SafeTweak XP Knowledge Base - Explorer Category

 
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26. "Start High Priority" Context Menu to Executable Files
27. Hide Drives
28. Disable Folder Options
29. Disable Changing "Hidden Files and Folders" in Folder Options
30. Change My Computer Name to User Name

26. "Start High Priority" Context Menu to Executable Files
Actions:Create HKCR\EXEFile\Shell\SafeTweak0\Command subkey, set data of (Default) string value to cmd.exe /c start "Start High Priority" /high "%1".
Set data of (Default) string value in HKCR\EXEFile\Shell\SafeTweak0 subkey to a label.
Reverts:  Delete HKCR\EXEFile\Shell\SafeTweak0 subkey.
Info:Apply to all users.

27. Hide Drives
Actions:Create NoDrives binary value in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer subkey.
Set data of binary value above which is consisted of 4 digit hexadecimal number.
   First digit is sum of 01 (Drive A), 02 (Drive B), 04 (Drive C), 08 (Drive D), 10 (Drive E), 20 (Drive F), 40 (Drive G) and 80 (Drive H).
   Second digit is sum of 01 (Drive I), 02 (Drive J), 04 (Drive K), 08 (Drive L), 10 (Drive M), 20 (Drive N), 40 (Drive O) and 80 (Drive P).
   Third digit is sum of 01 (Drive Q), 02 (Drive R), 04 (Drive S), 08 (Drive T), 10 (Drive U), 20 (Drive V), 40 (Drive W) and 80 (Drive X).
   Fourth digit is sum of 01 (Drive Y) and 02 (Drive Z).
Example: Set data of binary value above to 03 00 00 00 to hide drive A and B.
Reverts:  Set data of binary value above to 00 00 00 00.
Info:Apply to all users. Require to restart Windows Explorer and/or common dialogs (e.g. Open File dialog) (if they are running). Warning: Windows Explorer doesn't hide the drive which Windows is installed in. Warning: Some file manager programs ignore this setting.

28. Disable Folder Options
Actions:Create NoFolderOptions dword value with 1 data in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer subkey.
Reverts:  Set data of dword value above to 0.
Info:Apply to all users. Require to log off Windows.

29. Disable Changing "Hidden Files and Folders" in Folder Options
Actions:Empty data of Type string value in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden subkey.
Reverts:  Set data of string value above to group.
Info:Apply to all users. Require to log off Windows.

30. Change My Computer Name to User Name
Actions:Empty data of (Default) string value in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\
{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
subkey.
To change to user name: set data of LocalizedString expandable string value in HKCR\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} subkey to %USERNAME%.
To change to user name @ user computer: set data of LocalizedString expandable string value in HKCR\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} subkey to %USERNAME% @ %COMPUTERNAME%.
To change to user name @ user computer @ user domain: set data of LocalizedString expandable string value in HKCR\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} subkey to %USERNAME% @ %COMPUTERNAME% @ %USERDOMAIN%.
Reverts:  Set data of LocalizedString expandable string value in HKCR\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} subkey to @%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\shell32.dll,-9216.
Info:Apply to all users. Require to refresh desktop.

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