Everything running or installed on your computer leaves some traces or makes some changes so it can properly function. All of them are stored and handled by Registry Keys. By default, Windows puts a ...

From PC novices to Windows experts, just about everyone needs to access the Windows Registry occasionally. But the standard REGEDIT doesn’t exactly make this easy, and it hasn’t seen any significant ...

Windows only: RegScanner, a free Windows utility, makes it easier to find registry keys and make quick edits to them. We've offered up a fair share of registry hacks over the years, and many of them, ...

Last week, a new open-source Registry Editor was released that puts Windows Regedit software to shame by supporting a host of advanced features, making editing the Registry easier than ever. The ...

Pro users change features and functions quickly and directly in the registry. We show you how, using Microsoft's tools and others. Windows and most applications save their configuration in the ...

The golden rule of working with the Windows Registry Editor is to always back it up before making any changes. However, if disaster has already struck and a registry has broken, you as a desktop ...

There are a multitude of hidden settings in the Windows OS that you can unlock with help from several tools designed for Windows registry editing. There are times when a simple addition to the Windows ...

The Windows Registry is a database that holds your operating system’s configurations and settings. This includes everything from how long your mouse must hover over a taskbar icon before the preview ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you’re comfortable working with regedit, you can tweak your menu so that it works the way you want it. If ...