Convert any Folder into almost anything.

Following is a method by which u can convert any folder into either Control Panel, Recycle Bin, My Computer or Internet Explorer.
This is done by adding their respective registry keys to the folder’s name. After this when you’ll double click on the folder, either Control Panel, Recycle Bin, My Computer or Internet Explorer will open according to your choice. Actually that folder is then treated by Windows as a link to any of these four. The folder will remain intact with all its data and no one can access that folder via Windows. It can only be accessed via Command Prompt or some third party app.


To Convert Folder Into Contol Panel, Rename With Adding
.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

To Convert Folder Into Recycle Bin, Rename With Adding
.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

To Convert Folder Into My Computer, Rename With Adding
.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

To Convert Folder Into Internet Explorer, Rename With Adding
.{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}

Eg:- If you have a folder ABC, to convert it into Control Panel, rename the folder as
ABC.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} After this, the key should disappear and act as an attribute. And if it doesn’t, then also no problem, as the folder will start working the way you want it to.

To re-enable your folder to be accessible via Windows, go to command prompt and rename the folder there. Eg:- If the folder is in C:\Temp\ABC, then get to C:\Temp in the command prompt and type:
ren ABC.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} ABC
(Command Prompt supports CLIPBOARD. Copy-Paste will work there.)

Your folder will be back to normal state.
This method can be used to protect any data, but it will not provide reliable security to the data.

You can also search the registry for more relevant keys like these.

MULTIPLE LOGINS IN YAHOO WITHOUT SOFWARES

1) Go to Start~>Run~>regedit



2) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER-->Software-->Yahoo-->Pager-->Test



3)ON the Right side if the page , Right click and choose new Dword Value.



4) Rename it as " Plural ".



5)Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.



6) Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger and try Multiple Login

SPEED UP BOOT SEQUENCE

Speedup boot up sequence by defragmenting all key boot files :



Open Registry by going to START-RUN and typing REGEDIT.



Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. In right hand panel look for Enable.



Right click on it and set it 'Y' for enable. This will help speedup boot time.

HOW TO REMOVE SHARED DOCUMENTS FOLDER FROM MY COMPUTER

Open registry editor by going to START-RUN and entering regedit.

Once in registry, navigate to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders

You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}.

If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

ADD OR CHANGE RESTRICTIONS

If you want to make restrictions to what users can do or use on their computer, you can edit the Registry. You can add and delete Windows features in this Key shown below.



Zero is Off and the value 1 is On. Example: to Save Windows settings add or modify the value name NoSaveSettings to 0, if set to1 Windows will not save settings. And NoDeletePrinter set to 1 will prevent the user from deleting a printer.



The same key shows up at:

HKEY_USERS\(yourprofilename)\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer so change it there also if you are using different profiles.



1.Open RegEdit

2.Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

3.Go to the Explorer Key (Additional keys that can be created under Policies are System, Explorer, Network and WinOldApp )

4.You can then add DWORD or binary values set to 1 in the appropriate keys for ON and 0 for off.

NoDeletePrinter - Disables Deletion of Printers

NoAddPrinter - Disables Addition of Printers

NoRun - Disables Run Command

NoSetFolders - Removes Folders from Settings on Start Menu

NoSetTaskbar - Removes Taskbar from Settings on Start Menu

NoFind - Removes the Find Command

NoDrives - Hides Drives in My Computers

NoNetHood - Hides the Network Neighborhood

NoDesktop - Hides all icons on the Desktop

NoClose - Disables Shutdown

NoSaveSettings - Don't save settings on exit

DisableRegistryTools - Disable Registry Editing Tools

NoRecentDocsMenu - Hides the Documents shortcut at the Start button

NoRecentDocsHistory- Clears history of Documents

NoFileMenu _ Hides the Files Menu in Explorer

NoActiveDesktop - No Active Desktop

NoActiveDesktopChanges- No changes allowed

NoInternetIcon - No Internet Explorer Icon on the Desktop

NoFavoritesMenu - Hides the Favorites menu

NoChangeStartMenu _ Disables changes to the Start Menu

NoFolderOptions _ Hides the Folder Options in the Explorer

ClearRecentDocsOnExit - Empty the recent Docs folder on reboot

NoLogoff - Hides the Log Off .... in the Start Menu.







And here are a few more you can play with

ShowInfoTip

NoTrayContextMenu

NoStartMenuSubFolders

NoWindowsUpdate

NoViewContextMenu

EnforceShellExtensionSecurity

LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo

NoDriveTypeAutoRun

NoStartBanner

NoSetActiveDesktop

EditLevel

NoNetConnectDisconnect

RestrictRun - Disables all exe programs except those listed in the RestrictRun subkey

This key has many other available keys, there is one to even hide the taskbar, one to hide the control panel and more. I'm not telling you how, as someone may want to play a trick on you. The policies key has a great deal of control over how and what program can run and how one can access what feature.



In the System key you can enter:

NoDispCPL - Disable Display Control Panel

NoDispBackgroundPage - Hide Background Page

NoDispScrSavPage - Hide Screen Saver Page

NoDispAppearancePage - Hide Appearance Page

NoDispSettingsPage - Hide Settings Page

NoSecCPL - Disable Password Control Panel

NoPwdPage - Hide Password Change Page

NoAdminPage - Hide Remote Administration Page

NoProfilePage - Hide User Profiles Page

NoDevMgrPage - Hide Device Manager Page

NoConfigPage - Hide Hardware Profiles Page

NoFileSysPage - Hide File System Button

NoVirtMemPage - Hide Virtual Memory Button



In the Network key you can enter:

NoNetSetup - Disable the Network Control Panel

NoNetSetupIDPage - Hide Identification Page

NoNetSetupSecurityPage - Hide Access Control Page

NoFileSharingControl - Disable File Sharing Controls

NoPrintSharing - Disable Print Sharing Controls



In the WinOldApp key you can enter:

Disabled - Disable MS-DOS Prompt

NoRealMode - Disables Single-Mode MS-DOS



To add or remove programs in the Registry

1.Open RegEdit

2.Go to the desired Key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices

3. Add a new String Value and name it anything you like

4. For the value data, enter the path and executable for the program you want to run.



By adding the value to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive instead allows the program to start only when that user is logged on.



