Disable Aero Shake Minimizing of Windows: You can stop Windows 7 or Windows 10 from minimizing all your open windows whenever you shake a window’s title bar with this setting.

If you’re an advanced user who changes file ownership frequently, you can add a “Take Ownership” command to the context menu to speed this up.

Add “Take Ownership” to the Context Menu: On Windows, files are “owned” by users.

It was created for Windows 8 but still works on the latest versions of Windows 10.

Disable Windows 10’s Lock Screen: If you don’t like swiping away the tablet-style lock screen and want to see a traditional sign-in screen every time you boot, sign out of, or lock your PC, this registry hack is for you.

You can still hover over a taskbar icon to see previews of its open windows.

The LastActiveClick hack makes a single click open your last active window for that application, saving you a click when switching windows.

On Windows 7 and Windows 10, clicking your taskbar buttons normally shows you a thumbnail list of all your open windows for that application, if it has multiple windows open.

Make Your Taskbar Buttons Always Switch to the Last Active Window: This is my personal favorite.

Block User Accounts From Running Specific Apps: Using the registry, you can prevent other Windows user accounts from running specific applications on your system.

Stop Other User Accounts From Shutting Down Your PC: You can prevent specific user accounts on your PC from shutting it down by applying this registry hack.

Add “Open With Notepad” to the Context Menu for All Files: If you regularly find yourself looking at various types of text files in Notepad, add an “Open With Notepad” option to every file to make this faster.

Right-click your desktop and select the entry to launch it quickly.

Add Any Application to Your Desktop’s Context Menu: You can add any application to your desktop’s context menu.

Clean Up Your Messy Context Menu: You can manually remove entries from the cluttered context menu on your desktop or in the file manager via the registry.

It can protect you from “potentially unwanted programs” (PUPs) too if you change a registry setting.

Enable Windows Defender’s Secret Crapware Blocker: On Windows 10, Windows Defender automatically scans for malware in the background.

Display a Message at Sign In: You can make Windows always show a message whenever someone signs into your PC.

We’ve written about a ton of registry hacks.

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