Active Desktop/Control Panel

Discussion in 'Software' started by Sem, Aug 23, 2004.

  1. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    PC froze so I pressed Reset. When it started up again the screen has no background, which is the norm. But when I click Restore My Active Desktop nothing happens.
    Also when I open control panel no icons appear. It still says 33 Items Displayed at the bottom. I've cleared my cookies and ran CCleaner but no change.
    I'm running Windows ME and using Mozilla Firefox. Any ideas?
     
    Sem, Aug 23, 2004
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  2. Sem

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    Sorted the Active desktop. Still the same problem with Control Panel.
     
    Sem, Aug 23, 2004
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  3. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    for missing control panel icons give this a try....

    download Powertoys for XP and install the TweakUI app only, once nstalled open TweakUI and click Control Panel menu and make sure all the control panel icons you want are ticked... then click the Repair Menu and choose "Repair Icons" and hit Repair now.. check to see if they are back .. you may need a reboot tho.


    powertoys for XP
    http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=710
     
    DavidGP, Aug 23, 2004
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  4. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    I'm running WinMe. Powertoy needs Win XP does'nt it?
     
    Sem, Aug 23, 2004
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  5. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    DavidGP, Aug 23, 2004
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  6. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    OK. Downloaded it. I unzip it. It says "4 files unzipped succesfully). Now what?
     
    Sem, Aug 23, 2004
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  7. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    once uncompressed ... goto the folder they uncompressed in and there will be a file named tweakui.inf right click it and choose install ... then if I remember right goto your control panel and you will see TweakUI
     
    DavidGP, Aug 23, 2004
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  8. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    Getting somewhere now. When I go to Add/Remove programs it says 34 Objects instead of 33 so I assume Tweakui is installed. Problem is that I still can't see any icons so I can't run it. Help!!!!!!!!!!
     
    Sem, Aug 25, 2004
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  9. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    its Icon will be in Control Panel.. if not in their as it should be then look in C:\windows\system32 folder for tweakUI
     
    DavidGP, Aug 26, 2004
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  10. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    Halo. Don't want to be a pest but I can't see the icons in Control Panel. I've done a search for C:\windows\system32 but there is no sign of TweakUI. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Could you give me a step by step guide on how to fix it?
    Cheers.
     
    Sem, Aug 26, 2004
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  11. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    hey no probs... try installing it again..

    Right click on tweakui.inf > install

    then goto control panel and look for the tweakui icon

    if not there then do a search for tweakui.cpl ( generally installed in the C:\windows\windows32 folder ) once found double click it
     
    DavidGP, Aug 28, 2004
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  12. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    I've found tweakui.inf by searching for the file and have started to use it.
    BUT I still have no icons in Control Panel. :mad:
    What am I doing wrong?
     
    Sem, Aug 28, 2004
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  13. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    Hi Spinnster.
    I use AVG and Ad-Aware and have run them both without finding a virus.
    Everything else on the PC works fine. It's just these 2 things:
    No icons in Control Panel
    No icons in Hotmail (Paste, Copy, etc...)
    I'll do a virus scan again and will post back here.
     
    Sem, Aug 29, 2004
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  14. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    Just ran them both and no virus was detected.
     
    Sem, Aug 29, 2004
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  15. Sem

    Sem Private E-2

    I've just installed Stinger and ran it twice. Nothing.
     
    Sem, Aug 29, 2004
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  16. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    search for tweakui.cpl as this is the control panel icon/app

    after this I dunno apart from looking for another way to rebuild the icons.
     
    DavidGP, Aug 29, 2004
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