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How to Reset Windows Explorer Folder View Settings to Make Vista Remember

The location of the BagMRU Size Setting is wrong in this tutorial. It is actually located at HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClassesLocal SettingsSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShell It seems microsoft put the BagMRU Size values in the wrong place in the Vista Registry, MS put these values in the old locations that they were in XP. See my attachments that show a registry trace on where explorer is looking for this value. The first screen shot is without the setting, the 2nd is with the BagMRU Size value created The Registry file that will do everything in this tutorial including the proper cache setting is here: Windows Registry […]

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Windows Technologies

Registry settings for Windows File Protection

The following registry key is the primary location for registry settings for Windows File Protection/System File Checker: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon In addition, Windows File Protection/System File Checker settings may also be located in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindows NTWindows File Protection Back to the top MORE INFORMATION When Windows starts up, the Windows File Protection service synchronizes (copies… When Windows starts up, the Windows File Protection service synchronizes (copies) the WFP settings from the following registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindows NTWindows File Protection to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon Therefore, if any of the following values are present in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindows NTWindows […]

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Windows Technologies

Registry Value Types

A registry value can store data in various formats. When you store data under a registry value, for instance by calling the RegSetValueEx function, you can specify one of the following values to indicate the type of data being stored. When you retrieve a registry value, functions such as RegQueryValueEx use these values to indicate the type of data retrieved. The following registry value types are defined in Winnt.h. Value Type REG_BINARY Binary data in any form. REG_DWORD A 32-bit number. REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN A 32-bit number in little-endian format. Windows is designed to run on little-endian computer architectures. Therefore, this value […]

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