Need Help Setting Everything Back To Default

windowblinds problems

September 14, 2005 1:40 PM from

ok, i had windowblinds on my computer & i uninstalled it because the skins started messing up wen i used to load them now i have a lot of things wrong with my computer..

1. my icons looked all chopped up & sloppy for example..
look at my winamp icon this looks alot sloppier than it was before
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/9202/winamp1ia.jpg 2. the icons in my music files got replaced with some icon i never saw before.. http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/9971/music8rh.jpg 3. i need help gettin rid of these skins off my computer (except for the default windows skins) http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8545/disp7lw.jpg 4. lastly, before i was able to turn my computer on & off without havin windows askin me to sign on, now theres a screen that comes up and asks me to sign on to windows & i want to try to get that off as well can anyone please help??!?!?!

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Reply #1 September 14, 2005 1:58 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Normally, you would do the following:

1 - If IconPackager is in use: Start IconPackager > Tools > Restore all Icons > click Yes to verify > click OK to apply changes (which will also close Icon Packager after a few seconds).

2 - Repeat step #1 for the Restore all Cursors, and then for the Rebuild Icon Cache options found in the Tools menu.

3 - Unload WindowBlinds (using either the configuration panel unload option, or by right-clicking the WB system tray icon and selecting the unload option).

4 - Open Display Properties > click Themes tab > select Windows XP from the Theme drop-down list > click Apply button to restore Windows XP default theme (if the apply button is not available, toggle Windows XP selection by selecting Windows Classic, and then reselecting Windows XP).

Uninstall WindowBlinds if that is your decision, and then reboot the machine.

After reboot, you can remove the skins by going to "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDesktop" folder, and deleting the WindowBlinds folder.

Note - if you uninstalled WindowBlinds without either unloading it, or restoring the Windows XP theme completely, you may have had a ".dll" hanging on to something which may create issues.

For the icons, you may need to use the custom (or Icon) tab in the relevant icon's properties to restore the proper image. If there is not a "restore default" button, you will need to browse to the proper ".dll" or ".exe" file to select and apply the correct icon.

Without more detailed information, this is all I have at this time.

Someone else may have more on why your icon changed to one you have never seen before.

I hope this helps.

Reply #2 September 14, 2005 2:03 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Also, for the icons - you can also right-click the file > select "Choose program" > select the "Always use selected program to open this kind of file" (if you want to assign a default program icon) > click "OK".

Reply #3 September 14, 2005 2:09 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

thanks, im gonna try everythin u said rite now & ill let u know my results

Reply #4 September 14, 2005 2:17 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

ehh, thanks anyway, everything is still the same. it would suck if i had to reformat..

Reply #5 September 14, 2005 2:26 PM from

Stardock Forums Top

i got it fixed, i jus ran a system restore & restored my computer at yesterdays settings. thanks for the effort

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