Quick-Fire Registry Tweaks

Many of Windows’ hidden secrets are buried inside the Registry (access Registry Editor by pressing Win-R, typing “regedit,” and hitting Enter). Here are some quick-fire tweaks you can’t perform outside of the Registry.

Head over to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer, then select the subkey indicated. Once done, locate the value shown (create a new DWORD 32-bit value if it’s not already present), then change its data, selecting “Decimal” as the Base, unless stated. You need to open Task Manager, select “Windows Explorer” under “Processes” (click “More details” if necessary), and click the “Restart” button to apply the tweak(s).