Windows CMD TAB auto-complete fix

[Kulverstukas]

Well, sometimes Windows doesn't know what to do when TAB is pressed in a CMD. Usually it adds a giant space... hell I want to auto-complete the path you worthless piece of code! I know it sometimes happens to WinXP and Win7. Therefore I made this registry file to fix it. Just double click it and import the value. Now you can use TAB to complete paths once again!

Reg file: http://newage.ql.lt/projects/other/AutoCompleteFix.reg

[xzid]

On win7 was set to 40h, had no troubles with tab completion in cmd.exe, never changed it..

I use powershell anyway..

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PS C:\>cd 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor'
PS HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor>(gp .).CompletionChar
64
PS HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor>"0x{0:x}" -f (gp .).CompletionChar
0x40
PS HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor>sp . -name CompletionChar -value 9
PS HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor>(gp .).CompletionChar
9
PS HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor>sp . -name CompletionChar -value 64
PS HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor>"0x{0:x}" -f (gp .).CompletionChar
0x40

condensed:

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PS C:\>sp 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor' -name CompletionChar -value 9


[Kulverstukas]

I only yesterday noticed this in my WinXP CMD. Weird shit, because I didn't have any trouble like that before either. My friend has Win7 and same problem appears for him.
For me it was set to 40 too.