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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reg query; Windows 7 vs Windows XP
I can run the following reg query command in Windows 7 and get the following results:
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Reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall /s /f "EMC Avamar for Windows"
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Opening PowerShell at the current working directory from the registry
This question is prompted by a problem I faced while writing this answer. I am invoking PowerShell like this from the registry:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -NoExit ...
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Why does my computer not display a log in box?
I started up my computer as normal, and clicked on my username, I expected the log-in box to appear, but after 10 minutes nothing happens.
So I got my other spare computer and searched up the ...
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Is it possible to restore a previous Winodws registry state without Scanreg.exe?
I messed up the Windows registry. I should be able to restore it to a previous state because Windows keeps a backup in C:\Windows\System32\Config I think. There used to be a tool called Windows ...
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How do I recover from “repair pending” error in SFC?
I am trying to fix an issue with Windows registry and services. I tried running sfc command but this is the error message I get?
C:\Windows>sfc /scannow
Beginning system scan. This process will ...
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Installed Games to Direct Play
I want to convert my favorite installed games into a "direct play" format. I have several physical PC game discs that I still play a lot, but it becomes extremely frustrating whenever I have to ...
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Is it possible to import a Windows registry file without destroying a system?
Let me just check one thing first. Doing an export through Regedit (range: all) is the equivalent of making a backup of the Windows registry, right?
So I saved the Reg file to disk drive L yesterday. ...
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Installing an application in a sandbox to detect windows registry manipulation
I would like to know if there is a way to detect which registry settings an installer affects. Are there other options than running a full-size VM and then somehow comparing snapshots of the registry ...
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How can I change/set the homepage for multiple browsers at once?
So I have a project that involves me resetting the homepage of about ~70 computers that are in a test group to a new home page. In the past I've done this via registry, but this time I have to ...
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How do I remove the tab Default Programs command object from my Start menu?
I was in my registry (using regedit) to create a backup, I then restarted my computer and noticed a tab saying Default Programs command object.
I'm running Windows 8 with StartIsBack. I uninstalled ...
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How do I modify the data of an existing registry key value name from cmd?
How do I modify an existing registry key value from cmd?
There are a lot of options and switches, bells and whistles, for the Reg command. There are options to query, add, and delete keys, subkeys, ...
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Setting up microsoft intune, need to lock down computer
So, I have an initiative to set up Microsoft Intune on a number (~450) remote computers. Those computers are currently running deep freeze to reduce the damage that people can do to them by ...
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How to intercept registry or memory key?
How to intercept a registry or memory key while for example I am changing the Google Chrome window size? Is there a soft/freeware I can use that would list changes I am making in the computers memory ...
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Mysterious Windows 7 Autorun Location [duplicate]
I have Acer Aspire One A521 with brand new SSD disk, on which I've just installed brand new Windows 7 HE 64. After installing system I installed all drivers, including Conexant audio driver. Starting ...
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Formatting registry values with non-standard argument syntax for context menu commands
I'm trying to add an entry to the Windows folder background context menu.
The following "command" value works:
"P:\Projects\GuardianBlade\OfStrangerFlames\Development\Project\Bin\MakeManifest.exe"
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How to recover computer from log in screen
Not sure of a more appropriate Stack Exchange website, but I have a really urgent problem that needs fixing, as I am leaving to China soon.
Last night my computer shut down abruptly, and upon restart ...
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Deleted admin HKLM\Software\Microsoft\ and now there is no admin on the system
One of my colleagues has deleted the registry stuff related to the Administrator account on his PC and now he cannot see the "Administrator" account on the Windows machine!! There is just a "Guest" ...
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How to stop auto-changing registry values?
My computer (Windows XP Home Edition SP3) is changing registry values by itself.
Under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, I have DisableRegistryTools and DisableTaskMgr ...
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Why can't I change Window 7 registry key?
I want to change a Windows 7 Registry key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Classes->CLSID->B54F3741-5B07-11cf-A4B0-00AA004A55E8} -> InprocServer32. I ran regedit as administrator. But ...
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What to change in the registry to boot Windows from a PCIe Sata controller?
What to change in the registry to boot Windows from a PCIe Sata controller?
I have an intel mainboard that supports only 3GB Sata. I want to upgrade it to 6GB Sata with a controller like this:
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Prevent, or speed up, USB Flash Drive installation for computers?
Bit of a conundrum here -- We have over 400 touch-screen point-of-sale terminals that we use. We also have over 1500 USB flash drives that we use.
At one of our events, each customer gets a flash ...
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Make Chrome always execute with flags
I want to run Chrome with a given set of flags, always
I created a shortcut and added the flag to it in the following way, so my target of the shortcut says:
C:\<application-path>\chrome.exe ...
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How to view/edit x86 registry values in windows 7 x64
I have an application compiled with x86 processor that register a number of values in target machine registry. I have installed this application on windows 7 x64.
Now when I try to view the registered ...
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Registry script to enable automatic updates for Adobe/Java
Is there a registry script or a one click system to enable automatic updates for the following?
Adobe Flash
Java
Adobe Reader
This way I can quickly enable these services to download and install ...
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What is this foreign language registry key? [closed]
Does anyone recognize this?
It's under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software (and HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-....\Sodtware) on an English WinXP machine.
I don't remember ever having installed something called 'PC ...
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Registry edit on Windows 7 [closed]
I have PC with only Internet Explorer. I removed it as a default browser.
In this Path "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice" will have key progid always ...
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Using Environment variable in registry for command
I'm making a program which requires arguments from context menu (click a file and invoke my program with the file name as parameter).
I'm trying to add a registry key to ...\shell\myThing\command. ...
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Enable Recycle Bin Prompt in Windows 8 via Registry key
I need to enable the Recycle Bin Prompt via Regedit.
I've tried to monitor the registry changes when enabling/disabling the recycle bin prompt but any value change found with Regshot (too strange ...
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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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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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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 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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