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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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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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Why does regedit.exe have HKCU permission for importing but reg.exe does not?
I have a .reg file with current user values. If I use reg.exe in a bat file to import it says:
ERROR: Error accessing the registry.
If I use regedit.exe there are no issues. For regedit.exe I use:
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how to escape inside reg.exe windows registry - strange behavior
Everybody say that \ works as an escape inside reg.exe like:
The REG command will interpret \ as an escape for the character that
immediately follows it.
source
but I found it not a full correct ...
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How to save vpn password on computer using powershell
This is the code I use
Add-VpnConnection -Name 'vpn' -ServerAddress 'vpn.server.com'
rasdial 'vpn' 'username' 'password'
When the VPN disconnects and reconnects, it asks the client to enter the vpn ...
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How do I add a register in windows via .bat or .reg file in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for web apps to acesss it?
Context: We have some third party desktop applications installed on our users machine, and we would like to open them through our web applications links. I know how to create a URL Protocol manually, ...
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Unable to set new owner on Windows Defender. Access is denied
I was trying to disable Windows Defender realtime scanning due to the inordinate amount of resources it uses. Yes, I am aware of the consequences.
I have tired disabling the service in GPEDIT but can'...
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How to change the desktop icon font?
I am trying to change the font of the desktop icons. More specifically, I want to change it from Segoe UI to Rockwell Extra Bold.
As far as I know, the only way to do it is in regedit, but the font ...
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Having issues with Windows 10/11 running dualbooted Zorin (Ubuntu Fork)
I'm having issues getting windows to run in AHCI mode. When I switch my bios into AHCI, windows bluescreens, as expected- but RegEdit isn't saving my changes to storahci and iaStorV to allow windows ...
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Windows Defender - How can I temporarily disable calls to MpCmdRun -GetDeviceTicket using registry editor
I have noticed that calls to MgCmdRun.exe GetDeviceTicket -AccessKey <SOME_KEY> were causing glitches in a rendering application I am working on.
I was wondering if there was a way I could ...
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Add button on windows search result of start menu
Is there a way, maibe from regedit, to add a button in the section pointed by the arrow of the start menu:
Because I saw that some programs do it.
Eg: I want to add a button named Add link to desktop,...
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Cannot edit registry Windows 11
I always disable Windows defender on my machines via the registry editor, but this time I have run into a problem: first of all, I happen to have a Home version of Windows 11, so I had to install the ...
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Create a custom KSP in Windows 10
The setup: Certificates are stored on a server/HSM and domain users have a certificate for digital signatures.
I want to configure Windows to request password and OTP whenever the user tries to use a ...
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How do I get "crypto shell extensions" back in to open with in windows 11?
I have installed openpgp and kleopatra. After installing it, most of the certificate file extensions like .p7s, .pem are opening with it. How do I change it back to crypto shell extensions?
I want it ...
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What is "(Default)" key every Windows Registry Key
I saw by opening regedit that every registry key has a "(Default)" value filled with "value not set".
This key is always the first.
So I've few questions:
Why does this Key exist?
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