Vista system hidden file cleaning method

The deletion method of redundant fonts and redundant backup files in Vista system has long been known, so this article only introduces some relatively "hidden" deletion methods. Note: Before doing the following, you should back up the Windows registry so that you can restore the system in time after performing the wrong operation.

Deleting redundant virtual drive icons

When we installed a virtual drive in the system, there will be one more CD icon in "My Computer", even if you don't use virtual in the future. The optical drive, the virtual drive icon will continue to be retained, it is not necessary. Let's delete this redundant virtual drive icon: Click "Start → Run", type "regedit", press "OK" button to open the registry editor, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEEnumSCSI branch, and there are usually two under the SCSI subkey. Sub-keys, which correspond to the virtual drive and the physical drive respectively, delete all the sub-keys under SCSI, and the virtual drive icon will be deleted after restarting the computer. //This article transferred from www.45it.com computer software and hardware application network

remove redundant system-level icons

System-level icons are automatically created by the system when installing Windows, such as recycling Stations, inboxes, network neighborhoods, etc. Some of these icons are not useful to the user, but these icons cannot be deleted directly. Open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace branch, and delete the unwanted subkeys. After closing the Registry Editor and restarting your computer, you will notice that the system level icons that are not needed on the desktop have disappeared.

Remove the extra options from "Run"

If you use the "Start → Run" menu multiple times, you will find that its "Open" window is blocked by a lot of commands that are no longer needed. It’s messy. Open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\RunMRU branch, and delete the relevant key values ​​of the right window.

To delete the extra options in "Find"

Expand the HKEY_USER\\.Default\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Doc-FindSpecMRU branch and the relevant keys in the right window The value can be deleted.

Deleting extra keyboard layouts

Windows is trying to be the darling of the world, so its keyboard layout is suitable for the habits of people of all countries. Open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\KeyboardLayouts branch, and we can see that the keyboard has a variety of keyboard layouts such as Spanish (Traditional), Danish, German (Standard), etc. Without the keyboard layout of these languages, you can delete these subkeys directly.

Deleting extra locales

Similar to the above keyboard layout, there is also the Windows locale. Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Nls\\Locale branch in the Registry Editor. Simplified Chinese users can only keep the "00000804" key value, others can be deleted mercilessly.