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Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Parameter: ClassicShell
Type: string
Description:
Set this value to 1 to disable IE4 as windows shell. To enable IE4, delete parameter.


Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Parameter: NoDrives
Type: string
Description:
To hide all disks - set this value to FFFFFF03, to show A, B - CFFFFF03, to show A, B, C, D - 0FFFFF03, etc. one byte per drive (1=hide disk) If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s): A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32 etc.


Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Parameter: DesktopProcess
Type: string
Description:
Create and set this value to 1 to run each Explorer window in a separate process. This will prevent from closing all opened Explorer windows when an error occurs. This will take more resources, so if you want to undo this, simply delete parameter "DesktopProcess".


Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WinOldApp
Parameter: Disabled
Type: string
Description:
To disable MS-DOS command prompt set this value of to '1'. Enable - '0'.


Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WinOldApp
Parameter: NoRealMode
Type: string
Description:
To disable the real mode DOS set this value to '1'. To enable it change the value to '0'.


Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Parameter: NoDriveTypeAutoRun
Type: string
Description:
To disable floppy seek when you open files with explorer change the binary value from 32 (Hex: 00 00 00 20) to 149 (Hex: 00 00 00 95).


Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Myprog
Parameter: Default
Type: string
Description:
Create a new subkey with the alias name (e.g. "...\Myprog"), set the (default) value to path and filename of the application you want to be launched when you execute the alias.




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