Euly's Windows 10 Registry Tweaks List
My personal list of all the shit you might want to change but was buried in the fucking registry for some reason.
What the fuck is the registry?
The
windows registry is sort of like a secondary filesystem, with folders and such.
The main difference is that rather than storing files in these folders, it stores short named values of some type-- a number, a
string, or something like that.
Microsoft likes to stuff whatever shit they don't want the average user to disable inside this.
So, I'm writing my own list of important values that really feel like they should be in the settings page.
All entries here will include a .reg file for download, which you may simply double-click to install the desired effect.
If you don't already know what you're doing in the registry, this is likely safer for you than trying to dig around in it yourself.
More generally, don't click random shit on your computer if you don't know what it does.
This is a complex machine that relies on many, many parts working juuust right, not a toaster oven.
Look up how things work with your preferred search engine before playing with them.
If you want to suggest an addition to this list, please contact me at
@eulyderg on
Discord.
Remove the 3D Objects folder from the file explorer list
Despite deleting this folder, which serves only as a place to put Microsoft 3D Paint files, the directory still shows up on the folder list.
Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}
Effects may take a moment to apply on their own; a restart will apply changes immediately.
Disable the Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft has decided to add the LLM bullshit to your very own computer by default! Here is a registry flag to disable it.
Create a DWORD (32bit integer) key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot with the name TurnOffWindowsCopilot, and set its value to 1.
Seems to take effect immediately when I tested; if this does not work, a restart will apply changes immediately.