Do you write fiction for a living?
Raymond Chen, the guy that developed TweakUI, would be very sorry to hear
all of this.
Raymond Chen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chen
The history of the Windows PowerToys
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/02/02/365432.aspx
Tweak UI alters the registry & can mess up your computer if used wrongly.
The whole point of using TweakUI is so users can make changes without
accessing the registry directly.
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Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
The change you want can be EASILY & SAFELY done via an Explorer policy &
can be disabled for the current user or all users on the machine
WTF is Explorer policy? Do you mean Group Policy (gpedit.msc)?
Using Group Policy is no different then using TweakUI, they both make
registry changes.
Group Policy is also *not* available with XP Home.
Tweak will install as a CPL (Control Panel) extension & run constantly on
system startup. Earlier versions of Windows made it tricky to get rid of.
So, why have something else wasting memory when all it is is one registry
key value? Its your option of course but just more junk cluttering up the
system
Horse hockey!
There is no .cpl file involved. TweakUI.cpl is from a Windows 95 or 98
version of TweakUI. The XP version has no .cpl file.
TweakUI.exe is installed in C:\WINDOWS\system32 and does not run unless it
is opened on purpose.
A shortcut to C:\WINDOWS\system32\TweakUI.exe in C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Powertoys for Windows XP is also
added so the user can open TweakUI.
You can also add TweakUI to the Control Panel with
xp_AddTweakUItoControlPanel.vbs from
here...
1. Add XP TweakUI Icon to the Control Panel
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
It adds...
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows
Server 2003.
If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/
EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx
TweakUI for Windows XP - Tips
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/twktips.htm
TweakUI PowerTips
http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/2003/08/01/22303.aspx
All of those tips at the link above are part of TweakUI.
TweakUI
[+] About
Tips
You can cycle through the tips with the Next Tip and Previous Tip buttons.
But, if you click the Save Tips button, you get Tweak UI Tips.txt which you
can save wherever, with all of the tips in a Notepad file.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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