REG files needed to finish Customisation of OS.

I will be performing a Clean Install over the next few days. I have pretty much got all the REG files that I need [ around 250 ]. I know that I can just click Off but since I have put a lot of time and effort into this I would ideally like to have REG files. There are only a few but I just can't seem to find them. These are ALL in Privacy . . .







As I said, I want to do this with REG files using Turn Off as opposed to Disable, NOT by clicking the Off radio button please.

Thanks in advance.

Paul Black said:

.... I want to do this with REG files using Turn Off as opposed to Disable, NOT by clicking the Off radio button please.

There are two location in the registry for this, one in HKLM and another in HKCU. The HKLM one will deny (or allow) for all users and is the value of the 'Allow on this device' Change button.

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The HKCU one is for the App on/off switch below that, which will be greyed out if you Deny on this device. Any administrator account can click the Change button to enable that, if they wish, but a standard user cannot without the permission of an admin account. If 'allowed' for all users, then any user account can change their own app switch.



Look in both of

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\

The appropriate sub-keys (in both HKLM and HKCU) for the ones you are looking for are:

appDiagnostics
radios
userDataTasks
phoneCall
userNotificationListener

Each key contains a REG_SZ value named Value with contents that should be either of Deny or Allow
Set each as you want them, then export the key to make your reg files.

Paul,

You could experiment with changing those settings manually and using RegShot to find out what was changed in the Registry.
You use RegShot

- to take before & after copies of the Registry
- then compare them.

regshot download SourceForge.net
regshot - Discussion - SourceForge
How to Use Regshot To Monitor Your Registry - HTG

But do remember that you also have to experiment with the results to check if they work the other way around
- whether or not changing the relevant Registry entry achieves the change in Windows behaviour that you seek, and
- whether or not changing the relevant Registry entry changes the entry in Settings [this can be quite separate from changing behaviour and you might not be interested].


Denis

Thank you for the replies @Bree and @Try3, it is very much appreciated.

Bree: I used the two locations and references that you posted and it was a breeze.
Try3: I will definitely look into RegShot, that sounds extremely interesting.

There must be a FULL list somewhere of the HKLM and HKCU Registry Keys etc, I will investigate.

Paul Black said:

must

Paul,

Must is not a word for Windows.

Denis

Try3 said:

Paul,

Must is not a word for Windows.

Denis

True. I've lost the plot!

Hello @RickC,

RickC said:

Paul - An alternative to RegShot is Nir Sofer's RegistryChangesView which similarly lets you take a 1st snapshot, make a change (or changes) then compare a second snapshot. What I like about it is that it also lets you save the 'differences' as a REG file directly.

That is a very neat and tidy Tool, thank you.