Change the “autocompletion” key in Windows 2000

Date Arrow  November 28, 2005

Windows 2000 has been around for a while, and it will certainly be here for a while too.

Now here’s a handy tip if you have to work often with the command line: to enable or disable file and directory name autocompletion on a computer or user logon session, run Regedit.exe and set the following REG_DWORD value:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar\REG_DWORD

Set the REG_DWORD value to 09, which is the TAB character.

Now you can open a command line window (Start / Run / cmd) and start playing with the TAB key! *nix users have had this for a while, I know, and Windows XP has this by default, I know, but as I said Windows 2000 is not about to disappear anytime soon…

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