in the window on the right and set the value to "0". If the value is allowed, set it to "1 ".

Disable "Search" menu HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer to create a New DWORD Value "nofind" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Disable "document" menu HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer to create a DWORD Value "norecentdocsmenu" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Disable "run" menu HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer to create a New DWORD Value "norun" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Create "Control Panel" and other menus in the Start Menu

The following table lists the corresponding names.

Printer. {2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}

Control Panel. {21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d}

My computer. {20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}

Recycle Bin. {645ff040-5081-101b-9f08-00aa002f954e}

Remove "Logon" from the "Start" menu

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ windwos \ currnetversion \ ploicies \ Explorer create a binary value in the right window: "nologoff" and set its value to "01 00 00 ".

Do not keep history records for "documents" in "start"

HKEY_USERS \. Default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer create a DWORD Value in the right window: "norecentdocshistory" and set its value to "1 ".

Sub-menu skills

Disable the "connection" menu in IE "Internet Options"

In the window on the right of HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Control Panel, create a DWORD Value: "securitytab" and set its value to "1 ".

Disable the "Security" menu in IE "Internet Options"

Create a New DWORD Value "securitytab" in the window on the right of HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Control Panel and set its value to "1 ".

Disable the "appearance" tab in the "display" settings of the Control Panel

Create a New DWORD Value "nodispappearancepage" in the window on the right of HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System and set it to "1 ".

Disable the "display" setting of the Control Panel

Create a DWORD Value "nodispcpl" in the window on the right of HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System and set it to "1 ".

Do not display the "Screen Saver" menu in "Display Properties ".

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System Create a New DWORD Value "nodispscrsavpage" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

The "effect, web, and settings" menu cannot appear in "display attribute ".

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System Create a New DWORD Value "nodispsettingspage" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Do not modify the Start Menu

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Alibaba e Create a New DWORD Value "nochangestartmenu" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Disable the "File System" menu in "System Properties"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System Create a New DWORD Value "nofilesyspage" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Disable the "virtual memory" menu in "System Properties"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System Create a New DWORD Value "no1_mempage" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Disable the "Device Manager" menu in "System Properties"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System Create a New DWORD Value in the window on the right: "nodevmgrpage" and set its value to "1 ".

Disable the "hardware configuration file" menu in "System Properties"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System Create a New DWORD Value in the window on the right: "noconfigpage" and set its value to "1 ".

Disable printer adding

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer Create a New DWORD Value "noaddprinter" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Disable printer Deletion

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer Create a New DWORD Value "nodeleteprinter" in the window on the right and set the value to "1 ".

Change the list content in "Security/uninstall" of "Add/delete programs" in "Control Panel"

There are many primary keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall. to delete a content in the "Security/uninstall" list, just delete the corresponding primary key.

Disable "network" attribute display in "Control Panel"

In the window on the right of HKEY_USERS \. Default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, create the DWORD Value "nonetsetup" and set it to "1 ".

Do not display the "ID" attribute in "network"

In the window on the right under HKEY_USERS \. Default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Network, create the DWORD Value "nonetsetupidpage" and set its value to "1 ".

Do not display the "entire network" attribute in "network"

In the window on the right under HKEY_USERS \. Default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Network, create the DWORD Value "noentirenetwork" and set its value to "1 ".

Mouse menu

Add the "Clear disk fragments" option to the right-click menu of the drive.

Create a primary key "defrag" under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ drive \ shell, and change the "default" value in the window on the right to "Clear disk fragments ", create a primary key "command" under the primary key "newwindow", click "command", and change the "default" value to "C: \ windows \ defrag.exe % 1 ". (Note: C: \ WINDOWS is the operating system directory)

Reduce the length of the "new" menu in the right-click menu

When we have used the system for a period of time and installed many programs, the length of the "new" menu in the right-click menu is often increased, to reduce the burden on the "new" menu, we can modify the Registry. If we want to delete some directories in the right-click menu, we need to know what type of files are created for this project to be deleted, for example, "the extension name of the new WinZip filepath file is. Zip, to delete the "WinZip filepath" in the "new" menu, you can run the registration table editor, and then find the primary key ". Zip", we find that there is a primary key named "shellnew" below it. After deleting this key, you can delete "WinZip file" from the "new" menu"

Add the "open in New window" command to the right-click menu

We often choose to open a folder in the same window in "Folder Options". However, when Browsing folders, we sometimes want to compare the differences between the two folders, or open multiple windows to browse the folder content. You can use the following method. In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ directory \ shell, create a primary key "newwindow" and change the "default" value to "Success % 1" in the right window ".

Right-click the recycle bin and add the "Delete" and "RENAME" commands to the menu.

In hkey_classes_root \ CLSID \ {645ff040-5081-101b-9f08-00aa002f954e} \ shellfolder, modify the binary near-system value "attributes" in the right window and set its value to "70 01 00 20 ".

Right-click the folder and add the DOS command

Create a primary key "commandprompt" under hkey_classes_root \ directory \ shell, change the "default" value to "Command" in the right window, and create a primary key "command" under this primary key ", change the "default" value to "command.com/K cd % 1" in the right window ".

A space is automatically added when a Chinese character is entered.

In HKEY_USERS \. under default \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion, you can see all input methods, including Microsoft pinyin, English, and smart ABC. Click the primary key of an input method, we can see that there is a DWORD Value "Space inserted" in the window on the right. If the value is "0", no space is added, if it is set to "1", a space is automatically added when a Chinese character is input.

Change the order of input methods

When we press Ctrl + space to select the input method, we usually need to switch several times to find the required input method. There is a primary key for the keyboard and input method under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ keyboard layouts, the main key and input method correspond to the following:

E00e0804 micro-soft PinYin Input Method e0040804 smart PinYin Input Method e0050804 Location Code Input Method e0010804 full PinYin Input Method 00000409 English input method e0030804 Zheng Code Input Method e0020804 Double Spell Input Method

In HKEY_USERS \. default \ keyboard layout \ preload has 1, 2, 3, 4 ...... primary keys 1, 2, 3, 4 ..... click 1, 2, 3, 4 .... you can see the key value of the corresponding Input Method in the window on the right. You can change the key value to change the input method order.

Added the "Quick Start" option.

Create a primary key "Quick Start System" in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ directory \ shell, and change "default" to "Quick Start System" in the window on the right ", in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ directory \ shell \ Quick Start system, create the primary key "command" and change "default" to "C: \ WINDOWS \ rundll" in the window on the right. EXE user. EXE, exitwindowsexec ".

Added the "Disable System" option.

In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ directory \ shell, create a new primary key "". In the window on the right, the "" is "". In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ directory \ shell \, quickly close the computer, create a primary key "command", and change "default" to "C: \ WINDOWS \ rundll" in the window on the right. EXE user. EXE, exitwindows ".