Background Context Menu Registries

Enable User/System Environment Variables so that      prompts in cd are displayed in all 📂 Backgrounds:

User Account Control:

1. Grant %USERNAME$ Administrative permissions.

Run Admin.ps1.

#Powershell 
./Admin.ps1

#Out: 
Administrative Permissions to <$env:USERNAME>: Successful.

2. Left-click UAC.bat to enable secure desktop UAC.

Recommended: Secure dimmed desktop highest privileges.

UAC options:

• 0: No prompt.
• 1: Windows settings changes .
• 2: Secure dimmed desktop.
• 3: Sys settings not related to Windows
• 4: Sys settings not related to Windows (no pw).

Option 2:

Enter the password for Administrator: xxxxx
Value ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin exists, overwrite(Yes/No)? Yes

3. Add your Environment Variables & PATHs:

SystemPropertiesAdvanced

4. Use PATHs_verification.sh &System_Environments.sh your PATHs & directories.

#PATHs

#PATHs
where node && where gitk && where cmd && where powershell && where pycharm && where notepad && where code
#ICONs PATHs.
(where powershell.exe powershell_ise.exe) | sed 's/\\/\\\\\\\\/g'
(where bash.exe ; where gitk.exe ; where git-gui.exe) | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g'
(where node; where cmd.exe; where notepad.exe; find "$LOCALAPPDATA" -name pycharm64.exe 2>/dev/null) | sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/\//\\\\/g'

su -c 'apt-get install sudo' && sudo apt-get update && sudo passwd root

if [ "$UID" -eq 0 ]; then
    echo 'You are root.'; 
else 
    echo 'You are not root.';
fi

SystemPropertiesAdvanced 

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Recommended:

WSL

Registry Regex → Ctrl+Shift+F
Searches in the registry, use the following CMD command:

:: CMD Registry Regex
reg query HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /f "<regex_search>" /s /e

Background Context & Commands

Description:

Remove TrustedInstaller FullControl on needed Registries, grant it to Administrator manually in Registry Editor

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Recommended:

or with external.bat

Backup HDD: to external SSD:

./external.bat #(Assuming your HDD:C & external-SSD:D. Change .bat if not.)
cd D: & label D: SSD_ext  #Rename D to SSD_ext

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Rem CMD
start regedit

Download and Double-click .reg files:
Modify regedit - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT accordingly to .reg keys in all flles.

Note: Ignore modification alerts after backup.

1. Bash, GUI & gitk

Run Bash.reg Git-Gui.reg gitk.reg

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2. Command Prompt  

Run CMD.reg

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3. PowerShell & GUI  

Get Icon's PATH (double-back-slashed).exe PATH:

$ps : where "powershell.exe" "powershell_ise.exe" ; echo $ps

The parent folder contains the powershell.exe & power_ise.exe
Run PowerShell.reg
(modify PATHs accordingly).

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4.     VSCode  

VSCode.reg

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5.     Pycharm  

PyCharm.reg

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6.     Notepad  

Notepad.reg

Enable User/System Environment Variables & PATHs at Startup

To be able to use the previously enabled .reg files you will need to do the following:

6. Open your Unix-like environment and input.
   It will open startup files which could be virtual for your OS With a few modifications on ~/.bashrc.

#Bash: Create/Open ~/.profile && ~/.bashrc in $HOME.
cd $HOME && code ~/.profile && code ~/.bashrc

2. Copy contents according to your environments and directories:
   

• System_Environments.sh →
  

• PATH.sh →

3. Add the following command at the end of $HOME$~/.profile:

# ~./profile.
#'<.sh>
source ~/.bashrc.

4. Ensure that Environments Startup PATHs are loaded correctly by running in bash():
   

$PS = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName; Start-Process explorer.exe (Split-Path $PS); $PS = ($PS + '').Replace('', '\'); Set-Clipboard -Value $PS; Write-Output $PS

#Bash

./PATH.sh 
# Personal Output (according to PATHs): 
# Directory /C/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common exists.
# Directory /C/Windows/system32 exists.
# Directory /C/Program Files/MATLAB/R2021a/bin exists.
# Directory /C/Program Files/dotnet exists.
# Directory /C/Program Files/nodejs exists.
# Directory /C/php-8.2.9 exists.
# Directory /C/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin exists.
# Directory /C/Program Files/Git/cmd exists.
# Directory /C/ProgramData/Anaconda3/Scripts exists.
# Directory /C/Users/Esteban/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python311/Scripts exists.
# Directory /C/Users/Esteban/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin exists.
# Directory /C/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0 exists.
# Directory /C/Windows/System32/Wbem exists.
# Directory /C/Windows/System32/OpenSSH exists.

5. After rebooting check your PATHs & Directories.

#Bash
printenv && echo $PATH
#Directories & PATHs related to executables.

1. Startup .bashrc / .profile should enable Registries & Commands in 📁 Backgrounds in any pwd :

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