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For issues relating to using the windows registry edit tool or performing registry edit operations.

The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform: the kernel, device drivers, services, SAM, user interface and third party applications all make use of the registry.

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Add an entry in right-click context menu and thereby running a java program

I am trying to invoke a java program by right clicking a file, which will use that file for some operation. The working should be such that, if i right click on a file, there should be present a menu item, such as "ClickMe". On clicking this, a java…
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Block .EXE in Windows Firewall with context menu

I got the following bit of code for a .REG file that adds "Add to Firewall" to the context menu on right clicking on a .EXE file. It simply creates an Outbound Rule in the windows firewall for that specific file you had selected instead of doing it…
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decompiling chm file: hh.exe requires only the filename. no full path is allowed

I noticed that hh.exe is capable of decompiling a .chm file to a set of .html files. But in order to work it requires the path to the file be current directory and the filename be the filename itself, apparently without allowing a full path. For…
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Windows 11 add custom buton on new context menu (right click menu)

On Windows 10, I had created a button in the menu that called a python script (see project). I had managed to do this by modifying values in the registry editor. My button still appears on Windows 11 but only on the old menu and not the new one.…
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Add a HTML file to a Custom URL Protocols on Regedit

Hey! I want to make a custom URL Protocol, so mine would be... I dunno test-protocol://. How would I attach a HTML file to test-protocol://main
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Which Windows Registry Key(s) store the PATH variable?

A script needs to add a program to the Windows PATH. Another script needs to remove that same program from the Windows PATH. For compatibility issues, the script needs to work on most if not all flavors of Windows. Which registry key (or keys)…
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How to add 'Open in Vim' context menu entry to edit text files in Windows from WSL Vim

I'd like to add a Windows right-click menu entry to quickly open text files in WSL Vim, without manually opening up a terminal. Thanks @romainl.
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How to add registry key on Windows CE 5.0 device?

I've a panel pc which runs Windows CE 5.0. On top of this runs some proprietary runtime. Due to the specifics of the network, I would like to add a static "host" entry for one IP. I found out that on CE, hosts entries are stored as registry keys…
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How to set program.exe as a default browser in Windows 10?

I need to set my program.exe as a default browser in Windows 10. I can't find the way how to do that. Even with regedit. Please give some advice how to do that? Thanks!
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Has anyone ever written some delphi code that does what REGJUMP does?

Has anyone ever written some delphi code that does what REGJUMP does? Specifically, REGJUMP is a MS app that lets you open regedit to a specified path of values/keys (ready for viewing or editing in regedit). For example: regjump…
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Adding context menu to IE to execute my program

I wanted to know how can I add a new item to IE context menu (right click menu), so that the selected text from a website is copied, my winform application C# is opened and the text is pasted into a text box in my application.
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Where Windows 10 stores its disabled startup program list?

As I know Windows 10 doesn't have ms-config we can enable or disable a startup application with task manager so if I disable a program then where it stores its information? In Windows 7 we can get the information from RegistryKey HKLM2 =…
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How can I view/edit my registry settings on a Windows CE 6 device?

In his second comment here, PaulH suggests changing registry settings, providing this link. I'm not sure editing the registry is really something I want to do, because copying files to the handheld was working fine until late yesterday, and I doubt…
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regedit - cmd only shows a blinking underline, but just on specific machine

My program loads and saves registry-entries. You select the file(s), hit APPLY and it writes it to the registry. Works like a charm, except for one specific machine. OS is the same (Windows 7 64Bit) as on the working ones. Tested it with 4 Systems,…
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Chrome extension (v35) + Group policy (GPO) + regedit not work

I've already read all same questions (stackoverflow and all threads/bugs/reports on google forums) but don't find the answer. I made a simple chrome extension. Windows XP and Windows 8 (64bit). Chrome v35+. I use GPO (gpedit.msc) - it doesn't work…
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