Add Disk Cleanup to the Right-Click Menu for a Drive

Over a period of time after using our PC it gathers a lot of junk file of no use in various temp folders. When we want to clean these files we have to go through Start Menu to Disk Clean up or opening up Drive Properties Window. Both are lengthy process. How it would be if we can get it on the Right Click Menu for a drive. A simple registry hack will do the job for you. Backup your registry before making any change.

Click start -> run and type Regedit, press enter. Navigate to the following registry key.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell

Create a new key called "diskcleanup" and set the default value to "Disk Cleanup". Then create another key under it called "command" and set the value to the following.

cleanmgr.exe /d %1

Close registry editor and restart the PC. Now right click on any drive you should see the option.

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Add Copy To / Move To to the Windows Explorer Right Click Menu

We often need to copy / move files between various locations. It would be helpful for us if we can just right click on the file and select Copy to or Move to. We can do that work with a little Ragistry Hacking. Before making any changes to the Windows Registry you must take a backup.

Make Copy To

Navigate to the following key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:
Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following:
{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Click OK and continue.

Make Move To

Navigate to the following key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:
Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following:
{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Close Registry Editor. Restart the PC and you are done.
Now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see the Copy To / Move To options on the right click shortcut menu.
This works both in Windows Xp and Vista

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Change the logon background colour

1.Use a registry editing tool to navigate to the following tool:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors\Background

2. Change the following value:
Data Type:
REG_SZ
Value Name:
Background
Value:
Decimal RGB value for the colour you wish to set, for example:
Red: 255 0 0
Green: 0 255 0
Blue: 0 0 255
Black: 0 0 0
White: 255 255 255

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How to load applications faster by editing Windows Registry

The windows has a pre-fetch cache. It helps windows to load application faster by Pre-Fetching the application which is stored in the pre-fetch cache. we can speed up application loading by changing the default value of the followinf key.
Navigate to the following key :-

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters

The default value of the EnablePrefetcher setting is 3. We can increase this value upto 9 to improve the performance. We need to restart the machine for the changes to take effect.

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Changing the name of Recycle Bin !!

If you are bored with the name Recycle Bin you can change it to some other name of your choice. To change the name of the Recycle Bin, open Regedit and go to the following location

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

now change the name "Recycle Bin" to a name of your choice (just don't type any quotes)

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A Faster NTFS File System - Registry Tweak !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

A Faster NTFS File System

If you use the NTFS file system, you can improve performance by making some changes in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Filesystem

Change the following registry values, as you wish:

DisableNTFSLastAccessUpdate = 1 (last file access is no longer registered).
NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation = 1 (no more double filenames: long names and the old 8.3 variant (the 8.3 file notation is used for the older Windows versions).
NtfsMftZoneReservation = 2 (if there are many files on a partition, the master file table (MFT) can get fragmented, with this tweak there will be no more fragmenting of the file master file table (default value = 1, range 1-4).

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A Faster Windows Shutdown - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

A Faster Windows Shutdown

Shutting down Windows can take a long time. You can speed this up with the following tweaks in the registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Change the following String values:
AutoEndTasks=1
HungAppTimeout=4000
WaitToKillAppTimeout=4000
WaitToKillServiceTimeout=4000

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Automatically Defrag System Files - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Automatically Defrag System Files

To defrag the system files automatically at every boot (to optimize you system), change the value Enable to Y in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction

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Activated NUM-LOCK - Registry Tweak !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Activated NUM-LOCK

To automatically switch on the NUM-LOCK, change the value InitialKeyboardIndicators to 2 in the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard

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Command Prompt Tweak - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Command Prompt Tweak

If you are a frequent user of the Command Prompt, the MS-DOS prompt, the following tweak will be valuable. To change folders is difficult, using the Command Prompt.. By changing the DWORD-value CompletionChar to 9 in the following registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor

With the command CD followed with the first letters of the folder name, you are able to select the folder with the TAB-key (also works with other commands).

