Removing the Shortcut Icon Arrows

• Open REGEDIT.EXE
• Open the Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
• Open the Key LNKFILE
• Delete the value IsShortcut
• Open the next Key PIFFILE
• Delete the value IsShortcut
• Restart the Win95

Clearing the Documents Menu Automatically

The Documents Menu displays the last file and programs you used. You can clear item manually but only through editing
the Registry can you turn this off automatically. This can be useful on computers that are used by multiple people.
The same settings can be also used in NT 4.0

• Set the properties on the Recycle Bin to delete files immediately.
• Start Regedit
• Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
• Right click on the right panel
• Select New / String Value
• Rename it to Recent - Only if it is not already there
• Give it the value of C:\RECYCLED
• Set your Recycle bin to Automatically delete files
• Log off and back on again.

Your Documents Menu should now be blank. This will be for all subsequent users who logon as well.

Not Displaying the Network Neighborhood

• Start Regedit
• Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software\ Microsoft \Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
• Right click on the right panel and add a New / DWORD
• Name it NoNetHood
• Give it a value of 1
• Logoff or Reboot the computer

Changing the Location of Windows95's Installation Files

If you need to change the drive and or path where Windows95 will look for it's installation files:

• Start Regedit
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Setup \ SourcePath
• Change the location from there

Changing the Registered Owner

• Starting Regedit
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion
• From there you can edit the name in the Registered Owner key

Compacting the Registry

How to compact the registry?

• Got to true DOS, not a DOS window
• Run Regedit and then export the entire Registry to COMPACT.REG.
• Then exit regedit and run it again with the following switch. REGEDIT /C COMPACT.REG

Enabling the Middle Mouse Button on Logitech Mouse

To enable the middle mouse button on Logitech Mouses to act as a double-click button by only pressing it once:

Run Regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LOGITECH\MOUSEWARE\CURRENTVERSION\SERIALV\0000

Change DoubleClick to equal 001

Removing the Hand Icon from Shared Resources

When you share a local resource, Windows95 normally puts a hand in from of that resources icon.
To remove hand icon from your shared resources:

• Start Regedit.
• Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / Network
• Open SharingHandler.
• Clear it's default value
• Restart Windows.
• To restore set Default value "msshrui.dll".

Hiding Any Combination of Drives

If you want to stop a drive or any combination of drives appearing in Explorer/My Computer

Add the Binary Value of 'NoDrives' in the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Give it a value from a combination of the table below:

A 1 00 00 00
B 2 00 00 00
C 4 00 00 00
D 8 00 00 00
E 16 00 00 00
F 32 00 00 00
G 64 00 00 00
H 128 00 00 00
I 00 1 00 00
J 00 2 00 00
K 00 4 00 00
L 00 8 00 00
M 00 16 00 00
N 00 32 00 00
O 00 64 00 00
P 00 128 00 00
Q 00 00 1 00
R 00 00 2 00
S 00 00 4 00
T 00 00 8 00
U 00 00 16 00
V 00 00 32 00
W 00 00 64 00
X 00 00 128 00
Y 00 00 00 1
Z 00 00 00 2

Where (for eg) you want to hide Drives {C,E,J,O,R,U,Y,Z} you would give 'NoDrives' the value 14 42 12 03
Where C+E = 14, J+O = 42, R+U=12 and Y+Z = 03
Please NOTE: The Numbers are to be added in HEXadecimal ie: ABCD = 0F, not 15 All Drives Visible is 00 00 00 00 All Drives Hidden is FF FF FF 03

Automatic Shutdown with Windows NT

Most laptops allow the operating system to turn off the hardware after shutdown, instead of displaying the message telling you it's now safe to turn off your system.
You can take advantage of this capability by enabling the Power Down After Shutdown feature.

To enable this feature, simply add a REG_SZ value named HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\PowerdownAfterShutDown and set it to 1.

Next, tell NT to shut down and see if the machine turns itself off after shutting down. If it doesn't, change the value back to 0 to restore normal operation.

Fixing no AutoRun for CDs

If your CDs have stop starting automatically, and you have checked everything else:

• Go to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• The value for NoDriveTypeAutoRun should be set to 95 00 00 00

Networking Restrictions

There are general restrictions you can make in Networking

• Start Regedit
• Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies
• Create a new key under Policies called Network
• You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys
• To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0

Comparing Registries

While working with changes to your system, you might want to see what is changing in your Registry.
Since you can export it to a text file, the steps are fairly easy

• Start Regedit
• With the very top level select - My Computer, on the Toolbar select Registry / Export Registry File
• I usually save it to the root of the C: drive with the name before (you don't need to add an extension)
• Make the change to your system
• Go back to Regedit
• Press F5 to update it
• Export the Registry like step 2
• Name the file after and have it go in the same directory
• Open up a DOS window
• Go to the directory where the two exported files are
• Enter FC before.reg after.reg > diff.txt
• Then you can edit diff.txt with your favorite text editor.

Preparing to Move Hard Drive to Another Computer

To remove the devices from device manager when taking a HD from one computer to another,
simply:

• Run Regedit
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ and delete the Enum section
• This removes all of the hardware specific settings

Setting the Recycle Bin to Always Delete

You can set the recycle bin to always delete items (like holding down the shift key when dragging files to the recycle bin)

• Start Regedit
• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ BitBucket
• Set the key NukeOnDelete to 1

Fix Browsing Delay to Win98/ME Computers

If you experience a 30 second or so delay when browsing to Windows98 or WindowsME computers,
delete the following registry key on the Windows2000 computer.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Explorer / RemoteComputer / NameSpace {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}