1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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I-169 You can do the same thing to the Network Neighborhood by modifying the following registry key:

Hive: HKEY_CLASS_ROOT
Key: CLSID\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\Shell

As before, add the following key under the shell key.

Key: Open

Add the following key under the new Open key.

Key: command

Add the following value under the Command key.

Value Name: <NoName>
Data Type: Reg_SZ
Value: Explorer.exe

You can also add this feature to these following objects by changing these keys:

I-170 Recycle Bin CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA0 02F954E}

I-171 My Briefcase CLSID\{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002 B30309D}

Follow the same procedure you did with My Computer.

I-172 Next, we look at customizing various icons on your system. Each example works for a specific icon. In each case, the number after the comma in the value is the particular icon that you wish to display from a file. In most examples, we use the number 2 to indicate the third icon, because the first icon in a file is numbered 0. If no number is used, the default is 0.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Classes\CLSID\{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}
Value Name: DefaultIcon
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Briefcase.ico,2

This entry modifies the briefcase icon on the desktop.

I-173 This entry modifies the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Classes\CLSID\{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}
Value Name: DefaultIcon
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Microsoft Internet\Iexplore.exe,0

I-174 The next three entries affect the recycle bin icon.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-1018-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Value Name: DefaultIcon
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Recycle Full.ico,2

I-175 Value Name: Empty
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Recycle Full.ico,2

I-176 Value Name: Full
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Recycle Full.ico,2

I-177 This registry entry is for the Network Neighborhood icon.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Classes\CLSID\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
Value Name: DefaultIcon
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Network.ico,2

I-178 This entry modifies the My Computer icon.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Value Name: DefaultIcon
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Computer.ico,2

Printer Service

I-179 NT doesn’t use DOS-style interrupts in printing. If this feature causes you problems, enable them with this change.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Windows

Change the following value under the Windows key.

Value Name: DosPrint
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: No

Reboot for this change to take effect.

I-180 Your network contains a few Novell servers and you think printing is a pretty good job for them. The problem is that every time you print on that printer, you get a pop-up message telling you about your print job. To turn off the message, change the following registry entry.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Providers
Value Name: NetPopup
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Change the NetPopup value to 0; you may have to add it under the Providers key if it doesn’t exist. Reboot the machine for the changes to take effect.


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