If you add the value to the RunOnce key the program will run once and be removed from the key by Windows.

DISABLE DISPLAY OF DRIVES IN MY COMPUTER

This is yet another trick you can play on your friends.



To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer go to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) Now press F5 to refresh. When you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown.

To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item. It's .reg file is as follows: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explore r] "NoDrives"=dword:03ffffff

ADD YOUR NAME OR APPLICATION TO RIGHT CLICK

To write your name on right click application

please follow the steps:



1.Copy/Paste the following code in Notepad And then Save it as .reg



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Registry Editor]

@="Your Name Or Name of the Application"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Registry Editor\command]

@="Location Of The Application"



2.Now edit it and then Type your name In

Eg:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Registry Editor]

@="Rahul"



3. If u want to get any application, once you click Your name or name of application

Then , Type the location Of the application Which u want to open In:



[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Registry Editor\command]

@="Location Of The Application"



For eg.C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\messenger.exe

Thats It finally save it And then Run it .

DELETE RECYCLE BIN

PERMANENTLY DELETE RECYCLE BIN

Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket
Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.
Data Type: DWORD // Value Name: NukeOnDelete
Setting for Value Data: [0 = Use Recycle Bin / 1 = Permanently Delete]
Exit Registry and Reboot

TEMPORARILY DELETE RECYCLE BIN FROM DESKTOP

start->run->gpedit.msc-> user configuration ->desktop->remove recycle bin from desktop->double click->change it not configured to enable->apply and ok.

now come to start->run->gpupdate.exe and press enter.

your recycle bin icon is gone from desktop nad you will need to revert your settings for get that back.
after reverting setting make sure to run gpupdate.exe command.

POP BANNER ON WINDOWS BOOT

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar.

Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots.

This can be effectively used to display the company’s private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box.

It’s .reg file would be: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] “LegalNoticeCaption”=”Caption here.

DISABLE WINDOWS MENUBAR

You can also disable the Windows menubar which consists of items such as File, Edit, View, Help and all those stuffs by using the following Registry Tweak.
1. Open Regedit.exe file.
2. Then move to the path given below.

PATH: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5b4dae26-b807-11d0-9815-00c04fd91972}

3. Then Rename the above by replacing an asterisk before the CLSID as given below,

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{*5b4dae26-b807-11d0-9815-00c04fd91972}

4. Now close the Registry and restart your computer to make the change come alive.
5. Next time when you move on to the My computer or my documentyou will never see the menu bar.
6. To enable the menu bar, just remove the asterisk symbol which is placed before the CLSID shown above and again restart your computer.

DISABLE RIGHT CLICK ON DESKTOP

You can Disable the Right click on your Desktop by Simply Implementing the Follwoing Registry Tweak,
1. Open Regedit.exe file.
2. Then move to the below path, if it doesn.t exists create a new one.

PATH: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

3. Right click on the right pane, and select DWORD to create a new DWORD and name it as ” NoViewContextMenu” without quotes, and set its value as 1 to disable right click on the Desktop.

CREATE A HIDDEN USER ACCCOUNT

This trick allows an account that is normally displayed on the Welcome screen to be hidden from view. To log on using the account it’s necessary to use the Log On To Windows dialog box similar to the one in Windows 2000.

#[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
#Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\
Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
#Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.
#Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: Type Name of Account to be Hidden
#Setting for Value Data: [0 = Account is Hidden / 1 = Enabled]
#Exit Registry and Reboot…

While the account is hidden on the Welcome screen, note that the account profile will be visible in C:\Documents and Settings or wherever user profiles are stored as well as in Local Users and Groups.

REMOVE SERVICES DEPENDENCIES

This will allow you to disable a service or uninstall it from your system without effecting another service that depends on it.

1. After you have set your services the way you want them and you have disabled/uninstalled something that another services depends on, run “regedit”
2. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\find the service that will not function, due to another service being disabled/uninstall (found in ControlSet001\Services, ControlSet002\Services, and CurrentControlSet\Services)
3. Once you have found the service right-click on the string value, “DependOnService,”and modify
4. You should now see a list of services that it is dependent on. Simply delete the service that you have disabled/uninstalled
5. Restart your computer and your ready to go

(IMPORTANT NOTE : I cannot guarantee that it will not have any bad effect on your system. As it worked fine for me, so please be careful.)

MULTIPLE LOGINS IN YAHOO WITHOUT SOFTWARE

1) Go to Start~>Run~>regedit

2) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER–>Software–>Yahoo–>Pager–>Test

3)ON the Right side if the page , Right click and choose new Dword Value.

4) Rename it as ” Plural “.

5)Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.

6) Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger and try Multiple Login .

ENABLING FOLDER OPTIONS

Sometimes the “Folder Options” in “Tools” menu is not visible. This may be due to several reasons (mostly virus attacks) Even It can’t be accessed from Control Panel.

There is still a way out:

If Folder Options is disabled but Registry Editor is still working in your system, then you can enable Folder Options by editing Windows Registry.

Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter.
it’ll open Registry Editor, now go to following keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\ExplorerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

In right-side pane, check whether a DWORD value named NoFolderOptions exists or not? If it exists, delete it.