Window registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform: the kernel, device drivers, services, SAM, user ...
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How to export a specific registry key to a text file using command line
How can I export specific value from the registry to a text file using the command line?
For example, I want to export Hkey_local_Machine\Software\mcafee to a text file in C:.
I just need the key – ...
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How to get write access on External Hard Disc (USB) [duplicate]
On my computer because of domain level group policy, i can read/copy content from external hard drives(USB) but, i don't have rights to write content to external hard drive.
Can you please tell me ...
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Regedit does not ask for password when started as administrator
I needed to change the access rights to the system log on two computers (both running Windows 7), as described in this question. I did it successfully on one of the computers.
On the second one, I ...
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Is backslash needed for DontReportInfectionInformation registry entry?
From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891716.
Is the backslash needed and should show in the registry entry for DontReportInfectionInformation?
Subkey: ...
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Registry entry for User Authentication?
Does anyone know the registry location for the internet user authentication->logon section within windows?
Start->Control Panel->Internet Options
Then second tab over to "Security" there is a button ...
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In Windows XP Regedit, I can see a property called “Capabilities” - but what do the values mean?
I want to enable/disable a device, but cannot find anywhere in the registry that is actually flagging a device as "disabled."
But there is an entry called Capabilities, which for the RAID drive has a ...
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Windows 8 - associate regsvr32 with dll type and always run as administrator
I'm using Windows 8. I'd like to associate the file type DLL to regsvr32, so that I can double click a DLL and register it. The problem is that regsvr32 is not running as administrator. So, what I ...
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How to force windows XP to stay more time on welcome screen during logon?
Does anybody know how I can force Windows XP to wait longer than normal on the welcome screen during login process until my application initialization end up?
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How to disable Explorer.exe for given user?
I know the shell registry key to disable it but I don't understand how to disable for specific user. Consider the situation where administrator cannot login user account but want to change user ...
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How to change from 802.11n to older 802.11g using the Windows 7 registry
I think all the wireless cards have more or less the same options. My particular wireless card is: Ralink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe.
I think my connection will be more stable changing the ...
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Passing option params to context menu commands in Windows Registry Editor
How can we pass options to programs being called through edits to the windows registry using regedit.exe? This is a syntax question as far as I can tell.
For example... I have recently added a new ...
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Windows XP won't boot, not even in Safe Mode
If I try to start it normally, it will restart without even showing the boot logo.
But in safe mode, it stucks while loading the System32\Config\SYSTEM registry hive.
I know that usually this means ...
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Windows: how to boot my program on startup?
I've made my app called myapp.exe.
I've also added a registry key in:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
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Shell Context Menu Commands for Kindle Files Only Showing for Certain Extensions
A while ago, I added a number of context menu commands to import Kindle books into Calibre and convert them to EPUB (under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Amazon.Kindle.content). All associated extensions are set ...
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Transferring Programs with Software registry hive [closed]
I recently had to replace a number of my components in my machine and in the process Windows decided not to boot anymore and after many hours trying to fix the problem I decided to simply backup, ...
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Windows 8 - All of my permissions are broken
Windows 8 user here, and when I first started up my new computer, I discovered that almost all the permissions were broken. I did not have write access to several key areas, such as the root directory ...
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How to start CLSIDs from the command line?
Some of my shortcuts in Windows are pointing to targets that look like CLSIDs, and I cannot modify the target, it's grayed out. They look like this: {ED228FDF-9EA8-4870-83b1-96b02CFE0D52} (non-working ...
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Updating Windows registry on a disk image
I have a hard disk image (.vmdk) taken from an old computer. The image contains a Windows 2000 installation.
Now I would like to update the registry on the image to make it bootable. (I'm suffering ...
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How can I keep a Windows registry key constant?
Is there a way to lock a system registry key from being changed? Or to somehow keep it constant?
In Windows 7, I'm trying to prevent a system registry key from being automatically changed any time a ...
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Outlook attachment opening issue when Excel configured to open in new window?
I was tired of Excel opening additional documents within the same instance, so I looked into how to force it to open a new instance for each file. This answer worked great.
However, I then got an ...
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Accidentally (?) disabled touchpad scrolling
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Z580 with Windows 8, and I was annoyed by the charms bar popping up every time I was putting my finger on the touchpad from the right side, so I applied the registry changes ...
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Weird Quirk - Right Click, then key press not running command in Win7 / IE8
I just got a new work computer and am being driven nuts by this odd quirk.
When I'm in Internet Explorer, I'm used to right-clicking on a link using my mouse's touchpad (to bring up the right-click ...
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How to change the default font of gVim
Edit: I moved the original question to 'The docked gVim in Windows 7 jumps upon tab switch'
After struggling with my .vimrc, I am resorting to setting the font from windows registry instead, because ...
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I think I broke something in my registry
So this is a two part problem.
I was following directions trying to install some software and I misunderstood a poorly written segment of the installation instructions.
This led to me deleting my ...
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Can HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout -> Scancode Map be used to “redefine” the keyboard layout on Windows?
