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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Disk Cleanup tool stops on "Compress old files" scan

When running the Disk Cleanup tool, the program may appear to hang or stop responding when it gets to the "Compress old files" phase. To disable this part of the disk cleanup tool, delete the registry key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \VolumeCaches\Compress old files".

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Microsoft Outlook

Toggle Recover Deleted Items option on all folders in Outlook

The Recover Deleted Items option can be enabled/disabled on all folders by going to registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options and changing the DWORD value DumpsterAlwaysOn.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Clear Pagefile on Shutdown

To clear the page file on system shutdown, go to registry key "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" and change the DWORD value "ClearPageFileAtShutdown" to "1".

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Disable Windows XP Tour

The Windows XP Tour balloon notification can be disable by changing the registry value RunCount to 0 in the registry keys HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour and HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour.

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Microsoft Outlook XP/2002

Minimize Outlook XP to the system tray

To set Outlook XP/2002 to minimize to the system tray go to registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Preferences and change DWORD value MinToTray to 1.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Hide system tray icons

To hide all of the icons in the system tray in Windows XP, go to registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and change the DWORD value NoTrayItemsDisplay. Log off and log back on for the changes to take effect.

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Microsoft Windows XP

Toggle Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop access for Windows XP can be enabled or disabled either by using the System Control Panel applet (Remote tab) or by going to registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server and changing the DWORD value fDenyTSConnections.

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Microsoft Windows XP

Toggle Remote Assistance

Remote Assistance in Windows XP can be enabled/disabled either by using the System Control Panel applet (Remote tab) or by going to registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server and changing the DWORD value fAllowToGetHelp.

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Microsoft Windows XP

Disable Error Reporting in Windows XP

Error reporting in Windows XP can be disabled either in the System Control Panel applet (Advanced Tab>Error Reporting) or by navigating to registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting and changing the DWORD value DoReport.

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Microsoft Windows 2000

Disable Automatic Restart on BSOD

The Automatic Restart on BSOD behavior can be changed either in the System Control Panel applet (Advanced tab>Startup and Recovery) or by going to registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl and changing the DWORD value AutoReboot.

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Microsoft Windows 2000

Setup Default Desktop Icons

The default icons on the Windows desktop (My Computer, My Documents, Internet Explorer, My Network Places) can be turned on or off either by using the Display Control Panel applet (Desktop tab>Customize Desktop) or by changing values in the registry directly. View this article in its entirety to find out how to turn these icons on and off by editing the registry.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Set login wallpaper

To set up a wallpaper for the login screen on a Windows 2000/XP/2003 system, please view this article in its entirety.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Restore missing Recycling Bin

Access to the recycle bin has been removed from some installations of Windows 2000 Advanced Server (PowerVault 715N is an example). To restore access to the Recycle Bin, please view this article in its entirety.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Recycle Bin rename option

To create a rename option for the Recycling Bin icon go to registry key HKCR\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder and change the first byte in the binary value Attributes from 40 to 50. A restart may be necessary for the change to take effect.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

Recycle Bin delete and rename options

To create a delete and a rename option for the Recycling Bin icon go to registry key HKCR\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder and change the first byte in the binary value Attributes from 40 to 70. A restart may be necessary for the change to take effect.

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Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks

No desktop icons

To hide or restore all of the icons on the desktop go to registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and the DWORD value NoDesktop.

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