Removing Programs listed from the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs Section

If you remove an installed program and its files by deleting the files,
it may still show up in the Add/Remove programs list through the control panel.
In order to remove it from the list (so you don't need to re-install in order to just remove it again).

Start the Registry Editor

Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Uninstall

Delete any programs here.

This will only delete them from the list, not delete the actual programs.
Only programs designed for Windows95 will show up here in the first place.

Turn Off Window Animation

You can shut off the animation displayed when you minimize and maximize windows.

Open Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Control panel

Desktop

WindowMetrics

Right Mouse Click an empty space in the right pane.

Select new string value.

Name the new value MinAnimate.

Doubleclick on the new string value (MinAnimate) and click on "Modify"

Enter a value of 0 for Off or 1 for On then hit Enter

Close Regedit and all programs then reboot.

Get Your Folders to Open the Way You Want Every Time

To get your folders to open the way you want every time:


Set up all your folders the way you want (auto arrange, view, etc.),

Start RegEdit

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.

Go to NoSaveSettings

Modify and change Value to 1

Sticky Menus

Normally when you move the mouse over the Start Menu / Programs, it will automatically cascade and show the submenus.
If you want them to open only when you actually click on them:

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
If if it not already there, create a string called MenuShowDelay
Give it a value of 65534

Changing the Title on Windows Media Player

You can change the title bar for the Windows Media Player

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ WindowsMediaPlayer
Create a string value of TitleBar
Give it a value of whatever you want to appear in the title bar

Preparing to Move Hard Drive to Another Computer

To remove the devices from device manager when taking a HD from one computer to another,
simply:

Run Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ and delete the Enum section
This removes all of the hardware specific settings

Setting the Internet Explorer Home Page

If you want to set the home page used by Internet Explorer through the registry

Start Regedit
Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Main
Give the Start Page key the string value you wish set as homepage