The 50 Best Registry Hacks that Make Windows Better

Don’t believe us?

Here’s a list of the top 50 registry hacks that we’ve covered.

Also, you shouldcreate a System Restore pointbefore doing so.

Otherwise, keep reading.

There’s a couple of ways that we can disable this behavior, however.

You’ll still get the prompt, but it won’t force you to shut down.

Here’s how to do it.

Whether you use the GUI or the command line, it takes far too many steps.

Note: this one doesn’t work in Windows 7 anymore.

Here’s how to do it.

Here’s how to add them to the Windows Explorer “New” menu for easier access.

Keep reading for the full instructions.

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a registry hack for this?

But what if you want to disable all these extra keys?

NOTE: Do not use this on Vista or XP:things will break.

If you would rather disable Windows Mobility Center, all it takes is a single registry tweak.

Plus it’s a geeky hidden trick—what’s not to like?

Here’s how to do it in Windows 7 or Vista.

Today we take a look at how to remove unwanted or unneeded items from Control Panel in Windows 7.

Here’s a quick hack to make it work better.

But why does it take half a second?

The same thing should work for when you hover over an program window on the taskbar.

Why Doesn’t Disk Cleanup Delete Everything from the Temp Folder?

Here is how to at least get back the Classic “All Programs” Menu.

No clue what we’re talking about?

Here’s the simple registry hack to remove it.

If so, you probably didn’t realize that it’s trivially easy to remove.

Adding this to the menu couldn’t be simpler – there’s only a single registry key to add.

So how do we change this?

Since it’s not entirely useful anymore we’ll learn how to disable it.

If you aren’t interested in the explanation you might skip to the bottom for the registry files.

Here’s a quick way to do it.

Here is a neat registry hack that will allow you to speed it up.

You’ll get all sorts of permission denied errors, and generally be unsuccessful.

So how do we open up the zipfile as an administrator?

For that matter, how do you open any file as administrator?

Unfortunately you’ll have to make the tweak manually, but we’ll walk you through it.

What if you could do it with a simple context menu item instead?

After a bit of research his problem was solved, and now I’m sharing the solution with everybody.

In many cases the problem is related to spyware, so you should also scan your setup.

Here’s how to enable or disable it.

Why is Task Manager Disabled?

Is it so long that it actually runs off the screen?

Here’s how to do that.

It’s completely gone in Windows 7, but a geeky hack can bring it back.

We’ve got a registry hack to bring it back.

Here’s how to enable or disable that login message using a registry hack.