Windows 10 tweak

This is a small list of tweak I do into windows 10 gathered from different source on the internet.

1- Add the "run as different user" context choice to start menu item...

Add this registry entry

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"ShowRunAsDifferentUserInStart"=dword:00000001

2- On desktop disable Hibernation:

 CMD -> run as admin -> powercfg -h off

3- Add "notepad as admin" to send to menu

4- Add the "my pc" icon on the desktop:
 Open the settings app -> click personalization -> click theme -> click desktop icon settings

5- Change the default behavior when opening windows explorer to default to "My PC" :
 Open windows explorer ->  click on view -> option -> change folder and search option -> in the top left of the general view under "open file explorer to" select "This PC"

6 - in windows 10 creator update you can remove the "maintenance center" from the tray icon:
  Open the settings app -> click personalization -> Choose "taskbar" from the left -> scroll down to "activate or deactivate system icon" -> turn off the "maintenance center" icon and any other icon you no longer want in the system tray.

Send to notepad as Admin

As we decided to now enable UAC back on all our computer I was finding it annoying when editing file in UAC protected folder I was searching for a solution and found this old blog post by nickstugr:


Send-to-notepad-as-admin - Posted on December 14, 2012

 

1-      Type “shell:sendto” into an explorer address bar.

2-      Create a new shortcut to notepad in this folder pointing at “%windir%\system32\notepad.exe” (or your editor of choice)

3-      Call this shortcut “Notepad as Admin”

4-      Once created, go into the shortcuts properties, go to the shortcut tab, click advanced… and tick “Run as administrator”

Now when you want to edit a file that your non-elevated user cannot edit, right click the file, choose send to, choose Notepad as Admin and UAC will kick in and elevate for you!