Windows Customizations¶

Disable `Win+L`¶

Source:

How can I disable the function (window key + L ) used to lock the window (answers.microsoft.com)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

create a new DWORD 32-bit value named DisableLockWorkstation
give it one of these values:
- 1 Disable Lock Workstation
- 0 Enable Lock Workstation

Windows Alt-Tab¶

Get the old Alt-Tab dialog back¶

Open Registry Editor.
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer.
Create a DWORD value named AltTabSettings.
Set its value data to 1.
Restart Windows Explorer or sign out and sign in again to apply the change.
```
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe
```

Alternative via registry file¶

Save the following as a .reg file.

.. todo:: FIXME find a pygments lexer for reg files

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"AltTabSettings"=dword:00000001

Double-click the file to apply the change.
Restart Windows Explorer or sign out and sign in again to apply the change.
```
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe
```