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Beard: /* Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen */

2020-02-28T17:21:20Z

‎Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen

2020-02-28T17:08:40Z

‎Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen

2020-02-28T17:06:06Z

‎Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen

2020-02-28T17:01:34Z

‎Bring Back Windows 7 Photo Viewer

2020-02-12T22:16:09Z

‎Disable Aero Shake

2020-02-12T22:14:38Z

‎Rename an ODBC Driver

2020-02-12T19:21:51Z

‎Add Cygwin

2020-02-12T19:21:32Z

‎Add Cmd.exe

2020-02-12T19:21:04Z

‎Add Cmd.exe

2020-02-12T18:43:36Z

‎Add Cmd.exe

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 == Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen ==
-This one actually pertains specifically to media playback in Google Chrome. It causes media controls to display on the Desktop and even the lock screen, which I hate because it reveals what I was listening to even when the screen is locked!
+This one actually pertains specifically to media playback in Google Chrome. It causes media controls to display on the Desktop and even the lock screen, which I hate because it reveals what I was listening to even when the screen is locked! This is almost as idiotic as a phone that displays the content of your latest text messages on the lock screen.
-You can disable it in Chrome's advanced settings. See the section [[Chrome/Chromium Browser#Disable_Hardware_Media_Key_Handling|Disable Hardware Media Key Handling]].
+You can disable this in Chrome's advanced settings. See the section [[Chrome/Chromium Browser#Disable_Hardware_Media_Key_Handling|Disable Hardware Media Key Handling]].

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 == Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen ==
-This one actually pertains specifically to media playback in Google Chrome. It causes media controls to display on the Desktop and even the lock screen, which I hate because it
+This one actually pertains specifically to media playback in Google Chrome. It causes media controls to display on the Desktop and even the lock screen, which I hate because it reveals what I was listening to even when the screen is locked!
-You can disable it in Chrome's advanced settings. See the section Disable Media Key Handling.
+You can disable it in Chrome's advanced settings. See the section [[Chrome/Chromium Browser#Disable_Hardware_Media_Key_Handling|Disable Hardware Media Key Handling]].

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:06, 28 February 2020
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	== Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen ==		== Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen ==

−	This one actually pertains specifically to ~~audio~~ playback in Google Chrome. You can disable it in Chrome's advanced settings. See the section Disable Media Key Handling.	+	This one actually pertains specifically to media playback in Google Chrome. It causes media controls to display on the Desktop and even the lock screen, which I hate because it
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		+	You can disable it in Chrome's advanced settings. See the section Disable Media Key Handling.

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:01, 28 February 2020
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	"PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"=-		"PhotoViewer.FileAssoc.Tiff"=-
	</source>		</source>
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		+	== Disable Media Controls on Lock Screen ==
		+
		+	This one actually pertains specifically to audio playback in Google Chrome. You can disable it in Chrome's advanced settings. See the section Disable Media Key Handling.

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 = Disable Aero Shake =
-The feature that on on uses on purpose. Here's how to disable it:
+The feature that no one uses on purpose. Here's how to disable it:
 Edit the registry key:

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:14, 12 February 2020
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	Rename the, "DRIVER NAME" key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI to the same name you used above.		Rename the, "DRIVER NAME" key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI to the same name you used above.
		+
		+	= Disable Aero Shake =
		+
		+	The feature that on on uses on purpose. Here's how to disable it:
		+
		+	Edit the registry key:
		+	<pre>
		+	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	Add a new DWORD value called <code>DisallowShaking</code> and set the hex value to 1.

	= Editing Protected Registry Keys =		= Editing Protected Registry Keys =

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 add reg key:
 <pre>
-[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash
+HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash
 	(Default)			REG_SZ		bash
-	NoWorkingDirectory	REG_SZ
+	NoWorkingDirectory		REG_SZ
 </pre>
 add reg key:
 <pre>
-[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash\command
+HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash\command
 	(Default)			REG_SZ		C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe /bin/bash -l -c '/transpath.sh "%V"'
 </pre>

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 edit reg key:
 <pre>
-[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd
+HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd
 	(Default)			REG_SZ		cmd
-	NoWorkingDirectory	REG_SZ
+	NoWorkingDirectory		REG_SZ
 </pre>
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 edit reg key:
 <pre>
-[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd\command
+HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd\command
 	(Default)			REG_SZ		cmd.exe /s /k pushd "%V"
 </pre>

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 	(Default)			REG_SZ		cmd
 	NoWorkingDirectory	REG_SZ
 </pre>
-x00639bc8
+(Original value for Default is @shell32.dll,-8506)
-Now be sure to rename the "Extended" string value and the HideBasedOnVelocityId DWORD value (if it exists). I just rename them with an underscore at the beginning (ie. "_Extended").
+Now be sure to rename the "Extended" string value and the "HideBasedOnVelocityId" DWORD value (if they exist). I just rename them with an underscore at the beginning (ie. "_Extended" and "_HideBasedOnVelocityId").
 edit reg key: