1. Note the text of the item you want to remove
2. Start Regedit
3. Go to the following sections in the Registry and delete the subkey with the string you noted in Step 1.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\file
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell

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Changing the Default Sound in Explorer
You can change the default sound heard when navigating to folders in the Explorer.

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ AppEvents \ Schemes \ Apps\ Explorer \ Navigating\ .current
3. Change the default value to the wav file you want to use.
4. Leaving it blank will turn off the sound.
5. This also changes the default sound when opening a page in the Internet Explorer.

Running the Explorer in Separate Process (NT/XP Only)
By default, the Windows Desktop, Taskbar, and Explorer run in a single process using multiple threads. You can modify the registry so that the Taskbar and Desktop will run in one process with each instance of Explorer in a separate process.

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
3. Create a DWORD value called DesktopProcess
4. Give it a value of 1

Changing Drive Icons in Explorer
To change the icon used for specific drives in Explorer

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Explorer
3. Create a key called DriveIcons
4. Within DriveIcons, create another key with the drive letter you want to change (..\DriveIcons\K)
5. Create another key within the drive letter key called DefaultIcon
6. Set the default value equal to the icon you want to use.
7. If you have a file that has more than one icon in it, such as a DLL file, use the standard C:\full_path\icon_file.dll,x
   where x is the number of the icon within the file icon_file.dll.

Changing Drive Labels in Explorer (Windows2000 and XP)
Normally the Explorer shows drive labels as "Compact Disk", "Removable Disk" ect.

To change the NAME of this label for specific drives:

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Explorer
3. Create a key called DriveIcons
4. Within DriveIcons, create another key with the drive letter you want to change (..\DriveIcons\K)
5. Create another within the drive letter key called DefaultLabel
6. Give the Default Value for this key the label you want to appear for that drive letter. (Jazz Drive etc.)
7. Restart the computer

Resetting Graphics PreView in Explorer
[left]For Windows98, ME or Windows 2000, if you have View as Web Page enabled but do not see a picture preview in Explorer:

1. Start Regedit
2. Go to Registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ file type \ ShellEx \ {BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
3. Make sure the Default Value "{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"

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