Factor Mystic

This is an advanced Windows file association utility

Here is some sweet stuff you can do with it:

• Manually add extension information
• Change a file type’s description
• Change a file type’s icon
• Change an extension’s associated file type
• Add/Edit/Delete an extension’s default association
• Add/Edit/Delete other entries on the file’s context menu
• Preserve verb precedence hierarchy
• View shell extension entries on the context menu
• Remove ‘Default Programs’ association that Windows likes to make annoying to change
• Add/Edit/Delete your own autoplay handlers
• Change which autoplay options are available for users
• Disable that “Search web for unknown extension” dialog
• Single .exe utility, no installation

On top of all that, here are some bonus features:

• Make changes direct to the registry, or export them as .reg files for easy distribution
• Designed for Vista, with UAC support, so you can painlessly run as a standard user
• Works with XP too (a few features disabled, just use TweakUI)
• Make changes to your user account, or the machine default, or both

Documentation is admittedly sparse right now, but here are some how-to’s:

• Set Media Player Classic to Autoplay DVDs
• Change the “Edit” command on a batch file context menu

Feel free to email me with any suggestions or questions.

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Here is a little utility to turn “XMouse” behavior on and off. This means that when you hover the mouse over a window, that window becomes activated, but doesn’t come to the front. It’s handy to scroll background windows. Requires .Net 2.0.

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As it turns out, this is possible, it’s just a simple registry tweak.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]
"Append Completion"="Yes"

If you’re not in the mood to manually edit your registry, I’ve put that into this handy registry key file.

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