Registry Decoder v1.0 ~ Digital Forensics Tool

What is Registry Decoder?
Registry Decoder provides a single tool in which to perform browsing, searching, analysis, and reporting of registry hive contents. All functionality is exposed through an intuitive GUI interface and accommodates even novice investigators. Registry Decoder is a free and open source tool


Registry Decoder was initially funded by the National Institute of Justice in

How to block or Disable Autorun.inf file in windows xp,Windows 7-Registry Edit

Block Autorun

Depending on the version of Windows that you are using, there are different updates that you must have installed to correctly disable the Autorun functionality:
To disable the Autorun functionality in Windows XP, in Windows Server 2003, or in Windows 2000, you must have security update 950582, update 967715, or update 953252 installed.



Simple way to disable autorun.inf :

How to disable writing to USB?

If you are the administrator of public cafe or school,this trick will be helpful for giving protection to your system.  You can disable writing to USB.  This will prevent from file stealing.  You have to login to administrator so that you can access regedit.

Go to start .  Select run.

Type as regedit and hit enter
Now navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\

How to show SuperHidden files in xp and vista?

Some files will be hidden from Users. If you want to see those files,you have to edit the registry. This hack will fit for both windows xp and Vista.

Go to Start-Enter as Regedit
Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AdvancedIn the right panel ,you can see the superhidden registry
Right click on the SuperHidden
Change the Data value to 1.
Click

How to Change or Rename the Recycle bin in windows?

Go to start->run
type as regedit
and hit enter
Registry edit will open.

Navigate to this Path by clicking the plus symbol:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} You can see as Recycle bin in right panel.
Change it as your wish.

How to Fix the Login speed problem ?

Is your login speed very slow? then this may work to speed up your login speed.

Go to star->run
Type as regedit and hit enter
Navigate to this folder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\Guardian


Right click over "Guardian" in the left pane.
Left click on "Permissions"
Left click "SYSTEM" once to highlight it.
Check "deny" in all boxes that you can at

How to delete the recent file list from windows?

Windows Media Player (WMP) is a built-in application that allows you to play multimedia files. Like many other applications, WMP remembers the most recently played files and displays them in the Recent File List under the File menu. This feature is useful if you regularly play certain files, but you may want to clear the list if you share the computer and a user account or create archives and CDs