Regtweak » Annoyance Removal

Remove “New” from context menu

adithya — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:29:07 +0000

Some people are annoyed with the “New” option in the context menu.If u are one of them and want to remove that option,then open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download removenew.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
;Remove "New" from context menu
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
 
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
@="{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}"

Save the file as “removenew.reg”.You can choose any name but the name must be enclosed in double quotes and .reg extension should be present.

Now double click the reg file just created and press Yes.

That’s it…

The changes are instantaneous and it is reflected immediately

If u want to re-enable or restore New , then copy paste the following

^?Download restorenew.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
;Restore "New" in context menu
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\New]
@="{D969A300-E7FF-11d0-A93B-00A0C90F2719}"

Save the file as “restorenew.reg”.You can choose any name but the name must be enclosed in double quotes and .reg extension should be present.

Now double click the reg file just created and press Yes.

That’s it…

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Disable Balloon Tips

adithya — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:15:51 +0000

Some people are annoyed by these balloon tips notification .If u are one of them,Then continue reading this small tweak

Open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download noballoon.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

Save the file as “noballoon.reg”.You can choose any name but the name must be enclosed in double quotes and .reg extension should be present.

Now double click the reg file just created and press Yes.

That’s it… A logoff is needed for the changes to takes place

In case u want to re-enable the balloon tips then navigate to

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
and change the value of EnableBalloonTips to 1 in terms of decimal

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Disable or Get rid of Windows Key or Start Key

adithya — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:03:17 +0000

Wanna get rid or disable that Windows Key or Start key which is causing inconvenience while playing games,Then continue reading this small tweak

Open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download winkeydisabled.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,5b,e0,00,00,5c,e0,\
  00,00,00,00

Save the file as “winkeydisabled.reg”.You can choose any name but the name must be enclosed in double quotes and .reg extension should be present.

Now double click the reg file just created and press Yes.

That’s it… A Restart is required for the changes to takes place

In order to revert back to normal state navigate manually to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout via regedit and delete that Scancode Map value

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Enable or Disable Autorun of CD/DVD’s

adithya — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:10:28 +0000

Autorun(often called as Auto play) can be Quite Useful for some people but for some it is an irritating popup.
You can control the Autorun Via registry.Continue reading to know how…

Open regedit by typing “regedit” in run dialog box and pressing Ok

The navigate to

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom

You will find a DWORD value called AutoRun

Double click on it and set the value to 0 to disable Autorun or 1 to enable it.

Note: A restart is required for the change to takes place