Windows 8 和 8.1 是有争议的，因为它们从根本上改变了Windows的工作方式，并且随着每个后续版本的发布，它们都会半途而废。例如，Windows 8.1 允许用户直接启动到桌面，但您必须自己手动更改此设置。
在即将推出的名为Windows 8.1 Update 1的下一个更新中，任何非触控设备都将自动启动到桌面。他们还将在开始屏幕上添加一个(start screen)电源按钮(power button)，这样你就不必再去Charms 菜单(Charms menu)了。无论如何，这只是两个世界的大混乱，并且随着每个版本的发布而不断变化，这肯定会让更多人感到困惑和烦恼。
无论如何，如果您使用的是Windows 8，这里有一些有用的注册表调整，我已经使用了一段时间，它们使操作系统更容易忍受。我之前为Windows 8编写了大约 10 个注册表黑客，但我发现下面的那些在(Windows 8)日常工作(day basis)中更有用。如果您想分享一些自己的注册表调整，请随时在评论中发布！另外，请注意，您应该在每次注册表编辑(registry edit)后重新启动计算机以使其正常工作。
任务栏 – 单击(Taskbar – Single Clicks)堆叠的程序(Stacked Programs)
默认情况下，如果您有一个堆叠在任务栏上的程序，单击它会弹出一个预览窗口(preview window)，您可以在其中看到所有打开的窗口。
在上面的示例中，我打开了三个资源管理器(Explorer)窗口，当我单击任务栏中的图标时，它会显示这三个窗口的预览。然后我必须单击其中一个才能打开该特定窗口。我一直觉得这完全没用。是的，它看起来很酷，但实际上并不是那么高效。
相反，您可以进行一个小的注册表调整(registry tweak)，当您单击时，它只会让您循环浏览所有打开的窗口！您仍然可以将鼠标悬停在图标上并预览所有打开的窗口并单击您喜欢的任何窗口，但是通过调整，您只需单击图标并快速移动到您想要的窗口而无需加载预览. 这是调整：
Windows 注册表编辑器 5.00 版(Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00)
；更改在 Windows 8 中单击任务栏的行为(;Change behavior of single clicks on the taskbar in Windows 8)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
“LastActiveClick”=dword:00000001
您可以手动转到注册表并将其添加到那里，也可以打开记事本并将(Notepad and copy)上面的代码复制并粘贴到新文件中。阅读我之前关于在 Windows 8 的上下文菜单中(context menu in Windows 8 )添加一些选项的文章，了解如何使用记事本创建和运行(Notepad)注册表文件(registry file)。
将磁盘清理添加到上下文菜单
我经常在我的计算机上运行磁盘清理，并且发现每次我想使用它时都搜索它很烦人。(disk cleanup)您可以添加上下文菜单选项(context menu option)，以便在Windows 8/8.1中右键单击磁盘驱动器(disk drive)时，您也将获得磁盘清理(disk cleanup)选项。
这是将密钥添加到注册表以使其正常工作的代码。
Windows 注册表编辑器 5.00 版(Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00)
；在驱动器上下文菜单中添加“磁盘清理”选项.. (;Adds “Disk Cleanup” Option to Drive Context Menu..)
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Disk cleanup]
“icon”=”cleanmgr.exe”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Disk cleanup\command]
@=”cleanmgr.exe /d %1″
安全模式上下文菜单
需要将Windows 8启动到安全模式？我写了一篇关于这个主题的完整文章，因为在Windows 8中进入安全模式是一件非常痛苦(royal pain)的事情。您要么必须使用 msconfig，在单击超级按钮栏中的Restart时按(Restart)SHIFT ，要么使用系统恢复磁盘(system recovery disk)。
好吧，如果您可以将安全模式选项添加到右键单击上下文菜单(context menu)中，如下所示：
幸运的是，八个论坛(Eight Forums)的天才们编写了一个注册表黑客(registry hack)，其中包含一些脚本文件，可让您将这个很棒的选项添加到Windows 8和Windows 8.1。他们有关于如何安装脚本的完整说明，您可以直接从他们的网站下载reg 文件。(reg file)绝对(Definitely)让我在安全模式下启动更加方便。
将顶级域添加(Add Top-Level Domains)到IE 自动搜索(IE Auto Search)
(Internet Explorer 11)Windows 8中的Internet Explorer 11有一个很好的功能，它会在您开始输入时为您提供网站建议。例如，如果我输入“mi”，我会得到这个列表：
您会在结果中注意到 .com 和 .net 域(notice .com and .net domains)。默认情况下，设置了四个匹配的域：.com、.net、.org 和 .edu(.org and .edu)。但是，如果您愿意，可以在此列表中添加更多内容。假设您为政府工作或居住在英国或其他国家/地区并希望将其添加到建议列表中，那么您所要做的就是运行下面的注册表代码(registry code)。
Windows 注册表编辑器版本 5.00 (Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00)
;== Add extra URLs to Internet Explorer auto url searches ==
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\UrlTemplate]
“5”=”www.%s.gov”
“6”=”www.%s.mil”
“7”=”www.%s.co.uk”
“8”=”www.%s.be”
“9”=”www.%s.de”
“10”=”www.%s.nl”
您可以将这些值更改为您喜欢的任何值，例如 .in 表示India等。您也可以根据需要添加任意数量的值。只要(Just)确保它从 5 点开始，然后从那里上升。
删除默认 Windows 库
我经常在Windows 8系统上执行的另一项调整是删除(Windows 8)Explorer中的所有默认库文件夹。我个人有自己的文件夹来组织内容，因此不使用它们。
再次，八个论坛(Eight Forums)的人提出了一个reg 文件(reg file)来从您的系统中删除所有这些文件夹，以便您拥有一个干净的资源管理器(Explorer)窗口，如下所示：
如果您喜欢桌面版(desktop one)，那通常在收藏夹(Favorites)下，所以即使我使用它，我通常也会删除它。现在，我不再拥有一堆我从不点击的文件夹，而是拥有我的硬盘驱动器和外部设备列表。干净多了！
因此，这些是针对Windows 8和Windows 8.1的一些快速注册表调整，希望它们能让您在使用操作系统(operating system)时更有效率。如果您有一些自己的调整，请在评论中告诉我们。享受！
5 Handy Windows 8/8.1 Registry Tweaks
Windows 8 and 8.1 are controversial because they chаnged the way Wіndows fundamentally worked and with every sυbsequent releasе, they backtrack hаlfway. For example, Windowѕ 8.1 allowed users to boot directly to the desktop, but you had to manually сhange this ѕetting yourѕelf.
