Enable or disable "Show Hidden Folders".

Registry path to enable or disable "Show Hidden Folders" in Folder Options.

1. Open Regedit through run.

2. Navigate to the path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

3. Change the value of "Hidden" to 1 inorder to enable and viceversa and restart the computer to apply changes effectively.

This works for Vista,7 & 8.

Enable or Disable Folder Options from Tool menu.

Obviously registry keys and group policy helps us to do whatever changes we need in the system. Here is one among those, to enable or disable Folder options from tools menu.

When you open windows explorer, under Tools menu you can find an option called Folder Option. To enable or disable it. Here is the steps,

Through group policy:

1. Open Gpedit through run.

2. Navigate User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer

3. Locate "Remove the Folder Option menu item from the tools menu".

4. Enable it inorder to remove and viceversa.

Through registry editor:

1. Open regedit.

2. Locate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer & HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer 

3. If "NoFolderOptions" Dword is present delete it or modify it to 0 to enable and viceversa.

Enable or Disable Recycle Bin From Desktop.

It is quite easy to enable or disable Recycle Bin from Desktop:

Method 1.
1. Right Click on Desktop, Choose Personalize.
2. Select Change Desktop Icons.
3. To enable select recycle bin and viceversa.

Method 2 (Registry Keys):
I.1. Open Regedit through run.
  2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\    {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
  3. If the value of default string is set to "Recycle bin", delete it inorder to enable recycle bin on desktop and    viceversa.

II 1. Open Regedit through run.
   2. Navigate to HKCUSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel\      
  3. Change the value of the DWORD {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} to "0" inorder to enable recycle bin on desktop and  to "1" to disable.

Method 3 (Group Policy):
1. Open Gpedit.msc.
2. Navigate to User Cnfiguration\Administrative Templates\Desktop.
3. Locate "Remove Recycle bin from Desktop".
4. Inorder to disable check enable and vicersa.

Method 4 (search box):
1. Type Desktop icon on search box.
2. Select show or hide common icons on desktop.
3. Choose the recycle bin to enable.

Note: The changes may happen suddenly or may require reboot.

To Resolve "Outlook cannot send email: 530 authentication required" error message when configuring Microsoft Outlook.

There may arise some error message known as "Outlook cannot send email: 530 Authentication Required" while configuring outlook. Here is the Solution,

1. Click More settings on Microsoft Outlook wizard.
2. Enable "My Outgoing Server Requires Authentication".
3. Proceed for configuraton.

Enable or Disable Registry Editor through Gpedit

1. Open gpedit.msc through run.
2. Navigate to User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System
3. On the right side locate "Prevent access to registry editing tools" and double click it.
4. The status will be "Not Configure" by default.
5. In order to enable it,
        i. Change the "Not Configure" to "Enable" and again revert back to "Not Configured". (Or perform Step 5.ii)
        ii. Click on the "Disable" button and apply it.
6. In order to disable registry edit, Click the button "Enable" and apply it.

Enable or disable command prompt:

There may arise a message "The command has been disabled by your administrator. Press any key to continue...." when you try to open the command prompt. Here is the solution..

Gpedit:
1. Open gpedit.msc
2. Go through the direction: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System
3. On the right side extended view locate "prevent access to command prompt", right click it and select edit.
4. Inorder to disable select enable option.
5. Inorder to enable, select disable option.

Regedit:
1. Open registry editor through administrator.
2. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System and locate DisableCMD.
3. If it is present click and edit the value to 0 to enable.
4. If it is not present, create a DWORD value.
5. To disable, modify the value to 1.
6. To disable command prompt and Scripts modify to 2.

Export result in a desired file from Command Prompt.

Inorder to get the results of the command in a desired file use the following format:

ipconfig > D:\ipconfiguration.doc

The > operator is used to export the data on the location prescribed.\

Enable or Disable Task Manager through Regedit and Gpedit.

Sometimes we might face the popup message displaying as "Task Manager is disabled by administrator" when we try to open task manager. Here is the solution for the above scenario through regedit and gpedit.msc.

Registry Editor:

1. Open regedit in administrator mode.

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

3. If the value DisableTaskMgr is present modify its value to 0 to enable Task manager.

4. If the value is not present create a DWORD and name is as value in the step 3.

5. Inorder to disable task manager modify the value to 1.

Gpedit:

1. Open gpedit.msc.

2. Go through the path User Configuration\Administrative templates\System\Ctrl+Alt+Del Options

3. On the right side extended view select "Remove Task Manager", perform right click and choose edit.

4. The default value will be Not Configured.

5. To enable the task manager click Disable.

6. To disable the task manager click enable.