Create Simple Script to Show / Hide Checkbox to Select Items in Windows Vista and 7

We have posted 2 similar tutorials in past about creating scripts to show / hide hidden files / folders and file extensions in Windows: Create Simple Script to Show / Hide Hidden Files and Folders in Windows XP, Vista and 7
Create Simple Script to Show / Hide File Extensions in Windows XP, Vista and 7
We also posted tutorials to add options to show / hide hidden files/folders and file extensions in Desktop and Explorer context menus to make the task a lot easier and quicker:
Add “Show / Hide Hidden Files” Option in Desktop and Explorer Context Menu under Windows XP, Vista and 7
Add “Show / Hide File Extensions” Option in Desktop and Explorer Context Menu under Windows XP, Vista and 7
Today in this tutorial, we are going to share another similar script which can be used to show / hide checkbox to select items in Windows Vista and 7 Explorer upon request from one of our very active readers "TheAslan".
This script when executed, checks the status of "Use checkbox to select items" option and toggles its value. So if its set to hide checkbox, it changes the option to show checkbox and vice versa.
Simply copy paste following code in NOTEPAD and save the file with name "Show_Checkbox_On_Off.vbs" (including quotes):

FileExt = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\AutoCheckSelect"
Set Sh = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
St = Sh.RegRead(FileExt)
If St = 1 Then
Sh.RegWrite FileExt, 0, "REG_DWORD"
Else
Sh.RegWrite FileExt, 1, "REG_DWORD"
End If
Sh.SendKeys("{F5}")

That's it. You can place this script at any location like Desktop, Quick Launch toolbar and whenever you need to toggle the "Use checkbox to select items" option, simply run the script.
PS: If you don't want to create the script manually or face any problem while creating the script, you can download a ready-made script using following link:

Download Script

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