The Windows Registry is a collection of settings that Windows and applications can use. It is a directory which stores settings and options for the operating system for Microsoft Windows. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, operating system software, most non-operating system software, users, preferences of the PC, etc. The Registry consists of the following 5 Root Keys. Root Keys contain SubKeys. Subkeys may contain subkeys of their own too and contain at least one value, called as its Default Value. A key with all its subkeys and values is called a Hive. Each key has one of the Data Types – data types: REG_SZ, REG_BINARY, REG_DWORD, REG_QWORD, REG_MULTI_SZ or REG_EXPAND_SZ.
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In this post, we will show you how to create a Registry Key in Windows 10.
Before you begin, it is always a good idea to either back up the Registry or create a System Restore Point.
The Windows Registry is complex by architecture and built such that general consumers won’t understand. It is also advisable that you know the basics and do not modify it unless you know what you are doing.
The hierarchy of Registry
To edit the Registry, we use the built-in Registry Editor or regedit. It displays a tree-like navigation structure. The topmost is your computer, followed by a list of folders, and subfolders. These folders are called KEYS, and there are five fixed set of folders under the Computer.
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT: Contains file extension association information which helps the computer understand what to do with a task when asked.
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER: It contains configuration information for Windows and software for the current user.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE: It stores configuration for the software installed on the computer, and also for the Windows OS
- HKEY_USERS: Here you can find a user-specific configuration for all users on that computer.
- HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG: Its a pointer to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
These are the master keys as you cannot create a NEW KEY under Computer – but you can generate new keys under any of these master keys.
How to create a Registry Key in Windows 10
1] Using Registry Editor
Creating a Registry Key is easy. Right-click on any folder or white space and choose New. You can create a Key, String Value, Binary Value, DWORD Value (32-bit), QWORD value (64-bit), Multi-String Value or Expandable String Value. This method is useful when you plan to perform a minor change to fix a problem on your computer. It could be related to an application or on the OS level.
- To edit an existing value, double-click on it to launch the editor.
- To delete a key, right-click on it and select Delete.
- You also have the option to Rename, Export, Copy, and set Permissions.
2] Using the Command Line
You can also use Command Line to manipulate registry keys along with tips, features and safety methods.
3] Use Notepad to create REG files
Right-click on any of the existing keys, and export it. Open that file in notepad, and it will help you understand how you can edit a key and its values. It is useful when you want to perform bulk editing, with backup in place.
Note the version declaration, followed by a blank line, then the path followed by rest in quotes, and a blank line again. Once the edit is complete, you can right-click, and choose to merge the file into the registry hive.
4] Third Party Tools
If you find the default registry editor complex, you can use tools likeRegCool, Registrar Registry Manager Lite and Registry Commander. They offer features like Undo, Redo, permission management, tabbed window, import, export, favorites and so on.
3] Use Programming
If you are an application developer, you should use programming to manage your application settings in the registry. Here is an example, and it will vary depending on the language you use to develop the application.
Now that you know how to do it, we also recommend you to read what each of these means. It’s essential, and will only help you to make sure the changes you make is correct.
What makes a Registry Key?
If you imagine “Key” as a folder, the rest of them are different types of file types which store various kinds of values. So if you build an application, you can have a master folder, and then subfolders to separate one set from another. Here is a bit about each of them:
DWORD & QWORD: Double Word can store 32-bit unit of data, while QWORD can store 64-bit of data.
String Value (REG_SZ): It can store either a Unicode or an ANSI string, and contains a null at the end.
Multi-String value: When you want to store multiple numbers of String Value, you can use this. However, make sure to terminate it by an empty string (0). Here is a simple example:
Note “0” at the end marks the end of the first string, and the last 0 marks the end of the multi-string.
Expandable String Value: You can use this for Environment Variables using Unicode or ANSI string. The advantage here is that you can expand it unlike String and Multi-String value.
Binary Value: The simples of all, it contains 0 and 1.
We hope that you find this post useful.
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When you try to move or rename a folder in Windows 10, the errors Can’t find the specified file, and The file or folder does not exist occur. Also, duplicate icons with no text appear for special folders, namely Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos under This PC section in File Explorer.
(Fig 1 & 2) Errors when renaming a folder.
(Fig 3) Error “Interrupted Action” – “Can’t find the specified file” when moving a folder.
(Fig 4) Duplicate icons appear for special folders, containing no text.
(Fig 5) Clicking a nameless item shows the special folder GUID in address bar.
In addition, the following symptoms may be observed:
- Unable to move folders to a different location, nor be able to restore deleted items from the Recycle Bin.
- Unable to launch special folders using the Shell: command. For example, when you run the command
shell:My Music
, you may receive the following error:Windows cannot find ‘shell:My Music’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
Fix: Cannot Rename or Move Folders in Windows 10
If you’re unable to rename or more folders in Windows 10, it’s caused due to missing registry entries under the FolderDescriptions registry key. To fix the problem:
- Download w10_folder_descriptions.zip
- Extract the archive to a folder.
- Double-click
w10_folder_descriptions.reg
to run it.
This restores the default keys and values under the
FolderDescriptions
registry branch below:The above key is like a template which stores various settings and GUIDs for shell folders in Windows. It tells the shell how to parse special folders when you use File Explorer or shell. The shortcut shell: commands (aliases) we use to open special folders directly, come from the
FolderDescriptions
key.Important
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Please do not run the registry file in other versions of Windows.
