Windows 95 FAQ - The Registry

Setup & Installation	Hardware & Software Issues	Windows 95 KB Controls
MS Dos & Dual Boot Issues	The Windows 95 Registry	Comms Modems & the Internet
SCSI and Windows 95	It's Screwed Up Why?	Mac Win95 Issues
Win 95 Internet Resources	Windows 95 Security	How do I?
Communications Networking	Windows 95 for Beginners	Purchase Windows 95 Books

This entire 'NEW' section of the Windows 95 FAQ is based on Kent Daniel Bentowski's 'Registry FAQ' Like the Windows 95 and Networking FAQ it has been absorbed into the greater Windows 95 FAQ. Perhaps a Gatesian bent on the part of the author.... In any case enjoy. The primary changes thus far consist of Tidying up and integrating it into the Windows 95-L FAQ - this thus necessitated the removed of non-registry related items or relocation to more appropriate section within the FAQ - this beast is become seriously large....

Registry Section Quickfind (Old Sections)

Readme FIRST!!!! - Customizing Windows 95 - Fine Tuning Windows 95
Problem Solving in Windows 95 - Registry Tricks - Windows 95 Reference Materials
Windows 95 Registry Binary Value Reference List

Registry Section Quickfind (New Sections)

Introduction

A Word From Hans Klarenbeek

The word registry still conjures up image of doom and destruction, registry editing is still the preserve of those willing to push the envelope and be prepared to re-install Windows 95 or indeed format the entire Hard-Drive come disaster. It's is not too different to the old days of applying patches and modifications to the win.ini and system.ini files or downloading that latest pop-up tsr which its author guarantees will make life easier.... No if you live to tweak and optimize your machine than the registry is THE thing for you to play with. Being employed in the industry as a sales person (what? I know what I'm talking about!) I often get asked 'how come you know how to fax my computer?' the answer said with a cheesy smile on my face is 'If you've screwed up your own often enough its easy fix others. Man I reinstalled Windows 3.11 8-10 times in the first week of owning my PC - you learn the hard way not a courses or anything silly like that (Oops I am a trainer too) So what I mean is learning is experience. Have fun with the registry but read the disclaimer!!!

A Word From Kent Daniel Bentkowski

Try mentioning the word Registry on the Windows 95 Technical Support telephone line, and the support technician that you are speaking to will tell you in no uncertain terms that Microsoft isn't supporting that feature to end users. Besides, they try to convince you that you'll trash your entire system if you so much as attempt to edit one single Registry entry.

And yet, it is the one single feature in all of Windows 95 that brings total system control to the user. If only they'd tell us how it works! The Windows 95 Resource Kit, which is a powerhouse technical manual the size of a phone book, contains a scant eighteen pages on the Registry. Believe it or not, but the Resource Kit contains nearly as much information on their new online service "The Microsoft Network."

Accepting the challenge, I plugged in the Configuration Backup utility that comes with the Resource Kit, and began poking and prodding the various Registry entries. I discovered small and mundane techniques, like renaming the Recycle Bin, remapping icon files so that the corresponding bitmap displays instead, and the secret to removing the Exchange Inbox from the Desktop.

Acknowledgments

Kent, thanks for all the work you put into this mate I know it's a crap job, also many thanks to you contributors.

CONTENTS: