Some information on the tweak file Bagregkeys_MakeReadOnly.bat - this is a great tweak to minimize hard disk writes made by Explorer. I found out about this after using Sysinternals Process Monitor to see Registry writes. I found lots of writes to Shell\Bags and Shell\BagMRU and found the below thread on making this registry key read-only.

However, applying this tweak may cause you to lose your Folder View settings in Explorer and desktop icon positions (if you customize these). I recommend using an alternative file manager such as xyplorer.

Search Google for "Shell Bags Windows" for more information.

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/lastactivityview-reveals-too-much.341796/page-4

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1. yes, as you said, there are useful info in these ShellBags keys :
your folder view preferences are stored there, 1 entry for each folder you open.
2. yes, there are detailed timestamp information in them revealing the last time when you opened the folder

 

These are various registry scripts for Windows 7 to tweak and speed up / optimize by removing unneeded features.

Contains:

Bagregkeys_MakeReadOnly.bat
=Master Commands Batch.bat
=power options reset.bat
=Tasks Delete.bat
AppCompat.reg
Autoplay - Disable Autorun.reg
Chrome - SuppressUnsupportedOSWarning.reg
Command Prompt.reg
ContextMenu and Properties Windows - Remove Previous Versions Option and Tab.reg
ContextMenu Remove Include in library.reg
ContextMenu Remove Run As Administrator.reg
ContextMenu Remove SendTo.reg
ContextMenu Remove Share With.reg
ContextMenu Remove Troubleshoot Compatibility.reg
Control Panel - User Accounts 2.reg
Device Manager Show NonPresent Devices.reg
DiskQuota.reg
Explorer Dont Track Broken Shortcuts.reg
Explorer Hide Shared Documents.reg
Explorer Left Tree and Save As Dialog - Remove Network.reg
Explorer Misc.reg
Explorer Open With - Always use the selected program.reg
Filesystem.reg
HomeGroup.reg
Internet Explorer.reg
Internet Options - Automatically detect intranet network.reg
IO System CountOperations.reg
Keyboard.reg
LNK - Disable Shortcut Text.reg
Logging WinEvt.reg
Logon - OptimalLayout BootOptimizeFunction.reg
Memory Management - Disable kernel paging.reg
Network and Sharing Center.reg
Network IPv6 disable.reg
Network Location Awareness - EnableNoGatewayLocationDetection.reg
Performance Counters.reg
Performance Monitor - Data Collector Sets.reg
Personalization - Desktop Background Black.reg
Personalization - Desktop Icons.reg
Prefetch Superfetch.reg
PropertySheet Remove Customize Tab.reg
PsExec EULA Accept.reg
Regional and Language - Change ShortDate Format to yyyy-mm-dd.reg
Reliability TimeStampInterval.reg
Remote Assistance.reg
Server service - filesystem cache for filesharing minimize.reg
Sound - Play Windows Startup Sound Disable.reg
Startup Shutdown Verbose.reg
System - Crash Dump Disabled.reg
System - Visual Effects.reg
SystemFileAssociations remove.reg
Taskbar and Start Menu Cleanup.reg
Telemetry.reg
USB Polling Interval.reg
VirtalBox Disable Logging Env Vars.reg
WBEM EnableEvents.reg
Window Metrics.reg
Windows Media Player.reg
WinMerge.reg
WinRAR.reg
Zone Checking For Files.reg

Desktop and Shutdown.reg
Disable automatic updates.reg
Disable Recent Programs.reg
Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links.reg
Disable UAC notify.reg
Disable User Account Control UAC.reg
Disable Web Services.reg
Disable window animations on minimize maximize.reg
Dont mark new applications.reg

Services
Background Intelligent Transfer Service.reg
Base Filtering Engine, IKEEXT, IPsec PolicyAgent.reg
BITS.reg
Certificate Propagation.reg
Computer Browser.reg
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager.reg
Diagnostics.reg
Distributed Link Tracking Client.reg
Function Discovery Provider Host.reg
Function Discovery Resource Publication.reg
IP Helper (needed for IPv6).reg
Multimedia Class Scheduler.reg
Offline Files.reg
Protected Storage.reg
Remote Desktop.reg
System Event Notification Service.reg
Themes.reg
Windows Defender.reg
Windows Firewall.reg
Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0.reg
Windows Search.reg
Windows Update.reg

 

If you want to make other reg files into nLite addons to pre-integrate

use OnePiece Reg2Inf - https://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/9409-tool-dx-tool-x86x64/?tab=comments#comment-121332

Open up the INF file created with Reg2Inf and insert the INF entrys below [registry_addreg] into the template like the above file.

https://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/7560-please-help-how-to-make-a-addon-that-will-apply-registry-tweaks-before-windows-starts/

https://www.nliteos.com/addons/index.html#registry_addreg

You can make a nLite addon for this to insert the registry entry into install media registry.

1. Make a file called Entries_POSReady.ini and put in the following contents

;=======================================
; Entries_POSReady nLite Addon Registry Keys
;=======================================
[general]
builddate=2019/11/10
description=Entries_POSReady
language=English
title=Entries_POSReady
version=1.0
website=

[registry_addreg]
HKLM, "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WindowsEmbedded\ProductVersion", "FeaturePackVersion", 0x0, "SP3"
HKLM, "SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady", "Installed", 0x10001, 0x1

2. Zip the file into POSReady_Regtweaks.zip

3. Add the zip file as addon into nLite

Integrate this file as addon with nLite into installation source Windows XP SP3 x86. Then install Windows.
This allows x86 RAM to go to 128GB.
From Dibya

=================================================================================
# Special thanks to 5eraph and Ramsey (admin of zone54)
#Special thanks to My close friends BHlPT, Dencorso , FranceBB , GreenhillManiac , 5eraph , neverseen , tomy , Samuka
# thanks a whole lot to user_hidden for update pack
# thank a whole lot to harkaz for SP4
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This file contains a list of all entries that need to be added to various Windows
# Thanks a lot to all guys/gals of zone62,msfn,driverpackforum, ryanvm forum,wincert,overclocker.
# Greatest respect and thanks to nuhi for nlite and Ryan ,Signet for RVMi
===================================================================================
fixed bugs regarding XP drivers ::
*Hid Parsing Library
info will be updated soon
To get this patch work put /PAE in boot.ini
Windows_XP_128GB_double_pae_addon_final_byDibya.7z

---------------------------------------------------------------

Download:

 

Mirror:
https://www.mirrored.to/files/EWEVP0ZF/Windows_XP_128GB_double_pae_addon_final_byDibya.7z_links

 

Here is mirror of Ricktendo .NET 4.7.2 Slim
https://www.mirrored.to/files/K4VQX3HM/NET_Framework_4.7.2_Slim_x86x64_(5-1-2018).exe_links

For Windows 7 installation, see (to install NET-FW 4.7 on Windows 7 a patch has to be installed before 4.7: KB4019990. After installing KB4019990 no issues anymore):

For those that have found this thread from search and are having problems in Win7 and above, I made a new less invasive reg script for this for Win7 attached. This is as a reg file instead since its easier to read. Youll need to do a find-replace as instructed in the file on your Browser path.

Changes:
This one is less invasive and doesnt replace the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT keys, but rather uses the new Win7 UserChoice entry method so that you can use Control Panel > Default Programs > Set your default programs > Choose defaults for this program to make them active at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.xxx\UserChoice

StartMenuInternet FileAssociations Win7.reg

I made a post commenting on this here:

 

The best thing to provide would be BAT files for removal of files.
Dont think the forum rules allow posting of Microsoft files directly except linking to Microsoft servers.
The user has to download iso using Techbench or ISO Downloader, mount install.wim image using a tool such as GImageX, and then perform the removals themselves via bat files.

I have archived some removal bat files over the time, linked:

https://sites.google.com/site/webuploads7373/win7minification

BAT File Removals:
dead0.rar
Jeronimo-Dead0-Scripts-Batch-ORIGINAL.zip
jeronimo.rar
liquid.rar
mackyreddy_Micro7_BatRemovals_V7.zip
DISM Components Removal LIsts:
Jeronimo packages.xls
Liquid0624 7packages.pdf
scribd Win7packages_dism-vs-vlite (based on jeronimo).pdf

Perhaps we could compile them into a github (forums get too messy)- and then all commit and add components and notes via github files and report findings in github issues.

Here are some good guides i've found using RT 7 LIte:
https://winreducer.forumotion.com/t23-slimmingdown-windows-7
https://web.archive.org/web/20130530000931/http://www.rtwincustomize.net/web/index.php?/topic/7146-components-to-keep/
https://msfn.org/board/topic/157337-rt-7-lite-components-removal-explanation/
https://msfn.org/board/topic/133491-windows-7-keep-list
https://msfn.org/board/topic/134863-windows-7-vlite-deprecated

There is a working download link for this at (.NET Framework 4.7.2 Slim x86/x64):
https://repacks.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7

For Windows 7 installation, see (to install NET-FW 4.7 on Windows 7 a patch has to be installed before 4.7: KB4019990. After installing KB4019990 no issues anymore):
https://repacks.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7&start=40#p1028

And even another.... 

http://www.mainsoft.fr/en/downloads.htm

 

ExecParm v 1.3

ExecParm is another Context Menu extension for Windows Explorer. It allows you to run a program with parameters on the command line. Seems useless? Without ExecParm you'll have to go to the Start | Run... menu, remember the path for the executable and then enter the command line parameters. You'll see, ExecParm is much simpler, especially when used in conjunction with Clipname.

because IE was still the default program (you can check that easily in control panel) and besides Firefox still asking to be the default browser when launched.

Firefox asking to be the default browser when launched will still happen when using this tool - because Firefox writes its own custom Handler type for example class "FirefoxHTML" whereas I use a generic class "MyHTMLFile" in this script. Regardless, it says nothing as per the functionality of whether this works. This tool was designed mainly for Portable versions of browsers in which checking for default browser should be disabled anyways - and this tool does not guarantee to mimic exactly the classes used by all the different browsers - but its goal is just to write all the keys so that they are correctly functional.

 

The most important thing to see is if direct launching http links, launching htm/html/mht files, and launching url files is working or not. When you click on a htm file from the explorer - is it opening with the browser you specified? All of the other things are cosmetic only.

 

Regarding the browser displayed in Control Panel for Windows 7, is this the screen you are looking at, and would you mind doing a check for me since I do not use Windows 7? Could you open up regedit and make the following change?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice

"ProgId"="MyHTMLFile"

 

Try redownloading the file - I have added UserChoice reg entries to the tool and tell me if this changes what Windows 7 shows in Control Panel.

Hi robertcollier4,

 

Tested with Firefox 18.0.2 and Win7 X64.

 

 

tested in command line and GUI

 

 

 DefaultBrowserInRegistry.exe "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe" 

 

 

Doesn't work.

 

How do you know it didn't work? What is the problem you are having? When running in silent mode - if it worked - there is no output / nothing written to command line.

 

What is the content of the following key in regedit.exe? - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MyHTMLFile\Shell\Open\Command

Can it be run in command line (silently) ?

Good idea. I have updated the script to accept a command line argument to run in silent mode. When run with an argument on the command line, the only time it will popup a dialog is to display an error message if it has received a path which it is unable to parse. (AutoHotkey does not natively support writing to stdio / stderr). If you pass it a correctly formed path - it will run completely silently and produce no dialogs.

I wrote this because I was unable to find any working tools on the Internet to correctly change the default browser association in Windows (such as if you want to use a portable edition of a browser).

The problem with all of the other tools on the Internet is that they do not correctly handle .URL files. Since .URL files are text files - they have to be passed to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\InternetShortcut" where the URL gets parsed by shdocvw.dll and then passed to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http. With other tools - the .URL files would open as text files in the browser instead of opening the actual URL itself. This script does it correctly.

 

 

 

Download here:

http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/89803-set-default-browser-in-registry-correctly-handles-url-files/

 

Silent mode: If no command line arguments will show GUI. Will run in silent mode if argument passed to it on command line. Silent mode if successful does not write anything to command line / stdout (Autohotkey does not natively support writing to stdio)- if you are running in silent mode and the utility runs without any popups or warning dialogs - then the change was successful.

Silent mode example: DefaultBrowserInRegistry.exe "D:\PortableApps\GoogleChromePortable\GoogleChromePortable.exe"

This one is also very good and perhaps even more lightweight..

HashCheck Shell Extension (85KB download)

http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/

http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/downloads/HashCheckInstall-latest.exe