Windows 10: Disabling Shortcut Checkboxes - Registry Edit Useless

As the title suggests, I am unable to disable checkboxes on desktop shortcuts. I have tried all three methods listed1. File Explorer > View > Show > Item Check Boxes2. File Explorer > ... > Options > View > Use checkboxes to select items3. Registry Editing set value to 0I have restarted my computer HP Pavilion, however this has not produced any change. In another help thread, someone on a touch screen device said that none of the tricks worked for them, and my laptop being touch screen leads me to believe that this is the case for touch screen devices. Is there one final

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Trying to disable the Insert key with a Registry edit

Hi Bill,

We appreciate the information that you provided. For us to narrow down your concern with
disabling the Insert key with a Registry edit, have you tried creating a backup before editing the registry? If yes, we suggest that you restore it back; then, try it again with the correct entry. To do this, see this
link, and follow the steps/instructions.

We would appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback.

 

Disable checkboxes in file explorer

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues with check boxes in file explorer



In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below:

• Does the check boxes appear every time, when you open file explorer?
  
• As said that you are able to hide check boxes, so does that still appear?
  
• Are you aware of any recent changes on the PC prior to this issue?
  

Meanwhile, I would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below and check if the issue persists:



Method 1: Disable item check boxes

1. Open File Explorer, click on View tab, select Show, and then uncheck Item check boxes
   

Method 2: Change folder options settings

1. Open File Explorer, click on three horizontal dots at the top, select Options
   
2. On Folder Options windows, go to View tab, uncheck the option Use check boxes to select items, click on Apply and then OK
   

Method 3: Make registry changes

Note: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can how to create a the registry if a problem occurs.

Follow the steps to take backup of registry.

• Enter regedit in the Run window and click OK to open Registry Editor.
  
• In Registry Editor, expand the keys with the following path:
  
  Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
  

• Find and double click on AutoCheckSelect, if not present, right click to create a new 32-bit DWORD value with name AutoCheckSelect
  
• Change its Value data to 0 to disable checkboxes
  

Method 4: New User Account

I would also suggest you to create a new user account with administrative rights and check if the issue persists. Creating a new user account will not remove any data, app or settings from your current user account, this is just a troubleshooting step to eliminate the possibility of user profile corruption. Refer this article to Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 11



Let us know how it goes



Vineet Kumar

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Registry editing

Hello,

This issue may have occurred after one of the following situations:

• You upgrade the Windows operating system.
• You install or uninstall CD or DVD recording programs.
• You uninstall Microsoft Digital Image.

Given that, we suggest performing the methods in this article:
Your CD or DVD drive is not recognized by Windows or other programs.
The resolutions that are listed in that article may help solve some instances but not all instances of this problem.

Important:This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow
these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
article.

Feel free to update us with the results.