For Windows 8.1, download w8_folder_descriptions.zip, unzip and run the enclosed .reg file.
For a Windows Vista version of this fix, download vista_folder_descriptions.zip.
See also The file or folder does not exist” error in Windows
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A few weeks ago, my cousin's machine (Windows XP SP3), using an outdated version of Java, was hit by a rather nasty Virtumonde infection. Tackling this when my schedule allowed, it took a good week for me to finally find out what Virtumonde is (I used to do IT work but moved on years ago) and how to best destroy it. I used HijackThis, AVG, HouseCall, Panda ActiveScan (which left a sour taste in my mouth), Combofix, Spybot, Smitrem (as Spybot told me it found a Smitfraud variant), AntiMalware, AdAware, SDFix, and a bunch of manual deleting of files in safe mode command prompt. Finally got to the point where no infections are found scanning with AVG and Spybot, though HouseCall still finds some sort of 'generic' infection that it has no additional info for (and won't remove) and ActiveScan says that there's a 'latent' Virtumonde file on my machine, but wants money to remove it. Money I'm not paying.
(EDIT - Oh, and I completely removed Java (first) and installed the latest version.)
Anywho, a few days ago, my cousin wanted to play Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst. AVG 7.5 (kept up to date) says it's a threat. It's said this before, and given that I've seen other players get this warning online but run the program anyway with no ill effects, I assume it's a false positive (the executable is psobb.exe). Regardless, scanning the file on my own machine with AVG 8, it seems not to see psobb.exe as a threat. So, as a matter of convenience, I have my cousin uninstall AVG 7.5 and install 8.
However, the installation process stops midway, as the installer cannot write a key to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Windows. So I try to view this key and I'm told I don't have permissions. My cousin has two accounts on her machine; hers and the default XP admin account. Both are administrators. I try to view the key on either, and I can't. I can't add to it, modify it, or delete it. At all. I try, with both accounts, to add permissions to each branch leading to that key; I give Full Control to admins, power users, the Everyone account, and add the two machine accounts to the list as well. No luck.
So I do a search online and find that I'm not alone in encountering this issue. I try a tool from AVG meant to completely destroy past installations of its software; no luck after running that.
I tried this, both in normal and safe mode: http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?12,149708,149709#msg-149709. No luck.
I tried this, after, again in both modes: http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?13,160321,162947. No luck.
I tried another bout of scans with Spybot and HouseCall, and neither finds anything other than HouseCall's cryptic 'generic' infection.
One thing I didn't do is run another HijackThis scan, and I'm having my cousin run one and send me the log file. Otherwise, I'm completely out of ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated and, if my plans to take over the solar system ever do come to fruition, the planet Mercury belongs to whoever can help me.
(EDIT - Oh, and I completely removed Java (first) and installed the latest version.)
Anywho, a few days ago, my cousin wanted to play Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst. AVG 7.5 (kept up to date) says it's a threat. It's said this before, and given that I've seen other players get this warning online but run the program anyway with no ill effects, I assume it's a false positive (the executable is psobb.exe). Regardless, scanning the file on my own machine with AVG 8, it seems not to see psobb.exe as a threat. So, as a matter of convenience, I have my cousin uninstall AVG 7.5 and install 8.
However, the installation process stops midway, as the installer cannot write a key to HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Windows. So I try to view this key and I'm told I don't have permissions. My cousin has two accounts on her machine; hers and the default XP admin account. Both are administrators. I try to view the key on either, and I can't. I can't add to it, modify it, or delete it. At all. I try, with both accounts, to add permissions to each branch leading to that key; I give Full Control to admins, power users, the Everyone account, and add the two machine accounts to the list as well. No luck.
So I do a search online and find that I'm not alone in encountering this issue. I try a tool from AVG meant to completely destroy past installations of its software; no luck after running that.
I tried this, both in normal and safe mode: http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?12,149708,149709#msg-149709. No luck.
I tried this, after, again in both modes: http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?13,160321,162947. No luck.
I tried another bout of scans with Spybot and HouseCall, and neither finds anything other than HouseCall's cryptic 'generic' infection.
One thing I didn't do is run another HijackThis scan, and I'm having my cousin run one and send me the log file. Otherwise, I'm completely out of ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated and, if my plans to take over the solar system ever do come to fruition, the planet Mercury belongs to whoever can help me.
This article describes how to restore Open Command Prompt window Here back to context menu.
Starting with Windows 10 Creator Update, the Open command window here context menu item has been removed by default and replaced with the Open PowerShell window here context menu item. To restore it back to Windows 10 right-click context menu, use the following steps.
How to Restore Open Command Prompt Window Here to Context Menu
You can add Open command prompt window here to context menu by editing cmd registry key. Here's how:
Step 1: Open the Run dialog box using Win +R keys.
Type regedit, and click OK to open the Registry Editor.
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Step 2: Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellcmd
Step 3: Take ownership of this key to modify its permissions.
Step 4: Rename the DWORD value HideBasedOnVelocityId as ShowBasedOnVelocityld.
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Step 5: Close Registry Editor. This change will take effect immediately.
The 'Open command window here' context menu will be available when you press shift + right click on a folder or drive, and shift + right-click on the background of a folder, drive, library, or desktop.
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