Settings that can be combined with each other and with the compatibility mode : Suppose you want to modify settings for notepad, then rename the string to “C:Windowsnotepad.exe” There are multiple settings that can be defined : Compatibility values (cannot be combined – pick only one) : Rename the value (not the data) to the full path/filename of the application that needs to be modified. Ever wondered how you can set Compatibility Mode on executables under Vista / Windows 2008 server when the settings (or even the entire tab) has been disabled ? Or make the application “run as administrator” permanently, and you’ve found that this setting is disabled ? All of the settings in the Compatibility tab can be set via the registry Launch regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionAppCompatFlagsLayers Create a new string (REG_SZ) value.
