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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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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Default uncheck "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"
Is there any way to have the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" option unchecked by default?
I found this method to have the option disabled. I haven't tried it yet, but that'...
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Restrict creation Microsoft Access Databases per user
I'm trying to remove the ability for users to create databases in Microsoft Access for non-administrators on a few computers.
My issue is that people are creating databases left and right, so I want ...
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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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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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Registry command for context menu item to copy folder name
I often need to quickly copy the name of a folder in Windows 7, and so am trying to create an equivalent to the Copy as path item that appears in Extended context menus (i.e. when doing Shift+Right ...
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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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Reg un/load access denied
While trying to unload an HKLM\SOFTWARE subkey I kept receiving the error Access is denied. I tried loading/unloading a test key, but I still received the error.
I haven't been able to find any ...
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Access denied error from regedit
I have a windows 8.1 machine (recently installed) With UAC set to "minimum" and I'm starting regedit with "run as administrator"
If I try to create a new key under HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/...
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Windows 7's compatibility mode set to Windows XP SP3 for an executable from the command line and bypass User Account Control Prompt
I'm trying to package an application called Boss and it's intended to be deployed through SCCM 2012 and seems that it's an old Windows 2K application so it doesn't has all the properties I wish it ...
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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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Display different icons for different properties of a file (in the Windows Explorer)
Is it possible to set an icon for files with a specified extension ( .abc ) but not from an icon file? What I mean is if I can have a program (.jar or .bat) to decide the icon of these files. In the ...
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How do I disable a Windows dialog box notification from the registry?
I have disabled the Task Manager from the registry. After disabling it, when I press Ctrl+Alt+Del a dialog box appears which tells me that the Task Manager has been disabled by the Administrator.
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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.
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but I found it not a full correct ...
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