does anyone know of a good link to get info on changing registry values with a .bat file? .vbs even. i just want to have a script that runs after a fresh install to install certain drivers, software, and most importantly - i want it to change a crapload of settings upon running it. most of which reside in the registry. i run many versions of xp and xp only. no need to waste a bunch of your time writint shit out either, a link is fine, i dont mind doing the research, just need a nudge in the right direction...


thanks guys, this forum is the best on the net, i love it here. keep up the good work - everyone here, you guys rock!!!!:icon_super:

just create a reg instead like this
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\ctfmon.exe]
"key"="SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersio n\\Run"
"item"="ctfmon"
"hkey"="HKCU"
"command"="C:\\WINNT\\system32\\ctfmon.exe"
"inimapping"="0"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Reliability]
"TimeStampInterval"=dword:00000000
"ShutdownReasonUI"=dword:00000001
"ShutdownDoStateSnapshot"=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Reliability\UserDefined]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\OptimalLayout]
"EnableAutoLayout"=dword:00000001


[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run]
"WIN HOST PROCESS"="%system%\WIN HOST PROCESS.EXE"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\
Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CLASSES\CLSID\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-D7ACAC95951A}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CLASSES\Interface\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-
D7ACAC95951A}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CLASSES\TypeLib\{1E1B2879-88FF-11D3-8D96-
D7ACAC95951A}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CLASSES\PK.IE.1]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\CLASSES\PK.IE]


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]
"DontDisplayLastUserName"=dword:00000001

;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD
;-------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;-----------------------------------
;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
;-----------------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]
"NoRun"=dword:00000001

;-------------------------
;Disables Error Reporting
;-------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\Err orReporting]
"DoReport"=dword:00000000

;-----------------------------------
;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup
;-----------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Applets\Tour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000

;---------------------------------
;Disable Imapi CD-Burning Service
;---------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\ImapiService]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;--------------------------------
;Disable Remote Registry Service
;--------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\RemoteRegistry]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;-----------------------------
;Disable Windows Time Service
;-----------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\W32Time]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;------------------------------------------------------------------
;This will add "Services" to the right-click menu of "My Computer"
;------------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services]
@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00 ,73,00,00,00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00 ,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00 ,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73 ,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00 ,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65 ,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00

;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;This adds the "Open Command Prompt Here" on the right click menu for folders
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Prompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Prompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

;------------------------
;Remove Shared Documents
;------------------------

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateF olders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

;--------------------
;No Recent Docs menu
;--------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

;------------------------------
;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin
;------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

;-------------------------
;No Low Disk Space Checks
;-------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

;----------------------------------------------------
;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads
;----------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a

;-------------------------------------
;Removes Sign up with Passport Wizard
;-------------------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings\Passport]
"RegistrationCompleted"=dword:00000001

;---------------------------------------
;Disables Preview of Movie file formats
;---------------------------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\ShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\ShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\ShellEx]

;-------------
;Copy To Menu
;-------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemO bjects\shellex]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemO bjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemO bjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To]
@="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemO bjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To]
@="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemO bjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]
@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"

;-------------------------------------------------------------------
;This adds the "Register DLL" on the right click menu for DLL files
;-------------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Register DLL]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Register DLL\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\regsvr32.exe %1"

;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;Makes a right click option for unknown files (Open with notepad)
;-----------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]
@="\"notepad.exe %1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open]
@="Open With Notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"

;--------------
;GDI+ Tool fix
;--------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GdiDetection Tool]
"GDITool"=dword:00000001

;-------------------------------------------
;Disable windows built in zip functionality
;-------------------------------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CompressedFold er]

;-------------------------------
;Remove WMP Right Click Options
;-------------------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}]

;-----------------------------------------------------------------------
;Gets rid of anoying popup for running files you download from internet
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download]
"CheckExeSignatures"="no"
"RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Attachments]
"SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Associations]
"LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat; .com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi ;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

;-----------------------------------------------
;Adds Device Manager right click of MY Computer
;-----------------------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE 0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]
@="Device Manager"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE 0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\command]
@="mmc.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\devmgmt.msc"

;---------------------
;Removes Language Bar
;---------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}]
@="Language bar"
"MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\System32\msutb.dl l,-325"

;-----------------------------
;Opens nfo files with Notepad
;-----------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo]
"Application"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithList]
"a"="Explorer.exe"
"MRUList"="ba"
"b"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithProgids]
"MSInfo.Document"=hex(0):

;--------------------------------------------------------
;Removes Briefcase, and Rich-Text-Document from New Menu
;--------------------------------------------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew]


[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D627 7990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters]
"TcpMaxDataRetransmissions"=dword:0000000a

[KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Service s\Tcpip\Parameters]
"KeepAliveTime"=dword:0000ea60
"KeepAliveInterval"=dword:000003e8

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Citrix]
"IcaEnableKeepAlive"=dword:00000001
"IcaKeepAliveInterval"=dword:0000003c

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Param eters
"Class"=dword:Tcp1323Opts="1"


HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Param eters
"Class"=dwordefaultTTL="64"

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Param eters
"Class"=dword:EnablePMTUDiscovery="1"

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Param eters
"Class"=dword:TcpMaxDupAcks="2"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Dnscache\Parameters]
"NetFailureCacheTime"=dword:00000000
"NegativeSOACacheTime"=dword:00000000
"MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\Psched]
"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000