1. Registry Editor: This registry editor is a great way to change many settings on your computer, including the settings for your computer’s security, privacy, and performance.
  2. Windows 10 Settings: This is a collection of tools that allow you to customize many aspects of your Windows 10 installation.
  3. Registry Editor Plus: This registry editor has more features than the Registry Editor alone, and can be used in combination with other registry editors to create even more customizations.
  4. Windows 10 Customization Toolkit: This toolkit contains a variety of tools that can be used to customize your Windows 10 installation.
  5. The System Restore Point: A special location on your computer where you can store restored files from previous installations of Windows 10.

Windows is a complex system and can be damaged if not backed up regularly. Your registry can also be damaged if not regularly backed up.

Customize Desktop Context Menu

One nice registry hack is adding your own shortcuts to the desktop right-click context menu. By default, it doesn’t have much there, but if you happen to be on the desktop a lot, you can add some links to your favorite programs.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Second, open the Winlogon key and look for a value called “UserInit”. If you don’t see a UserInit value, create one. Third, set the UserInit value to the following: C:\WINDOWS\system32>set userinit=%windir%\system32\userinit.exe ..

You can now create a shortcut to Notepad by adding the following two keys under the shell key: Notepad and command. The first key should be the name of the shortcut and the second key should be called command. The value for the first key should be notepad.exe, while the value for the second key should be whatever you want to call your new shortcut, for example notepad.

When you right-click on the desktop, you’ll now see Notepad! This is great because it means that you can easily open Notepad when you need to! ..

Desktop Icon Spacing

Microsoft has eliminated the ability to customize your desktop, leaving you with only the options to change the icon spacing and color. To make matters worse, you have to edit two registry values in order to do so. If you’re not familiar with registry keys, be sure to check out our previous post for more information.

In Windows 10, you can change the desktop icon spacing. This affects how icons are displayed on the screen. You can change the spacing between icons in three ways: by using a slider, by using a text editor, or by using a command line tool.

Click to Last Active Window

With this hack, you can have multiple windows of the same application open and switch between them with just a click. ..

If you want to get back to the window you were in before, you have to click on the icon in the taskbar and then select “Return To Window.”

ALT + TAB

LastActiveClick is a new 32-bit Dword that has a value of 1.

Disable User Account Control

User Account Control is a security feature in Windows 10 that allows users to control how much access they have to their computer. You can disable User Account Control by going to the traditional GUI interface or by editing the registry or local security policy. However, there are some unexpected consequences to disabling UAC in Windows 10, which you can read in full below. ..

Windows 10 introduces UAC (User Account Control) to help protect users’ privacy and security. UAC helps you manage your user accounts and protect your computer from unauthorized access.

Confirm File Delete Dialog

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and delete the value named “Confirm File Delete”.

To enable or disable the confirmation dialog before deleting a file, create a new DWORD value and name it “ConfirmFileDelete.” Set the value to 1 if you want the dialog to appear and 0 if you don’t. ..

Registered Owner

Even though it’s an old feature that’s been superseded by newer features, I still like the ability to change the registered owner in Windows. Don’t ask me why, it’s just some weird geek thing from the early days of Windows. Luckily, Microsoft still has a registry key which you can change to whatever you like. ..

In Windows 10, you can find the RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization fields. You can change these fields to reflect the person or organization that owns the computer. How do you get to this dialog in Windows 10? Click on Start and type winver.

Paint Desktop Version

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and add the following value: “C:\Users<username>.local\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Windows 10”

To see the Windows 10 version number and build number, find PaintDesktopVersion under the Desktop key in your computer. Change the value from 0 to 1, and next time you login, you’ll see the Windows 10 version number and build number as shown above. ..

Border Width

Windows key + R, type “control panel” and hit enter. From the Control Panel window, go to Appearance and Personalization. On the left side of the window, under the Window tab, click the Border Size button. You can now adjust the border size for all your windows by clicking on the arrows next to each one. ..

The key called BorderWidth is set to -15 by default on Microsoft Windows. You can change it to any value between 0 and 50 using the following registry setting: Key: BorderWidth Value: 0-50

Get Windows 7 Volume Control

C:\Windows\System32\winmgmts.dll and change the value to “V”. This will enable you to use the vertical volume control in Windows 10 just like in Windows 7.

EnableMtcUvc = 0

Remove OneDrive from Explorer

If you don’t use OneDrive for your cloud storage, then what’s the point of having it show up in Explorer all the time? Luckily, there’s a simple registry hack that will remove it from Explorer easily.

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If you change the value of System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree to 0, your computer will not be able to access the registry keys that are associated with the name space tree.

If you’re comfortable modifying the registry, feel free to play around with the options above and customize Windows 10 to your delight. Enjoy! ..