Questions tagged [regedit]

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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C# and context menu of windows explorer

I tried to add an item to context menu of the Windows Explorer (http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10104/Add-a-context-menu-to-the-Windows-Explorer), and it worked but I still don't know how to get the path of selected files? I tried…
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Enable/Disable TaskManager

public static void ToggleTaskManager(string keyValue) { RegistryKey objRegistryKey = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System"); …
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BarTender Error: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID in Asp.Net

I selected the BarTender from Com tab on preferences screen and add BarTender into my project. when I execute the project with Ctrl+F5 on my local computer I can print the barcode smoothly. But when I publish my project under wwwroot I get…
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How can I change the .NET framework used by LogiXML?

Ok, I have LogiXML and I need to use its "Scheduler for Java". When I use it I get an ASP.NET error and at the bottom of the page I can see that Logi is using ASP.NET version 2. I have installed the version 4 of .NET using the installer…
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How can we extract startup UWP applications information?

I am using C++ code base to develop a forensic tool. The requirement is to display all the startup applications. However, UWP apps which are enabled to run at startup, are not found in RegEdit at…
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Cannot find .wsf file when running .exe file created by pkg npm module

We are using regedit npm module to save values into windows registry. And we are generating .exe file using pkg node module. When we run this .exe file, it is throwing the following error "Input Error: Can not find script file "D:\snapshot[My…
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C++ read data of a registry key value

I am trying to get the data of a registry key value, but then I encountered this error, [bcc64 Error] AAP.h(210): invalid operands to binary expression ('const wchar_t *' and 'const wchar_t *') (also on this screenshot) I'm pretty sure I did…
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.NET Core Error 1053 the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion

I created a Windows Service starting from my .NET Core project following this After this, I installed correctly it on my working machine and started it. This is my service class: using System; using System.Diagnostics; using…
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Powershell to add reg key

I have a Powershell script that "builds" a PC from the basic Windows operating system on up (Windows 7 Pro - will be converted to 10 next year). I have a number of reg keys that get added when running this script and they all work fine, no…
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php/dos : How do you parse a regedit export file?

My objective is to look for Company key-value in the registry hive and then pull the corresponding Guid and other keys and values following it. So I figured i would run the regedit export command and then parse the file with php for the keys I…
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Defender Preference PowerShell commands differ from corresponding registry keys

I am trying to configure windows defender preferences through PowerShell as administrator. I am using the following commands: Set-MpPreference -ScanScheduleDay 5 Set-MpPreference -ScanScheduleTime 03:57 However when checking the results with…
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Python not pulling more than one argument from command line

I have tried this a few ways and while I cannot share specifics of my project I can boil it down to its essence. I have something like below import argparse,sys parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('password', help='The…
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Powershell command to find registry key advanced audit settings (permissions)

I am trying to use powershell commands to get the registry key advanced audit settings, after a while of testing I have managed to come to this point: (Get-Acl -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion).AuditToString Using that command…
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Open dialer with tel protocol Chrome link

I would like to open windows dialer.exe with tel link on Chrome Example link tel:+123456789 open Windows dialer with tel number: I tried to edit in the regedit: Windows Registry Editor Version…
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Excel Custom Ribbon Auto-placement Before Home Tab?

I have created a custom ribbon for excel, and I was recently toying with Combo boxes & drop downs, and I accidentally uploaded the XML before I added subroutines in the VBA modules to account for "getItemID", "getItemLabel"...etc. specific to combo…
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