Some Windows 10 registry tweaks I put together for OS optimization and gaming performance Just copy/paste code to filename.reg file and execute that file. [OPTIMIZATION TWEAKS] Windows Dark Theme [default=00000001] Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize] "AppsUseLightTheme"=dword:00000000 UnHide File Extensions [default=00000001 Code: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 Completely turn off automatic updates [default="NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000] Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] "NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001 Disable OneDrive Integration [default="DisableFileSyncNGSC"=-" Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive] "DisableFileSyncNGSC"=dword:00000001 Add open with Notepad to context menu Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad\command] @="notepad.exe %1" Add Copy/Move Menus to context menu Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy to] @="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move to] @="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}" Remember my Explorer views Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 Don't add "-Shortcut" text to the name of newly created shortcuts Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "link"=hex:00,00,00,00 ; default adding = "link"=hex:1e,00,00,00 Remove the Windows 10 Action Center Sidebar [default=00000001 Code: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell] "UseActionCenterExperience"=dword:00000000 All the above OPTIMIZATION tweaks put together Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; -- Dark Theme [default=00000001] -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize] "AppsUseLightTheme"=dword:00000000 ; -- UnHide File Extensions -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 ; -- Completely turn off automatic updates [default="NoAudoUpdate"=dword:00000000] -- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] "NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001 ;-- Disable OneDrive Integration in Windows 10 [default="DisableFileSyncNGSC"=-] -- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\OneDrive] "DisableFileSyncNGSC"=dword:00000001 ; -- Add open with Notepad to context menu -- [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open with Notepad\command] @="notepad.exe %1" ; -- Add Copy/Move Menus to Windows Explorer -- [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy to] @="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move to] @="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}" ; -- Remember my Explorer views -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 ; -- Don't add "-Shortcut" text to the name of newly created shortcuts -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "link"=hex:00,00,00,00 ; default adding = "link"=hex:1e,00,00,00 ; -- Remove the Windows 10 Action Center Sidebar [default=00000001]-- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell] "UseActionCenterExperience"=dword:00000000 [PERFORMANCE TWEAKS] Don't slow down search by including all public folders Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Start_SearchFiles"=dword:00000001 Adjust Windows Menu Animations Duration [default=400] Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="200" Disable Thumbsdb on network drives Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] "DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFolders"=dword:00000001 SpeedUp logon Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Serialize] "StartupDelayInMSec"=dword:00000000 Increase GPU priority to games Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile\Tasks\Games] "Scheduling Category"="High" "SFIO Priority"="High" "Background Only"="False" "Priority"=dword:00000001 "Clock Rate"=dword:00002710 "GPU Priority"=dword:00000001 "Affinity"=dword:00000000 Reduce latency/ping in some games [remove network throttling / increase CPU utilization] Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile] "NetworkThrottlingIndex"=dword:ffffffff "SystemResponsiveness"=dword:0000000 All the above PERFORMANCE tweaks put together Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; -- Don't slow down search by including all public folders -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Start_SearchFiles"=dword:00000001 ; -- Adjust Windows Menu Animations Duration [default=400] -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="200" ; -- Disable Thumbsdb on network drives -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] "DisableThumbsDBOnNetworkFolders"=dword:00000001 ; -- SpeedUp logon -- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Serialize] "StartupDelayInMSec"=dword:00000000 ; -- Increase GPU priority to games -- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile\Tasks\Games] "Scheduling Category"="High" "SFIO Priority"="High" "Background Only"="False" "Priority"=dword:00000001 "Clock Rate"=dword:00002710 "GPU Priority"=dword:00000001 "Affinity"=dword:00000000 ; -- reduce latency/ping in some games [remove network throttling / increase CPU utilization] -- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile] "NetworkThrottlingIndex"=dword:ffffffff "SystemResponsiveness"=dword:0000000
I was reading that as NoAyudoUpdate and I'm not even Spanish Other than that, the GPU priority and the reduce latency stuff are text-book "don't just flip values because you can" - might have worked for someone a long time away, but for most it will just increase the potential for trashing mess, the long HKEY_CURRENT_USER vs. HKCU are a waste of space even if it's just 512 bytes, it's 512 wasted bytes, using a retard poll, and the orange titles are killing me on the classic forum theme, so -4. Add to that 3 points for trying, posting something fresh (nobody cares if it's re-hashed) and actually taking the time to properly format the post, so -1, not bad! not bad at all! Do continue at it.
Polls just attract trolls. There is already a Like feature, just count the Likes below your post. No need for polls. I don't like them in general (personal thing). The orange color doesn't bug me, I'm using MDL Classic, together with a color inverting extension, so I get a nice dark Classic theme. The problem is that probably every kind of color is guaranteed to clash with at least one of the themes...
That's why @Yen recently asked to not play with the colors to much, only to highlight important words, specially those who use black fonts, it's unreadable for dark material theme users.
When using no additional color tags, the default black font on bright background themes such as MDL classic and material is inverted automatically when switching to the dark themes. But...as soon as one uses own color tags all the colors remain unchanged at any theme! Links have their own default color, though. If you want a perfect post I suggest to change the themes and check beforehand how the post is looking... The mentioned orange looks good on dark backgrounds. On the bright background themes it's well readable, but is not very high in contrast. (I am using MDL classic, it's my theme ported from vbulletin and improved) Edit: The blue chosen by OP is hardly readable on the dark themes.
I'm just curious about that Increase GPU priority to games tweak. Is there anyway to verify this works? The only thing I see in task manager is Base Priority for running applications.
Sorry cannot post links yet, but if you google this "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile\Tasks\Games]" the first link is a reddit link, there was some good info there. I personally did notice a slight improvement on the graphics playing worldofwarships