Registry Tips

How to add Items to the Start Button using Registry?

The best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.

Follow the given steps to change the Start button setting.

First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

In Registry Editor go to left hand panel, and find HKey_Classes_Root / Directory / Shell

Here Right click on Shell folder option and add any new key with descriptive name and Press Enter.

Now Right click on that key and give the full path of that program you are interested to add in start button. For example if you want to add MS excel, then full path may be C:\program file\msoffice\msexcel.EXE.

Now close all open programs and check the changes in your computer Start button.

Automatic Screen Refresh Tips
When you are working on your local computer and want to refresh any changes in your system automatically. For example some times you are watching sports results, online Stock Exchange rates and any changes to your hard drive but these changes are not usually refreshed until you press the F5 key on your keyboard.

To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.

Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.



First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

In Registry Editor panel go to the path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /

Control / UpdateMode

Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.

Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.


Set the status of NUM LOCK key enabled automatically.

You can manage the status of NUM LOCK key is different for each user and you can set its status enable or disable when user logon. NUM LOCK status is disable by default and if you want your NUM LOCK key is enable automatically before a user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL to log on. You need to edit the registry of your computer to change this status enabled.

Follow the given steps to enable NUM LOCK key :

Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard

Here in right side panel, double click on the value InitialKeyboardIndicators then change its value data from 0 to 2.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.


Changing the Location of Special Folders
You can modify the registry to change the location of special folders like:

My Documents

Favorites

My Pictures

Personal

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Double click on any locations you want to change and alter the path

Logoff or restart for the changes to go into effect

Edit windows registry keys to change the Registered Owner.
Some time you entered the wrong or invalid registered owner information when you installed the windows. But don't worry you can change the registered owner information any time, if you have little knowledge about editing windows registry.

Follow the given steps to change the owner name:

First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

Here locate the location to:

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion

Here in right side panel, double click on RegisteredOwner and here change its value data as you wish.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Changing the Title on Windows Media Player

You can change the title bar for the Windows Media Player

Start Regedit

Go to HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsMediaPlayer

Create a string value of TitleBar

Give it a value of whatever you want to appear in the title bar