Friday, July 18, 2008

Notepad on right clicks

Manually: regedit and navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\Shell

add the key "notepad"

it's default value should be "Open with Notepad"

now, under "notepad", add the key "Command"

it's default value should be (with the quotes) "C:\Windows\System32\Notepad.exe" "%1"

ok, exit regedit and go right click on ANY file...

your new option: Open with Notepad

Refresh on right click

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000000

Save the file as

Double click the file to import into your registry.

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown

This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.

1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.

QUOTE

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

Save the file as shutdown.reg

Double click the file to import into your registry.

Chang you’re my computer name

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]

@="My Computer"

"LocalizedString"=hex(2):25,00,55,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,\

25,00,20,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,25,00,43,00,4f,00,4d,00,50,00,55,00,54,00,45,\

00,52,00,4e,00,41,00,4d,00,45,00,25,00,00,00

"LocalizedString"=hex(2):25,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,70,00,75,00,74,00,65,00,72,00,\

6e,00,61,00,6d,00,65,00,25,00,00,00

And save as mycomputer.reg

double-click the file

ok

Lock your windows key while playing games

Write following code in notepad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]

"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,5b,e0,00,00,5c,e0,\

00,00,00,00

And save as lockwin.reg

double-click the file

ok

Add add remove program in context menu

Write following code in notepad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;ADDS ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS TO MY COMPUTER CONTEXT MENU

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

\shell\Add/Remove Programs\command]

@="control appwiz.cpl"

And save as addremove.reg

double-click the file

ok