Category Archives: Windows 11 (en)

Delete ‘Home’ and ‘Gallery’ in Windows 11

Posted on January 20, 2025 by

Old rascal Billy keeps adding a bunch of idiotic interf*c* elements like Home and Gallery, which any sane person would want to burn away with holy water. Let’s get started. Remove Home Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} Rename {f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} to DISABLE_HOME_BUTTON={f874310e-b6b7-47dc-bc84-b9e6b38f5903} (you … Continue reading →

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“Select which icons appear on the taskbar” setting is missing

Posted on January 2, 2024 by

For a dozen years, Windows has had a setting – “what to display in the tray”. It’s called: “Select which icons appear on the taskbar“. And now in Windows 11, it’s gone. WHAT TO DO? No need to panic. Billy … Continue reading →

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[Windows] Remove different “types” of folders in Explorer

Posted on September 7, 2023 by

The worst thing in Windows is the display of media file details in file explorer. Billy’s explorer likes to impose on users the type of folder (music, photos, etc.) they supposedly “need”. Changes in folder type settings are gliching. To … Continue reading →

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Turn Windows 11 into Windows 10 (UI)

Posted on May 1, 2023 by

It turns out that I forgot to share this thing, which I’ve been using for a long time… ExplorerPatcher – allows you to rollback some elements of the terrible interface of Windows 11 to the normal classic period of ten … Continue reading →

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Returning the old terminal after Windows 11 update KB5019509

Posted on October 20, 2022 by

Got the update for Windows today – KB5019509 and the terminal’s arm was torn off. That is, it stopped displaying console programs like my Roguelike game. The update that broke it, adds tabs to the console, while breaking everything else… … Continue reading →

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Add “New” .txt in Windows 11 to the context menu

Posted on October 20, 2022 by

Add “New” .txt in Windows 11 to the context menu Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew] “NullFile”=”” [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy] @=”Text File” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy\shell\printto] “NeverDefault”=”” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfilelegacy\shell\printto\command] @=hex(2):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,00,6e,00,6f,00,\ 74,00,65,00,70,00,61,00,64,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,74,\ 00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,\ 25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,34,00,22,00,00,00 Run it, kill the explorer and enjoy the ability … Continue reading →

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Remove “New” file types from the context menu in Windows 11

Posted on October 20, 2022 by

I switched to Windows 11 with a crunch. Terrible interface. Billy, why?! In general, one of the crutches that you have to substitute in order not to go crazy – removing @#$% file types from the context menu “New”. It’s … Continue reading →

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