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Disabling Wrapping Icon / Shortcut Labels - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Disabling Wrapping Icon / Shortcut Labels

We may need icons / shortcuts in the desktop with long names, which windows wraps up by default and we want full names to be displayed. With a registry tweak we can disable the wrapping, create a String value IconTitleWrap with value 0 in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

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Remove the Low Disk Space Warning - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Remove the Low Disk Space Warning

A “Low Disk Space Warning” often comes if your hard disk / Partition is about to reach its full capacity. It may be annoying if you want to keep files in a partition to its full capacity. This warning can be made disabled by adding the DWORD-value NoLowDiskSpaceChecks with value 1 in the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MicroSoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

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Disable the Security Center Warnings - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Disable the Security Center Warnings

If we do not install Anti virus software and/or firewall software, the windows Security Center displays repeating reminders. The reminders can be disabled by changing the values AntiVirusDisableNotify and FirewallDisableNotify to the DWORD-value 1 in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center

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Disable The Balloon Tips - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Disable The Balloon Tips

We may not always need the Information Balloons / Information Tips. So to disable this utility navigate to the following key:

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

Change / Add the DWORD-values EnableBalloonTips and ShowInfoTip, both with value 0.

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Saving Notepad Settings - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Saving Notepad Settings

Sometimes we may need to save the Notepad settings on exit. To save the settings change the DWORD-value fSavePageSettings=1 and fSaveWindowsPositions=1 in the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad

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Remove Shared Folders From My Computer - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Remove Shared Folders From My Computer.

To remove the shared folders in the My Computer view, delete the value {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} in the following key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\My Computer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders

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Windows Search Optimization - Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Windows Search Optimization.

Windows XP have a search facility for your computer to search for files (Start, Search), but it takes some clicking in the advanced section to get what you exactly want! To optimize the search function navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

where you will find some important DWORD-values. Change these values to optimize your Windows search:

SearchSystemDirs=1
SearchHidden=1
IncludeSubFolders=1
CaseSensitive=0
SearchSlowFiles=1 (if you have a tape drive, else: 0)

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Automatically Expanding Folder Trees - Windows XP Registry Tweaks !!

We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.

IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.

PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.

Automatically Expanding Folder Trees.

The folder view on the left pane in Windows Explorer automatically expands if you click on a folder which has sub folders under it. You can disable this function with a registry tweak: change the DWORD-value FriendlyTree to 0 (in stead of 1) in the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\FriendlyTree

Automatic expansion of sub folders will now be disabled. Expanding a folder can now be done by double clicking the folder.

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Sort Your Menus Automatically in Windwows XP !!

Even if you never change the Start menu order manually, your menu can soon become jumbled because new programs you install ordinarily place their shortcuts at the bottom of the menu. If you prefer to have your menus always sorted alphabetically, you can use a registry trick to force alphabetical sorts: Remove permissions to the registry key that controls menu order.

1. Open Registry Editor and select HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\MenuOrder.
2. On the Edit menu, choose Permissions.
3. In the Permissions For MenuOrder dialog box, click Advanced.
4. In the Advanced Security Settings For MenuOrder dialog box, clear the Inherit From Parent check box.
5. In the Security dialog box that appears, click Copy.
6. Click OK to return to the Permissions For MenuOrder dialog box, and then clear the Full Control access control entry for your own account and for any security groups that you’re a member of, leaving the Read access control entry in place.

Without Full Control permissions, Windows is prevented from rearranging menu items. Your programs remain in alphabetical order, even when new items are installed. The downside to this change is that you can no longer make your own ad hoc rearrangements, and any such arrangements you made previously are lost. To revert to default behavior, reinstate Full Control permissions, then log off and log on again.

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Add the default Administrator to the Welcome screen in Windows XP !!

If you’re using Windows XP Professional, you can add the Default Windows Administrator Account to the Welcome screen (which is normally remains invisible), without eliminating all other administrative accounts, by modifying the registry. Use Registry Editor to navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ SpecialAccounts\ UserList. In this subkey, create the new DWORD value Administrator. Then set this value to 1. To remove Administrator from the Welcome screen, return to the registry and set the Administrator value to 0.

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