Windows® 98 Unleashed

Chapter 13. A Few Good Hacks: Some Useful Registry Tweaks

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Working with File Types and Applications

• Modifying Windows 98's Desktop Icons

• Using the Registry to Fiddle with Files

• Customizing the Windows 98 Interface

• Customizing Some Setup Settings

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

—Kahlil Gibran

An old Scottish proverb says that “fine words butter no parsnips.” Chapter 12, “Getting to Know the Windows 98 Registry,” presented plenty of fine words (if that's not too immodest a thing to say) about the Registry and how you work with it, but now it's time to butter a Registry parsnip or two. In other words, you're well versed in the theory of the Registry, so now you need to get up to ...