Posts under Registry tag.

Restore Zune 4.0’s missing features

Microsoft has already announced the availablity of Zune HD & Zune 4.0, but some of the features are not available for users outside US and Canada. With the help of this registry hack, non-US/CA users will be able to enable [...]

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CCleaner breaks the Windows 7 context menu

CCleaner is one of the most recommended freeware Registry Cleaners available for Windows. However a recent forum post by my MVP colleague and TWCF Mod Ramesh shows that use of CCleaner is likely to break the Windows 7 right click [...]

Change Windows 7 Aero Peek Desktop Preview times.

Aero Peek is a new feature in Windows 7. If you have many windows open on your desktop, its quite easy to lose track of them.

How to display Recyle Bin in Computer folder in Windows 7

You may not want to clutter up your desktop with a Recycle Bin. You perhaps also do not want to pin it to your Start Menu, and yet want easy access to it. You could display it in the taskbar [...]

Monitor Changes To Registry In Windows 8 | 7

Windows does not have an in-built Registry monitoring tool. But what you can do is, harness the Windows command-line program File Compare or fc.exe to compare two registry export files, and thus monitor changes in the Windows Registry. Monitor Changes To Registry File [...]

Show Windows version On Desktop

If you want to display the version of your Windows 7 on your desktop, here is a simple registry hack which will help you do it.

Remove Compress Old Files option from Disk Cleanup.

The Compress Old Files option takes up quite a bit of time while cleaning up the disk with Disk Cleanup. If it exists amongst your options and if you dont use it or if you want to remove it, here [...]

A third way to uninstall programs in Windows.

You can uninstall programs without using the Uninstall Programs applet of the Control Panel or using the Programs own uninstaller, should the need to do so, ever arise.

Remove Wallpaper Location history from Personalization in Windows 7

When you right click on the Windows 7 desktop and select Personalize, you are presented with window. Now when you click on Desktop Background, in the drop down menu of the Picture locations, you will see a list of the [...]

PowerTools Lite – The Freeware Registry Cleaner

Macercraft has released PowerTools Lite, a freeware version of jv16 PowerTools. PowerTools Lite uses the same engine as jv16 PowerTools to give you the best results.

File & Registry Virtualization in Windows 7

Beginning with Windows Vista, Microsoft virtualized some files & the registry. Virtualization basically means that, applications are prevented from writing to System Folders in Vista’s file system and ALSO to the ‘machine wide keys’ in the registry.

New registry keys in Windows 7 Desktop Window Manager

There are some new registry keys in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM.

Hack Windows 7 Registry To Allow Messenger Polygamy.

If you have several Windows Live ID’s and if you prefer to logon into Messenger with more than one of them, then you can hack your Windows 7 registry to allow running of multiple instances of Messenger.

Change default installation directory in Windows 7

By default Windows installs all the programs in the drive in which it is installed. In most cases it would be C:\Program Files.

How to set & reset Internet Explorer 8 Content Advisor in Windows 7

You can use the IE 8 content advisor to control what content can or cannot be viewed on your Windows 7 computer. You can set, reset content advisor and its password easily or through the registry too.

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The Windows Club covers Windows 8, Windows 7, tips, tutorials, how-to's, features, freeware and more. It is created by Anand Khanse, a Microsoft MVP.