Misc. Windows Information

Folder locations, registry settings and locations, and more.

Registry Keys to find certain elements

Registry Key for screensaver settings issues:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Control Panel\\Desktop

Registry Key for sounds to enable sounds for Windows logon, logoff, and systemexit:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\AppEvents\\EventLabels

Registry Key where sound schemes are stored:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\AppEvents\\Schemes\\Names

Registry Key to change Windows version and computer owner information:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

Image & Icon Locations

The “winver” image is located in the basebird.dll file in the following location:

C:\\Windows\\Branding\\Basebrd

Location for all new folder icons in Win 11:

C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\imageres.dll