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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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How to set different UID and GID for each NFS folder in Windows 10
I have two NFS servers running Ubuntu (server0, server1). My client is on Windows 10. The Unix accounts for this client on each servers have different UID and GID, it is something like 1002,1002 on ...
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Windows 10 (10.0.14393); how to set registry permissions
I am attempting to fix an "IndirectSound" install so it works with an ancient game called Caesar III. The instructions say I have to modify the registry, so I created a restore point and ...
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Create .REG file to edit only single Octet at specific address in Binary Value without affecting other bytes in binary data
Is it possible to create a .reg file for Windows 10 to edit only a single octet at a specific address in a binary value consisting of n octets without changing the rest of the binary value?
I want to ...
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Hiding a specific app from start menu
I am having a little situation where after installing Adobe Creative Cloud on my computer an app called "Notification Manager for Adobe Creative Cloud" appeared on my Start Menu. I have checked in ...
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Microsoft Access Database Item doesn't go away from right click (Context) menu
I'm wanting to remove "Microsoft Access Database" from the "New" subsection of the context menu in Windows 10, just like in this YouTube video.
Image of Context menu displaying "Microsoft Access ...
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How to run a program on startup with admin access from registry, before user logs on
I'm working on a tool that can change the password for an account without having to log in (account recovery). My thought was to put a key that runs a batch file in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\...
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Trouble installing Bluetooth driver on M14xR2 running Windows 10
I'm trying to install the Bluetooth Driver found here: dell.com
I'm using the 8.1 network driver. When I try to install it I get the following error
Could not write value C:\Program Files(x86)\Intel\...
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set default scaling windows 10 all users all monitors
how do i default the scaling on all monitors on a device for all users?
we have a station in each Operating Room. a computer with one normal sized monitor and two flatscreen tvs. In order to get a ...
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Messed up OS settings - Administrative settings
I did mess up with my Administrative System Settings on my Windows 10.
Now I cannot open the System Protection settings for restoring to the earlier point or cannot open anything.
I tried to set the ...
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Can't sign in to Windows 10 with Microsoft account
I'm trying to follow this answer:
Edit your registry
HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\StoredIdentities
Here, you will see the account that is giving you trouble. Delete
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Please help me to get access to c: Drive because I messed up the permissions
I was playing around with permissions and In regedit I blocked C drive access.
then I blocked the permission for C drive.
and now I can't undo anything and change it back even tho I am the ...
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UWP apps locked out of changing startup options
All UWP apps do not allow me to change their startup settings.
In Startup Apps, the option is greyed out.
In the app's settings, it's supposedly enabled by policy.
This occurs with apps like Windows ...
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Windows 10 photos not opening after selecting default
I have a user who when trying to open jpgs, or other photos double clicks on the photos and gets the "How do you want to open this file"
If they click on the Photos app or any other application the "...
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Cannot log in to Windows 10 after deleting profile in registry
So I ended deleting my only profile through registry thinking it would fix "The update could not be completed undoing changes problem".
Now I cannot even log in my account. I tried resetting my ...
