Disable all Balloon tips in Windows

I always felt it wary about those balloon tips in Windows task bar for
'low disk space', 'new hardware', etc.

The following small registry tweak can disable these balloon tips:

Go to following registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\Advanced

and then in right pane search for entry 'EnableBalloonTips' and if it is
not present then add the DWORD entry and name it as ' EnableBalloonTips'.

Once this is done then add the value to it as '0' (zero in number).

If you want to enable it again than change the value to '1'.

Remember the key and entry names are Case Sensitive.

Add Google Search in your browser address bar

One can now easily Google search for any term using the browser's
address bar, and the search results will be displayed to you in
the Google's page.

The following small registry tweak can do this for you;

Go to following registry path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl

sometimes the 'SearchUrl' key might not be present, in that case add
it as sub-key under 'Internet Explorer'.

Now in right pane for above key 'SeacrhUrl', change the default value to

http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

press F5 to refresh registry and then exit.
For this tweak to work you might need to close all the browsers and
open again.

Browse any Website in Text only mode

Last time when I was surfing the net, I found the site that allows
to browse any website in text only mode.
This website is http://mytoday.com

To view any website in text only mode follow the steps detailed
below:
1. Type the following address in your browser address bar

http://mytoday.com/v/

2. Once this is done, now add the protocol of access
like http, https, ftp, etc. as shown below

http://mytoday.com/v/http/

3. After this add the website address that you want to view
in text mode, in following way (as shown for technoglitters)

http://mytoday.com/v/http/technoglitters.blogspot.com

so that finally it looks as shown below in your browsers address bar:



Enjoy text only browsing.

Shortcut to open Registry Editor

Now to open the Registry editor no need of going to Start Menu > Run.
One can create a shortcut on desktop to open the Registry Editor
follow the steps given blow:

1. Open the Notepad and copy the following code snippet:

'Open Registry Editor
'from http://www.technoglitters.blogspot.com
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next

Dim WSHShell
Set WSHShell=Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
WSHShell.Run "REGEDIT"

Set WSHShell = Nothing

2. Once this is done now save the file as 'Open_Registry.vbs'
(without quotes) remember to make the file type option in
Save As dialog box to 'All files'
3. Now you can create as many shortcuts for these files as possible.
4. Since this is script file, some Antivirus or antispyware softwares
may report abuse, but override the rules and allow it to run and
enjoy the Registry Editor at click of you mouse.

Start Button Context Menu

Using this tweak, you can run applications from the context menu
of the start button, i.e. by right clicking on the start button.

Open the registry from Start Menu > Run > regedit and follow the path:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell Key.

Right click on Shell Key, and create a new sub-key named after the
program you want to associate it with, say, Notepad. Now select this key
and create another sub-key named 'Command' and set its 'Default' entry
value as the path to the executable for example 'C:\windows\notepad.exe'.

Now if you right click on Start Menu you will see new entry for launching
Notepad.

Related Limks:
Add 'Copy To' and 'Move To' in Context Menu

Create 'Copy To' and 'Move To' in context menu

When you right click you get a menu called Context menu.
This tweak shows how you can add two useful entries to it namely
'Copy To' and 'Move To'.
Therefore copying and moving files can be done in two steps.

To add 'Copy To' option, go to Registry and follow the following path;
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
and right click ContextMenuhandlers and create a new key called
'Copy To' (without quotes).
Select the key you created in right pane, modify the value of default
entry to '{C2FBB630-297111d1A18C00C04FD75D13}' (without quotes).
Similarly, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
and create a sub-key named 'Copy To' and give the same default value
as above.

To add 'Move to' option duplicate the above mentioned steps, but rename
the sub-keys as 'Move To' and the default values as
'{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}'.

Now when you right click on any file or folder - except on the desktop
you will get two more options for 'Copy To' and 'Move To'.
Thia may require a windows restart or simply press F5 after modifying
to refresh the changes in registry.

Clear Add Remove Programs list

Certain program entries do remain in the Add/Remove programs
list due to some incomplete install/uninstall.
This small registry tweak allows you to remove all the unwanted
entries from Add/Remove programs list, it can also be used to hide
the Installed program from appearing in Add/Remove list.

To do this, go to registry and follow the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Under this key you will find the sub keys for each program installed.
Right Click and delete all the entries you want removed from Add\Remove
programs list.

Clear URL s Cache from Internet Explorer address bar

To view the visited URLs in IE address bar click on drop down
button on end of address bar. To selctively remove URLs from
this list go to Registry and travel to following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs
In the right pane you will find the list of URLs ordered with name
url1 url2....url25.
Delete the entries you want to remove and rename the remaining
entries to maintain the order.
example: if you delete two entries url4 and url7 then rename the
remaining entries so that they list as url1 to url23.

Clear Run Command Cache

Commands entered in Run dialog box from start menu are automatically cached to be used later for AutoComplete.

One can selectively remove these entries from cached list of instructions.

Go to registry and follow the following path

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/RunMRU

and in right pane you will find entries for the Most recently used command in Run box.

Delete the unwanted entries or delete all.

Your own Image in Start Menu

1. Go to : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures
* Dir is hidden

2. Delete the ones you never use

3. Add your own 48x48 .jpg/.png/.gif/.bmp images.