Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Inspired by https://www.tweakhound.com/2015/12/09/tweaking-windows-10/18/ and https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-reghacks.html ; Start menu speed - the default is 400 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="50" ; Don't show the search bar in the taskbar as we have classic shell [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search] "SearchboxTaskbarMode"=dword:00000000 ; Disable Cortana [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search] "AllowCortana"=dword:00000000 ; When opening files with an unknown extension, dont prompt to 'Look for an app in the store' (for all users) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer] "NoUseStoreOpenWith"=dword:00000001 ; Display verbose messages during login (Group policy, profile loading etc) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "verbosestatus"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] ; Disable 'Show recently used files in quick cccess' "ShowRecent"=dword:00000000 ; Disable 'Show frequently used folders in quick cccess' "ShowFrequent"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] ; Show all folders "NavPaneShowAllFolders"=dword:00000001 ; Show hidden files and folders "Hidden"=dword:00000001 ; Show system files "ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001 ; Don't hide file extensions "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 ; Don't 'pretty' (aka break) path names "DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000001 ; Don't show notifications/adverts (OneDrive & new feature alerts) in Windows Explorer "ShowSyncProviderNotifications"=dword:00000000 ; Disable 'Show recently opened items in jump lists on Start or the taskbar' "Start_TrackDocs"=dword:00000000 ; Open Explorer to 'This PC' "LaunchTo"=dword:00000001