Guide | Switches from Registry

[Zalex108]

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Hi,

Recently noticed that Switches added to shortcuts, are not applied when V is launched from an external link in a cold start.

Looking at Registry, on Windows 7, seen some entries with:
--single-argument %1.

Just added the Switches before and worked.
Now looks like:

--enable-low-end-device-mode --process-per-site --force-dark-mode --enable-features=OverlayScrollbar--single-argument %1

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The Entries, here, Windows 7 x64 :

Note the Shell | FTP | HTTP | HTTPS

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At Value

They are linked and got populated editing just one of each FTP | HTTP | HTTPS

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Not sure whether the changes will be kept after V update, so Export the entries once done, tested and confirmed.

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BackUp the Registry before proceed

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• Win + R
  • Write RegEdit + Enter
• File | Export
• Go to:
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\VivaldiHTM.CWH53WBJZZSUTKONTXPSRLD2VU\shell\open\command\\(default)
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\VivaldiHTM.JCAWF3YIPHH3JWUFNVI4SZBSWY\shell\open\command\\(default)
    • .CWH53WBJZZSUTKONTXPSRLD2VU May be different
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  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
    • Anotate / Bookmark your User's SID
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• SID may differ, Continue with your SID to:
  • HKU\S-1-5-21-410323629-871822660-1189041243-1001\Software\Classes\ftp\shell\open\command\\(default)
  • HKU\S-1-5-21-410323629-871822660-1189041243-1001_Classes\ftp\shell\open\command\\(default)
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  • HKU\S-1-5-21-410323629-871822660-1189041243-1001\Software\Classes\http\shell\open\command\\(default)
  • HKU\S-1-5-21-410323629-871822660-1189041243-1001_Classes\http\shell\open\command\\(default)
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  • HKU\S-1-5-21-410323629-871822660-1189041243-1001\Software\Classes\https\shell\open\command\\(default)
  • HKU\S-1-5-21-410323629-871822660-1189041243-1001_Classes\https\shell\open\command\\(default)
• Search for --single-argument %1
• Backup the Entries or Parent, Right Click | Export
• Edit the Value Entry
  • Add the needed Switches
  • Check / Ensure about data population on FTP | HTTP | HTTPS
• Save and Test
• Export to Backup

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You can try Registrar Registry Manager, search for --single-argument %1.
All the entries will be listed, locate and Edit.

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Win | Shortcut Search and Replace

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It would work for the rest of Chromiums.

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If anyone wants to contribute with the respective entries on other OSs, it will be added.

Thank you

[luetage]

@Zalex108 said in Guide | Switches from Registry:

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Just out of curiosity, why are you using the topic title to create a collection of guides through search? As a moderator you should be able to tag the topics as Guide. This can both be searched and found on the tags page. Moreover each guide tagged that way will have a link to the other guides at the bottom of the first post, as well as at the bottom of each page in the topic. It’s automatic and convenient.

[Zalex108]

@luetage

Good!

That's better,
I'll check it,
Thanks!

[Pathduck]

@Zalex108 Thanks for the tip on Registrar - it looks like a really useful tool for advanced registry searching and editing

Full version is a bit expensive so I will have to see if I can find if it's worth it.

I'm often in the Windows Registry to check various stuff, and I've been using the positively ancient RegAlyzer, which still works fine but a more modern tool would be nice to have.

The Win10 registry is a bit different than in Win7. For one thing it uses some kind of "magic sauce" I've not yet been able to figure out for the protocol associations and default applications when set from the new Win10 Settings UI compared to the old Win7 Default Programs.

For instance, I had Firefox installed before I installed Vivaldi back several years ago, and the .html/.htm classes are still registered as FirefoxHTML. And the shell>open>command for http/https is still registered to open in Firefox. But the VivaldiHTM class is correctly registered and I have no problems opening html files in Vivaldi or clicking links in Thunderbird to open either. So exactly how the OS knows to open Vivaldi and not Firefox is not clear to me... but it works :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

[Zalex108]

@Pathduck

Microsoft Mysteries

RRM Home version has some limitation, with the Pro trial you may see if fits.
Have fun xD and share your conclusions

RRM it's very complete and easy to use for some tasks. Didn't deeped to much on all the possibilitys it manages so sometimes I jump to RegEdit since the complexity.

[ | Check the Help Page]

RegAlizer not tested that much, it's there, in the +/- 12Gb folder.

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Here V it's as Standalone, then applied the check Default from V Settings.

Previously was Opera and not seen any trace.

Worth to mention that here it is Edge Chromium in Portable mode and it appears on the Registry when searching for --single-argument %1, even despite never was selected as Default.

Not tested Flags there, maybe at some point.

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Good that despite the Chaos V works.

[Pathduck]

@Zalex108 One interesting thing I've looked into lately is that the value of DestinationFolder for Vivaldi under HKCU\Software will be overwritten when installing standalone versions for testing. Something which in turn seems to break the automatic updater. But I don't use the auto-update or notifier since I follow the forums so it doesn't really bother me.

Note the value of DestinationFolder below, while the Vivaldi snapshot I use as the default browser is installed in D:\bin\Vivaldi\ :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Vivaldi]
"UsageStatsInSample"=dword:00000000
"usagestats"=dword:00000000
"metricsid"=""
"metricsid_installdate"="0"
"metricsid_enableddate"="0"
"DestinationFolder"="d:\\bin\\Vivaldi-test\\3.8"
"InstallType"=dword:00000002
"DefaultBrowser"=dword:00000000
"AdvancedMode"=dword:00000001
"lang"="en-GB"
"LastWasDefault"=hex(B):CD,76,91,38,E9,1E,2F,00
"EnablePinToTaskbar"=dword:00000001
"InstallerProgress"=dword:00000064
"UninstallString"="D:\\bin\\Vivaldi\\Application\\3.8.2259.3\\Installer\\setup.exe"
"UninstallArguments"=" --uninstall"
"name"="Vivaldi"
"pv"="3.8.2259.3"
"InstallerResult"=dword:00000000
"InstallerError"=dword:00000002
"InstallerSuccessLaunchCmdLine"="\"D:\\bin\\Vivaldi\\Application\\vivaldi.exe\" --from-installer"
"InstallerResultUIString"="Installation failed due to unspecified error. Please download Vivaldi again."
"DowngradeVersion"="3.8.2259.3"

I install a lot of different Standalone installs under D:\bin\Vivaldi-test\ and the last version is always overwritten.

I might report a bug if I can be bothered

[Zalex108]

@Pathduck

Saw your latest posts about that.

Here, saw the Temp is on %User% Local Temp with a random number if I recall.

All the AutoUpdates work fine, and since less than a month there are 2 different Snaps and Stables versions altogether.
AutoUpdate is launched manually till now, need to check the New Task.
It appears with a random number as well.

Saw entries for the Latest, maybe the latest versions updated, as you comment, but since doing other tasks didn't looked deeply to understand the routine.

Will check in next days, and between next updates.

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