In the next update coming soon called Windows 8.1 Update 1, any non-touch device will automatically boot to the desktop. They are also going to be adding a power button to the start screen so you don’t have to go to the Charms menu anymore. Anyway, it’s just a big mess of two worlds and it keeps changing with every release, which is sure to confuse and annoy more people.
Anyway, if you are using Windows 8, here are some useful registry tweaks that I’ve been using for a while that have made the OS more bearable. I had previously written about 10 registry hacks for Windows 8, but I find the ones below to be more useful on a day to day basis. If you have some of your own registry tweaks you’d like to share, feel free to post them in the comments! Also, note that you should restart your computer after each registry edit in order for them to work.
Taskbar – Single Clicks on Stacked Programs
By default, if you have a program that is stacked on the taskbar, clicking on it will bring up a preview window where you can see all the open windows.
In the example above, I have three Explorer windows open and when I click on the icon in the taskbar, it shows the previews for those three windows. Then I have to click on one of them to open that particular window. I have always found this completely useless. Yes, it’s cool looking and all, but it really is not all that efficient.
Instead, you can make a small registry tweak that will simply cycle you through all the open windows when you single click! You can still hover your mouse over the icon and get a preview of all the open windows and click on any one you like, but with the tweak, you can just click on the icon and quickly move to the window you want without loading the previews. Here’s the tweak:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Change behavior of single clicks on the taskbar in Windows 8
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
“LastActiveClick”=dword:00000001
You can either go to the registry manually and add this there or you can open Notepad and copy and paste the code above into a new file. Read my previous post on adding some options to the context menu in Windows 8 for instructions on how to create and run the registry file using Notepad.
Add Disk Cleanup to Context Menu
I run disk cleanup fairly often on my computer and have found it annoying to search for it every time I want to use it. You can add a context menu option so that whenever you right-click on a disk drive in Windows 8/8.1, you’ll get an option for disk cleanup too.
Here’s the code that will add the keys to the registry for this to work.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Adds “Disk Cleanup” Option to Drive Context Menu..
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Disk cleanup]
“icon”=”cleanmgr.exe”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Disk cleanup\command]
@=”cleanmgr.exe /d %1″
Safe Mode Context Menu
Need to boot Windows 8 into safe mode? I had written a whole post on this topic because it’s a royal pain to get into safe mode in Windows 8. You either have to use msconfig, press SHIFT while clicking on Restart in the charms bar or use a system recovery disk.
Well, what if you could add the safe mode options to the right-click context menu like shown below:
Luckily, the geniuses over at Eight Forums have written up a registry hack with some script files that let you add this awesome option to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. They have full instructions on how to install the scripts and you can download the reg file directly from their site. Definitely has made starting up in safe mode a lot more convenient for me.
Add Top-Level Domains to IE Auto Search
Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 8 has a nice feature where it’ll give you suggestions for sites as you start typing. For example, if I type in “mi”, I get this list:
You’ll notice .com and .net domains in the results. By default, there are four domains that are set to match: .com, .net, .org and .edu. However, you can add more to this list if you like. Let’s say you work for the government or live in the UK or in another country and want to add that to the list of suggestions, then all you have to do is run the registry code below.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;== Add extra URLs to Internet Explorer auto url searches ==
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\UrlTemplate]
“5”=”www.%s.gov”
“6”=”www.%s.mil”
“7”=”www.%s.co.uk”
“8”=”www.%s.be”
“9”=”www.%s.de”
“10”=”www.%s.nl”
You can change those values to whatever you like, such as .in for India, etc. You also can add as many or as few as you like. Just make sure it starts at 5 and go up from there.
Remove Default Windows Libraries
Another tweak I always perform on my Windows 8 systems is removing all those default library folders in Explorer. I personally have my own folders for organizing content and therefore don’t use them.
Again, the guys at Eight Forums have come up with a reg file to remove all of these folders from your system so that you have a clean Explorer windows like this:
If you like the desktop one, that normally is there under Favorites anyway, so I usually remove that one too even though I use it. Now instead of having a bunch of folders I never click on, I just have my list of hard drives and external devices. Much cleaner!
So those are a couple of quick registry tweaks for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 that hopefully will make you a little more productive with the operating system. If you have some of your own tweaks, lets us know in the comments. Enjoy!
