Windows Tips and Tricks

Quick fixes and setup shortcuts

These are practical Windows notes and commands. Commands are intended to be copy/paste ready.

Windows 11 setup

  • Bypass NRO (force offline setup option)

    Open CMD with Shift + F10.

    OOBE\BYPASSNRO

    Your computer will restart and you should see the "I don't have Internet" option.

  • Bypass Microsoft account (local account flow)

    Open CMD with Shift + F10.

    start ms-cxh:localonly

Explorer tweaks

  • Set classic context menu as default

    Run as current user (not SYSTEM).

    reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /ve /f
  • Remove Explorer command bar

    Run as current user (not SYSTEM).

    reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{d93ed569-3b3e-4bff-8355-3c44f6a52bb5}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
  • Restart Explorer (apply changes without reboot) 
    taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
    start explorer.exe
  • Restore classic context menu (undo) 
    reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f
  • Restore Explorer command bar (undo) 
    reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{d93ed569-3b3e-4bff-8355-3c44f6a52bb5}" /f

Windows cleaning

  • BleachBit

    Download and use BleachBit (safe cleaning tool):

    https://www.bleachbit.org/download/windows

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Notes

  • Run registry changes as current user
  • Restart Explorer to apply changes