On a computer where I have full admin rights, I changed the keyboard layout with the following registry entries
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
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Outlook 2013, New Mail Desktop Alert Goes Away After 5 Seconds
When I receive a new email, the desktop notification pops up and then fade away after 5 seconds. I found how to fix it through changing registry for outlook 2010 and older versions but it does not ...
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Copy registry branch to another location
Is there an easy way in Windows to copy a registry branch to another part of the registry?
I need to copy everything in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python to work ...
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How to change Explorer's default location via the registry?
I'm using Windows 7. I want to set Explorer's default location to "My Computer", whether explorer.exe is launched via the "Run" command, via command-line or via a shortcut. That's why I don't want to ...
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Change the default setting for Outlook 2010 folder Item count
I have searched for months for this and even though I cannot find it I know there must be a way.
Ever folder and sub-folder in outlook will display the number of UNREAD items. For example "Sent" ...
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Side Effects of Failed Windows Update to Registry [closed]
Last night, my Windows 7 installed some updates upon shutting down. Today, when I switched on my PC, I did not realize that the battery was low and that the power cord was not plugged in. So as the PC ...
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Does Windows have a standard enumeration of world timezones?
I want to store a date and time in an application where compactness is paramount. As well as the datetime, I want to save the associated timezone. While I could just store the timezone bias -i.e. a ...
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How do I fix .lnk files on windows vista?
How do I fix .lnk files on windows vista? Sticky Notes and Windows Journal don't seem to work any more (apparently it's anything with a .lnk file extension). I already tried system restore, and even ...
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How to add a registry key using .vbs?
I want to add a registry key (Dword=1) in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet \Control\StorageDevicePolicies using vbscript. How can i do that? HELP ME...
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How do registry entries work? [closed]
I was looking for a way to disable all caps on Visual Studio and found this post.
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How To Write To The Windows 7 Registry HKLM
I'm writing a vbscript that will write a registry value, to be precise the script should write the value of DisableRemovableDriveScanning value 0 to
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft ...
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Refresh needed each time after changing default desktop location [closed]
I changed the default location of my desktop to another directory in other partition. The directory changed successfully but when I create, rename or delete a file or directory from desktop, the ...
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Remove taskbar with registry in windows 7
I'm trying to permanently hide my taskbar. I'd rather not use a different shell or use software to do this for me, so editing the registry seemed a natural choice. Searching the web a bit, I found ...
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Windows 8 Right-click (context) menu hang
Recently I reintalled Windows 8. All software that I installed on fresh OS is up to date and Windows 8 compatible.
When I try to open context menu explorer was crashing. I used CCleaner to fix ...
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Hide context menu item in registry
I would like to "hide" the Open context menu entry for * so it does not display but does not affect file associations. Is this possible? (I never use it since double clicking does the same thing, ...
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Where does open office writer save its default template
Does anybody know where Openoffice saves its configuration for standard font, size etc?
I know i can create a template which gets used as a standard for new documents, but how do i get the location ...
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32-bit .DLL registers on install (Win7 64-bit), but not regsvr32
I have a 32-bit application, that uses a VC++ 6 developed 32-bit .DLL (deployed as Win32UMinDependency) that I can't register on a Windows 7/8 64-bit machine. Along with the application are ...
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How can I delete an entry from the Windows Explorer autocomplete/drop down list?
In Windows Explorer, when you start typing a location in the address bar (or click on it's drop down menu), there's a list of autocomplete entries that automatically shows up. How can you delete an ...
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Is it possible to have a registry script to install keys to 32 and 64 bit locations?
I'm wondering if I have the ability to have a .reg file install keys to both the 32bit and 64bit locations in the registry??
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Multiple context menu run as administrator through registry editor
I am trying to create two context menus for .EXE files in Windows 8, both of which will need admin privileges. As I can see in registry, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas can only have one command ...
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Change Windows Defender Settings Via Registry - Windows 8
I would like to change some Windows Defender settings via the registry, after a clean install of Windows 8, now I know of the DisableAntiSpyware registry value, but I would appreciate if someone could ...
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Modifying Windows registry from within Linux
I have a windows dd image that I have locally mounted.
I need to apply a series of registry tweaks from a known .reg file, within this Linux environment. I can't seem to find any tool that satisfies ...
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Chrome Magnet Links Won't Launch (Windows 7)
Up until today, I had Chrome setup to handle magnet links just fine. I'd click on the magnet link, a little popup would ask me if I want to launch the magnet application or do nothing, then the ...
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file association batch file windows 8 [duplicate]
I'm trying to create a batch file that will associate .myroom file extension to myroom.exe program in windows 8 so whenever user clicks on a .myroom file, it will open it using myroom.exe software.
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Registry clean-slate
A number of various different issues with my registry have caused strange errors to occur on my computer. Here's two main ones that I've noticed:
If I right-click on a .exe file and select "run as ...
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Add/Remove programs: what happens when an app installs incorrectly?
I'm a developer, and the installshields I create deploy 'debugsupport.msi', which is the visual studio 2010 debug support executable.
However, when I attempt to run it, it says it's already installed ...
