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Tagged with regedit windows-10
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Is there any way to turn off tamper protection using command line?
I work with many test PCs, so I want to automate the procedure for installing OS and setting up.
Disabling anti-virus is one of the set-up steps via the below, with it working well for a while, but ...
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How to disable the checkbox always to open with this application on Windows 10?
How to disable the option: Always use the selected program to open this type of file ? I tried in the following ways below:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\opendlg\command
but I can't find opendlg ...
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User's folder missing in Windows 10
When I turn on my computer, I receive error:
We can't sign into your account
I Logged in with the temporary account and can still open my user's files within C:\Users\Admin\Desktop. I followed Option ...
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Edit/Update the current lockscreen via batch? (Win 10)
So here's my question. I currently manage a group of Windows 10 machines, When I remote into them I have a custom lock screen that pops up saying "hey i'm remoted into this, don't mess with it"
Since ...
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"Encrypt contents to secure data" is grayed out even after regedit dword is set to 0
My Encrypt contents to secure data is grayed out on my computer.
I have already gone:
Into the regedit and set NtfsDisableEncrypton to 0 and rebooted.
To Admin Tools > System in Control Panel and ...
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Issue remapping keys using Scancode Map in Windows 10
I am using Acer laptop, and have attached the hardware information here:
The keyboard layout is as shown below:
I find it annoying to use Fn+Page Up for Home and Fn+Page Dn for End and tried to swap ...
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Disable the right-click mouse button function in Windows 10 (via registry keys/ GPO?)
I'm hoping someone can help me with how to disable the right mouse / right click button in Windows 10 for a specified group of machines/ users (all using Windows 10).
My objective is to disallow all ...
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How do I add Custom Entries to the Windows 10 Navigation Pane?
My goal is to add an entry to Windows 10's Navigation Pane that holds user-defined items. The idea is to create a new category outside of the existing ones so that items can be added under it without ...
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Windows Registry Query Problems
i trying to query the wifi registry ProfileName under this path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles as Wifi_5G i want to change the profilename to ...
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Moving and merging AppData folders
About six years ago, I moved my AppData folder off my boot drive (an SSD) to an HDD. I've just started looking at my system, and I seem to have done something quite wrong.
My AppData folder has been ...
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ctrl+shift+n creates new shortcut instead of a folder
I was removing some items from my context menu by deleting registry keys and I think I messed up something and now I cant create a new folder using keyboard shortcut or by going to new and new folder.....
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How to change a desktop background more than once every 10 seconds?
The default windows, background-slideshow's lowest change time is 1 minute. Of course, opening regedit (WINDOWS + r and then type regedit and ENTER) then navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control ...
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How can a program be added to Control Panel without using CLSID + NameSpace?
Most program shown in Control Panel are appointed a CLSID which is present in registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace
After I ...
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Added file in hard drives in this pc via regedit and now cannot remove it
I found this tutorial on how to pin my folders to this pc.
I don't know how but I created a file under my hard drives and I don't know how to remove because I lost the file where I've written my GUID ...
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Shutdown command prompt strange behavior
Recently I've found something strange behavior of shutdown command prompt. When I type shutdown -h, it'll shutdown not hibernate. When I type only shutdown, it'll shutdown not a list of options of ...
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Can't make certain file associations
I've been trying to associate .php files with Sublime Text 3 for the past few days, in Windows 10. I right click on the file, go to Properties, and under the General tab, I try to change the program ...
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Error while opening Windows Registry or Command Prompt as administrator after registry edit
I am using Windows 10.
I have made some changes in Windows Registry.
Actually I have changed paths in keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\...
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion missing from Registry Editor
On my brand new laptop I am trying to disable some Windows shortcut Win-S, Win-D, Win-C and Win-X like I usually do on all my other computers. Only this time, the Registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...
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How can I prevent local standard users from right clicking and deleting files on the computer?
How can I prevent local standard users from right clicking and deleting files on the computer?
I think on the individual files, I have to right click, go to security, advanced and add a Deny ...
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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 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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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 remove icon of a running program from system tray in Windows 10
Any way to do this, maybe through registry editor? What I'm trying to do is, I have a time tracking/keeping software running the whole time (to keep track of what my kids do on the pc), but the ...
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windows search bar background gets white even when is in dark mode
after disabling web search suggestions in windows search/start menu by regedit per that tutorial:
edit explanation:
windows is in dark mode, and this background is dark in dark mode, but it is not
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Disable Safe Mode for Newer OS
To block standard users to log in , We are applying below reg key for Win11 Computers via GPO. But its not working. standard users Still log in to computer via safe mode.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\...
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Why isn’t any Windows 10 Pro autologon method working?
I have setup a Windows 10 Pro computer with local GPO and registry edits that is meant to be used only for internet browsing. So, I configured it with two local user accounts besides the main ...
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Should I disable CoalescingTimerInterval?
I'm using win10, and I've been told that disabling timer coalescing will decrease input delay. Specifically, I should go to the below setting in the registry and create a 32-bit dword named ...
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Blank thumbnails after deleting file keys in Regedit
I'm using Windows 10 and somehow I've set a default association for the file type, so I wanted to change that. I deleted this:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\...
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Can't login to my profile after a change in the ProfileImagePath
I'm on windows 10 and I entered the registry and changed the ProfileImagePath's value
As soon as I had done that, my pc broke, couldn't access files and not even the start menu.
I restaarted it and ...
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Regedit solution to activate sleep states on Windows 10 (gpedit.msc unavailable)
ETA: to clarify, my sleep settings S1, S2, S3, and hybrid sleep are disabled when viewed through the command prompt using powercfg /a:
The following sleep states are available on this system:
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