Questions tagged [regedit]
regedit.exe is the inbuilt tool which provides direct access to the Windows Registry. Only tag if your question specifically involves using regedit.exe, otherwise use [windows-registry].
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how to prevent the Status Column from appearing in Windows, permanently through RegEdit
I have this same problem on all my devices. Windows 10, and 11. It's an ugly column and when we are trying to rapidly manage thousands of files and folders at the same time, a column that magically ...
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Notepad with dark background and white font
I am using windows 10 with dark theme colors. My favorite applications, notepad, when high contrast setting is on becomes black with white font.
I would like my notepad to look like that, but without ...
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How to ensure that the computer doesn't beep when put in sleep mode?
Putting this computer into sleep mode gives faint but noticeable beeping sounds synchronized with the blinking light. System and hardware info:
Device name DESKTOP-GG6AA6L
Processor Intel(R) Core(...
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How to change the "Welcome Screen" - "Input language" and the "New user accounts" - "Input language" aswell in powershell ? (WIN 10)
I'm currently having an issue on Win10.
The problem :
I want to set up the language of the pc for all the users and even the welcome screen to be "FR-BE" using powershell.
Here's what I've ...
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How to add custom option in the right click menu (Windows 11)
I want to add an option in the Context Menu when right clicking on any file (Windows 11).
I already changed the menu appearance so it looks like Windows 10's menu, and I already added an option in ...
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Problems in Adding File Types to 'New' Context Menu in File Explorer using regedit
Issue with Adding File Types to 'New' Context Menu in File Explorer
I'm encountering difficulties adding certain file types to the 'New' option in the right-click context menu in File Explorer. If ...
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Context menu rename any file as "folder.jpg"
Simply put i want to make a context menu entry that renames an image file as "folder.jpg"
When i view folders in the thumbnail view mode, the folders will show a thumbnail image of the file ...
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Trying to change Windows 11 registry, update seems to not do much
I am trying to change the key
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\3c0bc021-c8a8-4e07-a973-6b14cbcb2b7e
Which is for ...
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Windows 10 Thunderbolt Multi-Screen Lock Issues
I've been using this thunderbolt dock for the last 6 months, no problem. I've got it plugged in to my laptop, using the laptop's screen as the main screen. For some reason, the signal became unstable (...
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How to disable Ctrl+T taskbar hide hotkey?
On Windows 11 I want to disable the Ctrl+T hotkey that hides/shows the taskbar so that it can be used to open new browser tabs instead. It seems to be a problem with PowerPoint; I am currently running ...
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Internet connection sharing issue Win7
Ive been sharing my connection for years and suddenly it stopped working. Naturally I check the sharing tab and i get "network sharing disabled by administrator " ive gone through many ...
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How to remove "Folders" and some other items in This PC window (Windows 10)?
Hello, I'm customizing the Windows 10 interface and wanted to remove the circled parts in explorer windows.
I'm guessing that some can be removed via regedit keys.
What should I look for? thanks!
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Windows 11 default taskbar pinned apps?
TLDR: I want to reset the taskbar pinned apps to the default (similar to the first login of a new user)
I found taskband in regedit but this value isn't in the default user's registry hive. It seems ...
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Windows 11: Change background of inactive task bar icons
I would like to change the background of opened elements in the taskbar making it the same design as when I hover inactive elements. Now that Windows 11 has the ungroup feature in the taskbar, I think ...
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can't set properly a registry key to modify the Explorer left side
I've got this registry key and it actually creates an entry that redirects you to a folder, but I want to open a shortcut instead (.lnk file) and I can't figure it out how to make it working, since ...
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