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Windows 8.1 Registry Tweaks I Am Using

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October 18, 2013, 11:19(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

regeditThis is for my fellow Geeks.
***WARNING***
This is for advanced users only.
BACKUP before using tweaks.
As I said, this is for advanced users only.
No “how to use”, no support, no whining.

If you’ve got any good ones please share.

All reg files here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pxv0ryiz22a38y1/9DcMc3NY6p


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Reg file by TweakHound https://www.tweakhound.com

; Boot To Desktop
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]
“OpenAtLogon”=dword:00000000

; Show Desktop background as Start screen background
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent]
“MotionAccentId_v1.00″=dword:000000DB

; Disable use check boxes to select items
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
“AutoCheckSelect”=dword:00000000

; Show the All Apps view when I go to Start
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]
“MakeAllAppsDefault”=dword:00000001

; List Desktop Apps first in the Apps view when it’s sorted by category
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage]
“DesktopFirst”=dword:00000001

; Make desktop menus snappier
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
“MenuShowDelay”=”200”

; NTFS, Disable 8.3 names (speeds up disk access)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
“NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation”=dword:00000001

; Open Command Windows here
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
“Extended”=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
“Extended”=-

;Add Take Ownership to right-click options
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\takeownership]
@=”Take ownership”
“HasLUAShield”=””
“NoWorkingDirectory”=””

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\takeownership\command]
@=”cmd.exe /c takeown /f \”%1\” && icacls \”%1\” /grant administrators:F”
“IsolatedCommand”=”cmd.exe /c takeown /f \”%1\” && icacls \”%1\” /grant administrators:F”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\takeownership]
@=”Take ownership”
“HasLUAShield”=””
“NoWorkingDirectory”=””

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\takeownership\command]
@=”cmd.exe /c takeown /f \”%1\” && icacls \”%1\” /grant administrators:F”
“IsolatedCommand”=”cmd.exe /c takeown /f \”%1\” && icacls \”%1\” /grant administrators:F”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\takeownership]
@=”Take ownership”
“HasLUAShield”=””
“NoWorkingDirectory”=””

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\takeownership\command]
@=”cmd.exe /c takeown /f \”%1\” /r /d y && icacls \”%1\” /grant administrators:F /t”
“IsolatedCommand”=”cmd.exe /c takeown /f \”%1\” /r /d y && icacls \”%1\” /grant administrators:F /t”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\takeownership]
@=”Take ownership”
“HasLUAShield”=””
“NoWorkingDirectory”=””

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\takeownership\command]
@=”cmd.exe /c takeown /f \”%1\” && icacls \”%1\” /grant administrators:F”
“IsolatedCommand”=”cmd.exe /c takeown /f \”%1\” && icacls \”%1\” /grant administrators:F”

; Pin Everything
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shellex]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen]
@=”{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}”
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AllFileSystemObjects]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AllFileSystemObjects\shellex]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AllFileSystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\AllFileSystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen]
@=”{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}”


Plus this one for SSDs:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
“EnableSuperfetch”=-


-END-

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