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Remove or Disable Send to from the context menu

adithya — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:10:42 +0000

In order to disable or remove Send to from the context menu,Open up notepad and copy paste the following..

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
;Disable Send to from context menu
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]
@=""

Save the file as “disablesendto.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

in order to re-enable send to,Open up notepad and copy paste the following..

^?Download enablesendto.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
;Disable Send to from context menu
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]
@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"

Save the file as “enablesendto.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.

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Enable or Disable Writing in External Storage Devices like Pendrive

adithya — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:46:47 +0000

If u want to disable or prevent writing in external storage devices like pendrive(for privacy and security reasons),then open up notepad copy paste the following

^?Download disablewrite.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
;Disable writing in external storage devices like pendrive
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000001

Save the file as “disablewrite.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 case u want re-enable writing in external storage devices like pendrive,then open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download enablewrite.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
;Re-Enable writing in external storage devices like pendrive
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000000

Save the file as “enablewrite.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 Windows CD Burning Program

adithya — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:24:30 +0000

If u want to disable or restrict the windows inbuilt CD burning program,then continue reading this small tweak

Open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download nocdBurning.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoCDBurning"=dword:00000001

Save the file as “nocdBurning.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

This will not disable other buring programs like Nero if they are installed in your computer

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Enable or Disable Task Manager

adithya — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:57:35 +0000

This is an another common Question in many forums i.e, i am getting “Task Manager is disabled by the administrator”…Before giving the solution via reghack ,it’s important to know that this might be the action of a virus.
So use a good anti virus with latest definition and scan and remove the viruses.

After removing virus,you can enable the Task Manager again. Continue reading to know how…

Open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download taskmgrenabled.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000

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

Double click the file and press Ok.That’s it… the changes are instantaneous

In case u want to disable Task Manager,then Open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download taskmgrdisabled.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000001

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

Double click the file and press Ok.

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Enable or disable Regedit

adithya — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:41:36 +0000

This is a little advanced and dangerous tweak.In case u need to disable or block regedit,then continue reading this small tweak

Open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download disableregedit.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000001

Save the file as “disableregedit.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 re-enable regedit u can use a third part regedit tools.
But there is still easier way to do so.
Click on Start->Run(In case of XP)and paste the following code in it and press OK.

^?View Code C

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

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Control the state of Numlock during startup

adithya — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:11:48 +0000

Wanna turn on or turn off numlock after logon,Then continue reading this small tweak

In order to turn on the numlock after logon,open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download numlockon.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard]
"InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2"

Save the file as “numlockon.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.

Similary to turn off numlock,open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download numlockoff.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard]
"InitialKeyboardIndicators"="0"

Save the file as “numlockoff.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

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Enable or Disable Folder Options

adithya — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:30:02 +0000

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This is the most common Question in many forums i.e, folder options is disabled..i can’t view hidden files.Before giving the solution via reghack ,it’s important to know that this is due to action of a virus.
So use a good anti virus with latest definition and scan and remove the viruses.

After removing virus,you can enable the folder options again. Continue reading to know how…

Open up notepad and copy paste the following

^?Download folderoptena.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:00000000
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:00000000

and save the file as “Folderoptionsenabled.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…Log off and there u go the folder Options are again enabled

In order to disable the folder options copy paste the following code and create another .reg file as explained above and double click it and press Yes

^?Download folderoptdis.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:00000001
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:00000001

Note:Log off or restart is required for changes to takes place

You can also download the 2 ready made files and double click it and press “Yes”

Folder Options Enabled.reg
Folder Options Disabled.reg