Recycle Bin - remove Pin to.reg Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Recycle Bin - remove Pin to entries - by AveYo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\pintohome] "AppliesTo"="NOT System.ParsingName:=\"::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] @="{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] ; to undo, uncomment these: ;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\pintohome] ;"AppliesTo"=- ;[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] ;@="{470C0EBD-5D73-4d58-9CED-E91E22E23282}" ;[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen]
edit: can't trivially remove it, but can disable it Recycle Bin - disable Create shortcut.reg Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Recycle Bin - disable Create shortcut (can't trivially remove it) - by AveYo [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\link] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\link] "MuiVerb"="@shell32.dll,-31333" "AppliesTo"="System.ParsingName:=\"::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\"" "CommandStateHandler"="{E9571AB2-AD92-4ec6-8924-4E5AD33790F5}" ; to undo, uncomment line below ;[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\link] getting a more precise mouse and a bigger screen also works to not misclick it
Knock yourself out. I find that step (hex edit resources) too far towards a can of worms. Best I can personally offer is above, edited to at least be disabled = grayed out.
I use this reg for remove it (I used it with W10, maybe things to change with W11) Code: ;Remove Pin To... [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{90AA3A4E-1CBA-4233-B8BB-535773D48449}] @="Taskband Pin" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}] @="Start Menu Pin" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}] @="Start Menu Pin" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c9}] @="StartIsBack Menu Pin" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PintoStartScreen] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\pintohome] ;Do not pin taskbar [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] "NoPinningToTaskbar"=dword:00000001
Who would want the Pin To capability nuked everywhere? Is the 11 UI not s**tty enough as it is? This is about finesse. Removing such entries from a specific contextmenu (Recycle Bin) while leaving them working in the other context menus..
In Win 11 I pin to start menu and taskbar all the time. Nice to have all your main apps one click from taskbar and you can even edit the shortcut to Run As Admin on start.
I would like to have the 'Edit with Notepad++' in the context menu when right-clicking instead of having to click 'Show More Options' and then having the 2nd menu show that option. I saw some rudimentary "guides" online but none of them works! Just want that option on the right-click menu - how do I do that?
You must request Notepad++ developers to update their shell extension for Windows 11 context menu compatibility. Mean time, you can use my original hijack-back trick: Edit with Notepad++ in Windows 11 contextmenu.reg Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Edit with Notepad++ in Windows 11 contextmenu - by AveYo [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shell\extract] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shell\extract] "MuiVerb"="Edit with &Notepad++" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe,0" "MultiSelectModel"="Player" "NeverDefault"="" "AppliesTo"="NOT .zip" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\*\shell\extract\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe\" \"%L\"" [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ANotepad++64] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ANotepad++64] (assuming default Notepad++ install, if you've used another path, adjust the reg script)
Hey all, long time lurker. Figured I'd add a tweak in here I've found. Another Way To Disable Defender (on Windows 11) A lot of methods I've tried from this forum and on the internet don't work for me, so here's another one. I haven't found any drawbacks to this method (yet), other than a couple things. Before beginning, make a backup of the permissions - we will be deleting them. Code: icacls "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform" /save "C:\PlatformPermissions.txt" /t /c Reboot into Safe Mode. This can be done with msconfig. Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender. Take ownership of the folder using the Properties -> Security -> Advanced dialog - give it to yourself or the "Administrators" group. Tick "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" and "Replace all child object permission entries...", then click each item in the list and press Remove. Once the list is empty, click Apply. You can now exit Safe Mode with msconfig and you will see that Windows Defender is completely removed from the Windows Security app. The service also does not start. There are a couple of drawbacks to this - Downloads in Microsoft Edge fail with "Virus scan failed". You can fix this with the following registry tweak: Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "ScanWithAntiVirus"=dword:00000001 There are some Errors output on boot in the Event Viewer. Not sure if these are fixable. Edit: Maybe these could be fixed if the WinDefend service (and related?) are disabled. You won't get a permissions error for opening the service if the service is disabled (maybe? ) You can undo the change by booting into Safe Mode again and running the following command, if you kept the backed-up permissions file. You can also change the owner back to "SYSTEM" if you want. Code: icacls "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /restore "C:\PlatformPermissions.txt" All these manual steps probably could be replaced with an icacls command but I'm too lazy
If you restore a Windows image from a backup program like Macrium Reflect Free, you may start getting explorer.exe unknown hard errors. This .cmd script uses some known fixes for the issue. Run it as admin, it'll reboot right away to start the chkdsk /b 'NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume' which helps with the errors. The two reg editkeys that are deleted, then rebooting can help, and the last two recreating the "explorer.exe" key can help as well. The others like /RestoreHeath and SFC /scannow are well known. Code: @echo off date /t & time /t echo ... date /t & time /t echo Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /Scanhealth Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /Scanhealth date /t & time /t echo Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth echo ... date /t & time /t echo SFC /scannow SFC /scannow date /t & time /t reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU" /f reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags" /f reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon" /v Shell /f reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon" /v Shell /d "explorer.exe" /f echo y|chkdsk c: /b shutdown /r /f /t 0
Seriously, this is great. It is instinctive from years of usage to just right, and click empty bin. Without looking. Now, the bin gets pinned!!! So good to do this. Thanks
Heres a few tweaks for mmagent Set-MMAgent -MaxOperationAPIFiles 1024 ...if you have ssd. enable-mmagent -pc ..turns on page combining, tiny bit more cpu usage, hardly noticable Enable-MMAgent -mc Disable-MMAgent -mc use this if you have lots of ram ...honestly though leaving it enabled just seems smoother memory usage will drop without loss of performance. Wouldnt advice page combining on low end cpus though, maybe quad core or more is ideal. Obviously memory usage will be higher if compression disabled Get-MMAgent to check your settings