What Is a Register File?

Registry (Registry, traditional Chinese version of the Windows operating system is called a login file) is an important database in Microsoft Windows for storing system and application setting information. When Windows 3.0 introduced OLE technology, the registry already appeared. The subsequent launch of Windows NT was the first operating system to make extensive use of the registry from the system level. However, starting with the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system, the registry really became a content that Windows users often come into contact with, and continues to be used in subsequent operating systems today.

Registry

Registry (Traditional Chinese version)

How to open the registry

The command to open the registry is:

regedit or regedit.exe, regedt32 or regedt32.exe

Under normal circumstances, you can click Run in the start menu, and then enter regedit or regedit.exe and click OK to open the registry editor that comes with the windows operating system. There are pictures to remind you carefully that operating the registry may cause system failure If you are a Windows operating system user who is unfamiliar, inexperienced or inexperienced with the Windows Registry, it is recommended that you do not operate the Registry at will.

You can read and write the registry in the program through the two statements and two functions provided by VB5.0.

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1: HKEY: "

Foreword

Protecting the registry is important, and there are many different tools available for this purpose. When there are no security settings, the user may make more mistakes. Fortunately, there are several ways they can protect the Windows registry, and they can use an extra copy to restore the registry if the registry fails. Here are some of them.

Use windows backup software

Note: There are some differences between the Win95 and Win98 backup programs. Here we only talk about the Win98 backup program.

Win98 includes a backup program. If you choose "Custom Installation" when installing Win98, or you can install it in Add / Remove Programs in Control Panel. When you have installed this backup program, from the Start menu | Programs || Accessories ||

Here are some registry tips, I hope to help you:

Change the mouseover trigger delay time:

Open the registry editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Mouse to find the key value MouseHoverTime and modify its value. Unit of time, milliseconds.

Let the menu bar of IE7 / IE8 run to it:

Open the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Toolbar \ WebBrowser, create a new DWORD value named ITBar7Position , and set the value to 1 (hexadecimal).

Change the hover time of Aero Peek ?:

Open the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced, create a new DWORD value named DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime , and set the value to 1000x (decimal).

Note: x in 1000x refers to how many seconds the hovering time is, such as 5 seconds, then the value is 5000.

Resize the Windows 7 taskbar thumbnail preview:

Open the Registry Editor, navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Taskband, create a new DWORD value named MinThumbSizePx , and set the value to x (decimal).

Note: x refers to a value other than 230, because the system default is 230.

Registry permissions modification:

1: In the run dialog, enter: regedit, click OK or press Enter to open the Registry Editor. In the Registry Editor window, left-click: HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and then click: Edit-Permission.

2: At this point, the HKEY_CURRENT_USER permission dialog box opens. In this dialog box, first check the user name of the local login, if it is not in the group or user name (G) column, click: Advanced options.

3: In the advanced security setting window of HKEY_CURRENT_USER that opens, click: Add.

Registry permissions

4: In the advanced security setting window of HKEY_CURRENT_USER, after clicking Add, the permission item window of HKEY_CURRENT_USER will open. In this window, the basic permission items are gray and cannot be selected. Click: Select subject.

5: In the Select Users and Groups dialog box that opens, click: Advanced.

6: Press it and click in the dialog box: Find Now (N) In the search result (U) column, hold down the small slider on the right side and drag down to find the user name logged in, such as: GONG ZOU , And left-click the user name, then click: OK.

7: After clicking OK, you can see the local login user name displayed in the check name field. Click: OK.

8: At this time, you will return to the advanced security setting window of HKEY_CURRENT_USER. In this window, click: Show advanced permissions. Under the advanced permissions of the HKEY_CURRENT_USER permission item window, click Full Control, and then click OK.

9: Back to the advanced security settings window of HKEY_CURRENT_USER, click: Apply-OK.

10: Back to the permission window of HKEY_CURRENT_USER, click: OK to exit the registry editor. ^[5]